Publication Release Date

If you are a loyal reader of this blog and jumped here from my Home Base and also have a good eye for detail, you may have noticed that something has changed on the entry page for the first time in a couple of months. No longer does it read Lost in the Ivy (Coming this summer). Now it reads Lost in the Ivy (Coming August 15, 2005).

Yes, the answer to the question that I am asked more often than any other can now be answered: my debut novel will be available on August 15, 2005.

In the coming days and weeks there will be more information provided on where you will be able to find me and my book. But for right now it's nice to just inform you that my book goes to the printer a week from today and will be out in two months. (In reality, it likely will be available before the official release date, but that gets overly complicated and I don't want to confuse anyone.)

Since my book is set against the backdrop of Chicago's storied Wrigley Field and follows a Cubs theme, I'd hoped that the official release date would have some meaningful connection to an important day in Cubs history. It does not. The best I could find was this tidbit, courtesy of www.todayinbaseballhistory.com: 08/15/1964 - Mayor Daley declares "Ernie Banks Day" in Chicago and 26,000 fans cheer the Cubs' slugger. Banks then goes hitless as Pittsburgh wins 5-4.

I suppose it is appropriate that Banks went hitless and the Cubs lost the game on a tribute day for Mr. Cub.

Comments

[Roberta Richardson]

Finally! This will be a wonderful birthday present for your grandmother. I can't imagine anything that will please her more than telling everyone that her grandson is a published author.

[Marybeth]

Yipee!!! That is the best news! Congratulations.