Seems there isn't a day that I don't get asked that question. Actually now it should be "Books" as in plural, and that is the reason it probably seems to you that it is taking me so very long on this project. Allow me to explain.

In the fall of 2008, I was asked by a former Ohio State Assistant Coach (who I first met through this Stories of the Shoe project) to help him write his biography. As I listened to this gentleman, and his life story (a story that several people were after the privilege of telling) it became apparent that the opportunity he was offering me was one I just could not pass up. Since he was eager to get started, I made the deliberate decision to push Stories of the Shoe to the side burner and brought the new project to a full boil front and center

For the last year and a half, I have been regularly driving to Columbus for interviews and taping sessions with this man, and with many of his Ohio State contemporaries. I have transcribed probably 60 plus hours of tapes, and traveled as far as Kansas City gathering material. It has been a fascinating journey to unravel the tale of an amazing life and amazing person... a tale I think many Ohio State fans will enjoy and grow from.

The good news is that I now have two books under way, two projects that I think will fly, two works I think you will enjoy. The bad news is that instead of having one book finished quite a while ago, and in your hands, I now have two books two-thirds done! You might criticize my decision, akin to halfway through making a pie, I started to bake a cake. But the pie filling is still there, still simmering on the stove and all ready to go into the oven, as soon as that scrumptious cake comes out. And then you will have two different and tasty OSU deserts.

One of the pieces of advice often given to writers is "don't tell people what you are working on." I now understand that, and why, and for that reason, other than a few close friends, I haven't said anything to this point about who this is or what we are doing. You can trust though that I wouldn't have invested a year and a half of my precious time, and my money, if I didn't think this new work was worth doing, and worth delaying a bit Stories of The Shoe. In good time it will all be unveiled, but for now know there is good reason for what I am doing and trust in my judgment.

As for the answer to the question, How's the Book Coming?... well there isn't a day goes by that I don't work on one or the other, nudging each a little closer to the finish line.