An early morning email brought the possibility of an entirely new line of book-talk options for Jailhouse Stories from Early Pacific County. Maybe. It was from the publisher’s marketing specialist and this is what it said: The International...
I guess it happens to all of us – yesterday afternoon was so so SO fun that it is really all a big wonderful blur. It was a celebration of Legendary Locals at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum and not only was every one of the 75 chairs taken,...
Tomorrow is the long-awaited first book-signing of Legendary Locals of the Long Beach Peninsula – at Adelaide’s, 1:00 to 3:00 o’clock! Little did I know when I made the date that it would be sandwiched in among personal appointments, necessary...
Yesterday I ran into Jimmy Kemmer in Ocean Park. “I hear I’m on a Wanted Poster at Jack’s!” he laughed. He was referring, of course, to his picture on the cover of my just-out book, Legendary Locals of the Long Beach Peninsula. The cover has...
The last guest had left and we had just settled down to catch a part of “Jeopardy” and perhaps an episode of “Downton Abbey” when the doorbell rang. It was too late for any of our usual Friday-nighters and, mysteriously, by the time I got to the...
When I made my ‘great big noisy fuss’ á la Ramona Quimby ten days ago, I earned myself a second set of proofs for my upcoming book Legendary Locals of the Long Beach Peninsula. They arrived in a pdf (portable document format) file via email late...
The most important– and, for me, the most challenging – aspect of doing a book for Arcadia Press is fulfilling their photographic requirements. Arcadia publicantions are all about pictures and since I’ve ‘written’ two books for them already, I...
"Oysterville" - An Arcadia Publication Arcadia Publishing Company is nothing short of amazing. Just when it seems that they can’t top themselves, they come up with another brilliant idea for a series. Already they have ten series on local...
Despite all my misgivings and pre-party nerves, yesterday’s Oysterville book launch couldn’t have been more perfect. The weather turned sunny and warm; my houseguests and the crew from the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum turned our garden into a...
"Oysterville" by Sydney Stevens While I was at the Washington State History Research Center in Tacoma yesterday, the sales rep for Arcadia Publishing was on the peninsula visiting all the likely retail outlets that might be interested in...
"Oysterville" by Sydney Stevens Every once in awhile I Google myself just to see what the world thinks I’m up to. It is always enlightening, especially since Sydney Stevens appears to be a fairly common name. I find that Sydney Stevens is a...
Yesterday I finished reading the proofs for my upcoming Arcadia book, Oysterville. I think I like it. Sometimes at this point in the process, it’s hard to tell whether the book is all you wanted it to be when you first signed on the dotted...