No bologna—I am resurrecting this blog!

My, it’s been awhile.  My new resolution on this, National Bologna Day (yes, that’s a thing!), is to awaken this blog from its inertia. May I start out by updating you on my author journey?  I have joined a writer’s group, and this month, will be making the rounds as the Moorhead Friends Writing Group’s November Spotlight Author.

As such, I am working with a MFWG partner, Words To Live By Bookstore, at 819 Center Avenue in Moorhead, Minn.  As you can see from the graphic, I will be signing all four titles in my Ozzy Ox series on Sat., Nov. 2 from 11 AM to 2 PM there.  We will set up this event to appeal to kids, with discounts and special treats and prizes to make it a fun and light-hearted day, just like Ozzy Ox. If you have his books, please bring them in! If you don't, come check them out.

And probably most important, come check this bookstore out!  What a place it is! If you haven’t been to Words To Live By Bookstore, you should make a trip just to see its massive collection of vintage, leather-bound books.  They are museum-quality;  you will likely never see books that compare in any book store anywhere.  Better yet, single books in the collection may be purchased! And there's more: the store's shelves are lined with books in every genre written by the 40-plus authors of MFWG. If you're like me, you have no idea how many local authors have titles to prove their prowess--or how many are writing books that are as compelling as those written by your favorite best-selling author. Horror, sci-fi, mystery, romance, fictional history and all genres in between: MFWG has a whole lot of talent within its ranks. If you see us members of the group out and about at the many vendor events MFWG attends in the FM area, track us down! We love to share our journeys. Who knows, something may light a spark in YOU!  

Meanwhile, back on Center Avenue. owners Kris and Jill Johnson opened their bookstore almost a year ago.  It isn’t the easiest place to find.  The best way I’d explain it is to say it’s in the vicinity of Moorhead’s famous, original Dairy Queen on Eighth Street (go north past it, hang a right on Center Avenue and then proceed east (on your right) looking closely on the south side of Center Avenue for the bookstore door.  At the east end of the block, there is parking, so if you don’t see the door as you pass by, just park and walk back up the block.  You’re bound to run across Words To Live By Bookstore -it's a little west and across the street from the Armory Event Center. The rest of the story?  This is no bologna--hope to see you there!

Above: shelves on the back wall are lined with vintage leather-bound books. Classics galore. All for sale!