Update on the Book

Posted by thomasmickey - May 7, 2016 - Book Update, Narrative nonfiction, Writing

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TweetIt has been a while since I have been here on this blog. I have completed the Pabst Tonic manuscript. It is, however, too short in word count for a traditional publisher. At the moment I do not know what I will do or what step I will take to come out with a book, […]

Prospecus Sent to Publisher

Posted by thomasmickey - July 15, 2015 - Beer, Milwaukee, Narrative nonfiction, Writing

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TweetHappy news to report. Today I sent the University of Wisconsin Press a Prospectus on the book. They have expressed interest in publishing the book. Now I just wait to see if the Press wants the full manuscript and illustrations. Will keep you posted on how things progress.

Want the Book to be Narrative Nonfiction

Posted by thomasmickey - July 4, 2013 - Narrative nonfiction

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TweetA few weeks ago another writer recommended I read Erik Larson’s In the Garden of Beasts. The book centers on a Chicago family whose father is sent to Germany as the US Ambassador in the early 1930s, just as the menace of Nazism is emerging. I just started reading the book yesterday. Larson uses historical […]