Rapid Reading set

I will give a rapid reading of my novel, "A Life Worth Dreaming About," at 12:35 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at the 2013 Writers Festival and Book Fair in Bloomington, Minn.

I will read an excerpt of my book for 10 minutes during the festival.

For more information on the festival, visit: http://www.btacmn.org/4educat/literary.html

Radio Interview

I have been booked to appear on Riverwest Radio, an online radio network in Milwaukee.

I will appear on the show, "Burdock Radio," at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 21. The show will last for an hour. If you can't listen to the live broadcast, it will be posted online soon after the interview.

Riverwest Radio

Burdock Radio

Information for Author Night at Villa Terrace

On Wednesday, May 1, I will be at the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum in Milwaukee.

It'll be an evening at a beautiful museum discussing my novel, "A Life Worth Dreaming About." The event starts at 7 p.m. and copies of my novel will be on sale at a discounted price.

Tickets will be $8 for museum members and $12 for nonmembers.

To get tickets, email rsvp@catvmuseums.org or call (414) 278-8295 Ext. 5.

http://www.villaterracemuseum.org/index.html

This just in!

Got word about this today.

For the second year in a row, I have been named 1 of 3 national finalists for the Award for Excellence of Youth Sports by Penn State University's John Curley Center for Sports Journalism.

Last year, I was one of three national finalist for my enterprise story about the national changes being made regarding baseball bat regulations at the youth, high school and college levels, coupled with the rising costs of baseball bats.

This year, I submitted a four-part series about the positives and negatives of club sport participation and how it has changed the entire landscape of youth sports.

The winner will be announced by the end of the month.

Wish me luck!

4-star reviews!

Here are some 4-star reviews I received in the past week.

Amazon.com

A novel for grown-ups, February 2, 2013

By Heather Martin - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Life Worth Dreaming About (Paperback)

Though the novel starts slow and the prose is choppy, once you get used to the style, it is well worth the read. A love story that recognizes that the marriage is the destination, the wedding. And the foundation lays in the life around you and in yourself, not the other person. A man finds redemption, and realizes that his actions affect everyone around him-in small and big ways. These are just a few values that seem to missing in a lot of entertainment today. I, literally, did not put down this book.

Good book, January 28, 2013

By afanofnick - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Life Worth Dreaming About (Paperback)

A Life Worth Dreaming About had a bit of a slow start, but once you get into it, it is a fairly good book. It kind of has a "Christmas Carol" vibe to it, where a pompous, arrogant business man gets a chance to take a look at his life and all of the people he did wrong in his past as a ghost. He gets the opportunity to learn from his mistakes and change the bad events in his life to change the course of the rest of this life going forward. The book is interesting and feel good. I liked it.

Goodreads.com

Heather's review

Feb 02, 13

4 of 5 star

bookshelves: to-read

Read in February, 2013

Finally, a book for grown-ups! A love story that relizes the foundation is in the life around you. If you and your life aren't right, how can another person fit? The wedding isn't the destionation, the life after is. Redemption comes to Carl. As it does, he realizes his life and actions affect those around him in small and large ways.

These are just 2 concepts in this book I was so happy to see. They seem to be missing in a lot of entertinment today.

There were flaws. It starts out slow, and the prose is choppy. (And some English teacher is going to have field day w/ the numbers.) Once you get used to it, the story flows. I, literally, did not put this book down.

I won a copy of this book, and Mr. Dettmann had to remind to read it. I'm glad he did. This will become a gem in my library.