The Black Building has played a big role in two of my history books, plus it's an art gallery now and has a historical mural on the side, so ... cool! I took these photos during the Albion Christmas parade.


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We'll see you all tomorrow afternoon, from 1-7 at the Noble Art Gallery in downtown Albion. (You can't miss it--green three story building with a mural on the side. Well, you could miss it, but don't.)

And I do mean all of you: I rented a U-Haul and brought in a semi load of books, just in case. Emily has caught a cold, and visitors to our author ( Read more... )

If you haven't caught it in a newspaper or maybe Time Magazine, here's the press release I sent out about the book signing this coming Saturday. Let me know what you think of it. (No, it wasn't in Time Magazine ... although I did send it out to about three dozen newspapers, radio and TV stations, and snake oil salesmen. You'd be surprised how ( Read more... )

As much as I’d like to think it’s all about me, Dan Gagen says he’ll have some new art on display at the Noble Art Gallery when Emily and I put in our third author appearance there on October 3rd, from 1-3 p.m.

(“Appearance” may be better than “book signing” because, even if you don’t want a book signed, we’ll still be there to talk. Besides ( Read more... )

I’ve just realized it’s only 19 days before the release date! Images of America: Albion and Noble County comes out August 24th, months ahead of when I originally thought it would. Emily and I worked hard on this book, a photo heavy look at local history that’s part of Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America line … I guess the title hinted at that, ( Read more... )

You can see the book description at the publisher’s website:

http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9781467114516/Albion-and-Noble-County,

and don’t forget to check out all their other great history books. It’s already listed for preorder on the Amazon and Barnes & Noble websites.

Save the date for some upcoming appearances: Look for us in the ( Read more... )

I’m looking for new publicity methods, so this is what I came up with for my book signing a week from tomorrow ( Read more... )

It’s back to Noble Art Gallery for a book signing Saturday, July 11, from 2-5 p.m. For you locals, that’s in the old Black building the stoplight in Albion, where Dan Gagen sells  art and features local artists every Friday and Saturday.

There’ll be copies of all my books, including the newest, Slightly Off the Mark: The Unpublished Columns. More ( Read more... )