1913 Flood book just days away

Calamity and Courage: Tiffin's Battle During Ohio's Deadly 1913 Flood should be out next week! Needless to say, it's been a long-awaited project.

Make sure to pick up a Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune this Sunday, Oct. 31, for a story about the book by Nick Dutro. Damn boy even took a pic of my mug, which the more enterprising among us can blow up and use as a Halloween mask. Two things for the price of one! Watch those kiddies run in complete and utter terror! The A-T is also online, so you can read about the book there, if you don't want to buy and frame the article or have to put your kids on anti-anxiety medication.

Anyway, this book has had its costs. It cost me a partnership with a patient and supportive friend in Seattle. We had been planning to write a $1 million best-seller. Seriously, I think we could have. But at the time we made the decision to do that, I didn't realize this 1913 labor of love would stretch into more than a year. Guess we now both have to go to our Plan B's. In my case, it is with a heavy heart.

At this point, my plan B is to continue writing about the rich history of Ohio. There is so much more to tell. But in the meantime, there will be promotion for Calamity and Courage.

Hey, if all you readers aren't doing anything on Nov. 6 & 7, come see me at Paper and Ink in downtown Tiffin. I'll be doing a book signing there both days from noon-2 p.m.

Until then, I'll keep everyone posted on the dates and times that Calamity and Courage will make its debut.