A few weeks ago I announced that I was confirmed for the 2026 Printers Row Lit Fest, and that My Fighting Family and I were finally coming back to Chicago. …
First, a confession: I suck at networking. I’m worse at Circling Back than I am at schmoozing, and I schmooze about as well as Carl Lewis sings national anthems. My …
Yes, you read that headline right. My Fighting Family: Borders and Bloodlines and The Battles That Made Us is coming back to Chicago in person, on stage, at the biggest …
Yes, I posted a few months ago about a sports writers’ retreat scheduled for October, where I was slated to join the faculty. And no, the event never came to …
In the two years since the hardcover edition of My Fighting Family went live, folks have been asking me where they could acquire a signed copy if they didn’t live …
I noticed it midway through a zone 2 session, sweating in the saddle of my stationary bike, disrupting the drudgery of steady-state cardio with an iPad and a classic fights …
The six weeks away from this platform weren’t planned. I don’t have enough control over my time to schedule a sabbatical from anything. Any disappearance from an app or social …
If you’ve been following along, you know we’re six weeks out from publication day for the paperback edition of my award-winning memoir, My Fighting Family: Borders and Bloodlines and The …
Last week over on LinkedIn I had a chat with my followers about the reality of life as a published author, and it started like this: Myth: Writers spend three …
The best thing about a book club with a reading list curated by somebody whose tastes you trust is that it gives you a chance to catch up on some …