by Adam Henig | May 21, 2016 | Alex Haley, Self-publishing, Spring Training in Florida, St. Petersburg
The Story Behind the Book A couple of years ago, when I began researching my second book, I had no title in mind, no contacts, and little to go on. The central figure, Dr. Ralph Wimbish, did not even have a Wikipedia page. What I did have was an article I came...
by Adam Henig | Apr 29, 2016 | Self-publishing, Writing |
I am not an artist. I have limited graphic design skills. I had no intention of ever designing a real book cover. I was planning to hire a professional. For my previous book, Alex Haley’s Roots: An Author’s Odyssey, I contracted a designer through 99 Designs and was...
by Adam Henig | Apr 1, 2016 | Book Review, Q&A |
Two years ago, I was contacted by executive film producer, Howard Barrett. Following my December 15, 2013 Blogcritics review of Jeffery Toobin’s The Run of His Life: The People vs. O.J. Simpson, (the book that was the basis for the popular FX movie series about the...
by Adam Henig | Mar 22, 2016 | Alex Haley, Spring Training in Florida, St. Petersburg |
Following my most recent post, “Baseball, the Great Escape,” I received an outpouring of emotional responses from family, friends, co-workers, and fans. One reader wrote: I’m sorry that ALS took your mom too early but it’s clear that her...
by Adam Henig | Jan 26, 2016 | Spring Training in Florida, St. Petersburg |
One of the unforeseen delights of working on a book about baseball is that I was able to indulge in my childhood. Growing up in the San Francisco’s East Bay Area during the 1980s, I was fortunate to have Major League Baseball’s best and most exciting team in my...
