Book In Hand
It’s a pretty damn good feeling to be holding the book you’ve written in your own hands. I received my own copies the other day. So please allow me a few bits of bandwidth to revel in this; my very own...
View ArticleCHICAGO TIME Now Available in the iBookstore
My novel CHICAGO TIME is available for download on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch via the iBooks app. Enjoy! P.S. It will be available for download on the Nook and Sony readers very soon.
View ArticleChicago Time Now Available for NOOK
For those of you who own a NOOK device, you can now buy my novel CHICAGO TIME from the Barnes & Noble NOOK book store. Download it to your NOOK and enjoy!
View ArticleCHICAGO TIME Is Available the World Over
From my Inbox….Amazon has announced that books published through their Kindle Direct Program are now available in India through Amazon.com. This means that in addition to the US and Canada, my novel...
View ArticleLiving on Chicago Time
Clock at Marshall Field and Company, Chicago (taken at the corner of Randolph and State Street). Photographer: David K. Staub under Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.5 License The working...
View ArticleNow, About Those Statues in Grant Park and Lincoln Park…
It is a curious fact that Chicago’s two most prominent lakefront parks host a contradiction: there is a statue of President and General Ulysses S. Grant in Lincoln Park and a statue of President...
View ArticleWhen the Bribe Isn’t Big Enough to Matter
Only in Illinois can your conviction for corruption be overturned for not accepting big enough bribes. From the Chicago Sun-Times, Dominick Owens, 46, twice took bribes of $600 to issue certifications...
View ArticleSome Housecleaning
Picture of the Bean and the sky taken two years ago in Chicago in Millenium Park. It was time to change to look of the blog. Overdue, really. The monochrome design had outlived its Sell-By date. This...
View ArticleTwo Taxis, a Security Check, and Some Hearburn
I’m just about over the jet-lag. The few days before we left Istanbul were filled with more visits, more goodbyes, little sleep, and much packing. Still, as tired and somber as we all were, we said...
View ArticleEight Ways Turkey and Chicago are Alike
I grew up in a suburb close to Chicago, right under the takeoff patterns of O’Hare airport. As an adult my wife and I lived in the city in which my parents were born and raised. I’ve lived in two other...
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