OK, holed up in a hotel room to finish a newspaper column. This is the point in the tour when thank yous owed outpace time available to deliver them. Just…View post

You’re in a band, you thank the crew. You’re a writer, you thank the copyeditors. The show behind the show, making us sound smarter than we are. See also.

Dallas G. Perry, Yeoman Second Class, has arrived safely at Iwo Jima, according to word received here by his wife and son, who reside at 1562 1/2 East Madison Street.…View post

The Sneezing Cow tour never really stops (The Scavengers bookstore visit and free humorous monologue event in Dubuque this weekend), and more tour details here) but the “official” tour for The Scavengers, which began three weeks and…View post

Sometimes on book tour, readers arrive bearing gifts: (No hidden sponsorship deal–a guy just bought three books and then said, “Here, I figured you might need this on tour.” So a…View post