Updates regarding my current project
Building the Brewers: Bud Selig and the Return of Major League Baseball to Milwaukee was published by McFarland & Company on October 31, 2019. Readers of the book will discover: The owners, teams, and ballparks behind decades of minor league baseball in Milwaukee and Seattle The rise and fall of the Milwaukee Braves, leading to…
I’m happy to share with you my book cover and ordering information. A huge tip of my Brewers cap to the fine staff at McFarland for creating such a striking cover. I’ve received nothing but positive feedback so far. The book published will be published this fall. You may pre-order at any of the following:…
The last couple weeks have been crazy for me – quite surreal, to put it mildly. First, Clayton Trutor from Down the Drive on SB Nation contacted me about the Brewers book. We had a great conversation over topics ranging from the one thing I’d like readers to take away from the book to my…
When I submitted my book proposal to McFarland, one of the items was an Abstract. It’s a fancy way to say outline/descriptive table of contents. My original Abstract had around 14 chapters and a larger scope for the book. I wrapped up the book in 2004 when Bud Selig’s family sold the team to Mark…
Milwaukee Brewers Historical Book News: In March I received peer and editor feedback on my manuscript. I had a few typos and spelling errors I could have kicked myself over, but the biggest blunder on my part came in the second half of the manuscript. I went in a completely different direction and started recapping…
Hello everyone and for baseball fans, welcome to another offseason – boo! Here’s an update on where I’m at with the Brewers book, plus I’ll throw a little bit in about the blog for good measure: I’m working on expanding my Bibliography at the request of the editor. This should be done soon. Basically it’s…
Big exciting news! I just submitted my Milwaukee Brewers book to McFarland Books so they can start the read-through/feedback process. This after months of my own reading and editing on paper followed by locating sources for all the quotes contained in the manuscript. So what’s next? I’m going to spend more time with family and…
This blog post has been updated as of January, 2019… My Milwaukee Brewers historical book now has a title: Building the Brewers: Bud Selig and the Return of Major League Baseball to Milwaukee. Since the book is back with the fine folks at McFarland for the next steps in the publishing process, this is a great opportunity to…
Hello everyone! Here’s a quick July progress report as to where I’m at with the Milwaukee Brewers historical book. In early July I finished up my own edits on the manuscript. I had printed it in the spring and read through the whole thing, trying to put myself in a reader’s shoes. I did some…
I’m going to do my best to provide a monthly progress report on the Milwaukee Brewers book. I have been told by the publisher there may be some quiet periods after I turn the manuscript over and we move toward publishing, but things will be happening behind the scenes. I will still offer an update…
