She's beautiful, she's ambitious and she's not especially bright but Flo Dingley is stumbling her way toward stardom in TV news. That's the story of "Flo the Flasher" which is set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The novel is now available on this website, and also at Snowbound Books and Bookworld in Marquette as well as Snyders Drug Stores throughout the U.P. It'll be distributed to other stores in the weeks ahead. It's also now available as an ebook on Amazon. The story had its genesis with an event in Marquette about six years ago but, of course, I took the liberty of embellishing it just a wee bit. I've got to admit it was fun to write and I think it's fun to read. I also like to think it has something to say about the state of TV news, but what the hell does a jaded, washed-up, old journalist know? You can read the first several pages of "Flo the Flasher" on Amazon. Let me know what you think.

Book Signing on Saturday, March 6

We'll have a book-signing at Snowbound Books this Saturday from 2-4 pm. Come one, come all. I'd love to meet you and talk about the book or anything else on your mind.

It's interesting, I haven't read "Money in the Ground since I finished the last draft about four months ago, so I'm kind of curious to see how I react to it the next time I do read it all the way through.

It's good to get perspective. After laboring over something for a year, you get tired of it.

The novel got a mostly positive review from The Daily News in Iron Mountain on February 25th. The negatives dealt with my supposed arrogance and condescension, and my failure to accurately portray the Yooper dialect. I plead guilty on only the last charge. I'm still learning.

The book, by the way, is being offered on Amazon, as well as here on this website, and at bookstores throughout the U.P.

At the Book Stores

Well, "Money in the Ground" is out. It's now on the shelves of some local book stores, and will be spreading to other stores in the weeks ahead.

"Marquette Monthly" will be reviewing it in February and I expect other mentions in the media, as well.

I'll be dealing with Amazon in the next few weeks, but in the meantime, "Money in the Ground" can be ordered right here on this website.

I'll be curious to get some feedback.