Because Robert Rickman is developing a broadcast/podcast that will be All-Things-Boomer this summer. The program will be called "OK Boomer" and will feature the latest news of interest to the Baby Boomer. So, please take fifteen seconds to fill out the survey.
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I'd never seen this cover. Ummmmmmmmm....
On a book I mean... a book that is actually in my presence, as in when I walked through the atrium yesterday and spotted Paula eating lunch and reading Saluki Marooned. Paula has helped me with a variety of things, including website development, Facebook ads, and temper containment. (Mine, not hers)
Oh yes, the cover looks better in person than on a computer screen. So does Paula!
A blinking cursor is what the new novel about SIU looked like several months ago. Tristan Workman of the SIU Small Business Development Center sat down with me recently to talk about what I am doing back at SIU. We talked about writing, coffee, and...Baby Boomers.
THIS JUST IN FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Dear Robert Rickman,
we would like to inform you that Tektime has published the book 'SALUKI MAROONED' narrated in English.
The audiobook will need about 3-4 weeks before becoming available on all online bookstores.
The assigned ISBN to this audiobook is: 9788835428183
I started recording the Saluki Marooned audiobook in the spring and completed it last week...I hope. The technical requirements are very difficult to satisfy as I have mentioned before, but it wasn't a technical problem that led to this latest revision. No, you see I forgot to...forgot to...
It's embarrassing...
I forgot to list the author and narrator at the end of the last chapter.
When I was a student we used to call them "problems" but now they're called "challenges." My challenges are to write a second novel about SIU and record the Saluki Marooned audiobook. Because my background is in broadcast journalism and aviation my talents lean away from advertising. So, I need help with promotions.
And SIU students need practical experience, so Deb suggested I attend the Saluki Job Fair, sit at the Business Incubator table, and help guide students towards part-time jobs and internships. (Deb did most of the guiding while I sat there looking important 🙂 Home - Small Business Incubator (siu.edu) And when Deb was mingling with people around the room, Incubator student worker Tristan Workman was in command at the table.
My generation of students was in-your-face brash and independent (and politeness was optional). Millennials are quieter, and some are very shy. This, of course, has something to do with COVID-19 isolation.
My goal is for the audiobook to be finished and available for publication by SIU Homecoming in October. I have no idea when the second novel will be completed, hopefully by early next winter.
My experience talking with these sharp kids has prompted me to alter one of the characters in my new novel. She will be a Millennial who is working on her Masters at SIU, very shy, but engaging.
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