Updates regarding my current project
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…
I’m close to the deadline for turning my Bud Selig and the Milwaukee Brewers historical book over to McFarland, so I think this is a great opportunity to let everyone know a bit about the content. For those already following me, the scope changed dramatically since when I started. I also think it’s important 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…
Hello everyone! Just a quick note on where I’m at with the Milwaukee Brewers book. I just finished reading through the entire manuscript on paper and made edits in the margins. I feel more connected to what I’ve written when I edit on paper. Next I’ll take those edits and make corrections on the electronic…
I just signed a publishing contract with McFarland & Company to publish my Milwaukee Brewers historical book! What does this mean? I need to deliver a draft of the manuscript by END OF AUGUST! Yes, this coming August. The manuscript has been completed for some time, but I will be taking another pass through to do…
If there’s one thing I can’t stress on this blog enough, it’s how fortunate I feel to have made some connections with ex-ballplayers in the past two years. Not everyone wants to talk, and some say the number of teams and games combined with the passage of time make their memories not so reliable. I…
