We get a nice mention in Huffington Post

The Huffington Post just ran a piece on the California secession plan... with several quotes from yours truly. A big thanks to Huffington Post writer Matt Sledge! Nicely done! Read it here.... 

Author talks - Book signing thingy

If you're in the Milwaukee are and you want to catch my Lost States talk, you have two opportunities coming up. (Hey, it's free—and worth every penny!)
-Monday August 23rd at 7PM at Boswell Books on Downer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
-Tuesday August 24th at 7 PM at Next Chapter Books in Mequon, Wisconsin
Of course, I'll sign your book--and I'll even sign that copy you're buying for Uncle Fred for Christmas.
(Wisconsinites, if you're wavering, check out this recommendation from the Journal-Sentinel's Jim Higgins, who I think deserves a Pulitzer this year)
Mike

"Lost States" got talent...

....the book's designer does, that is. Doogie Horner, who designed Lost States--and created the terrific cover--had a spot on America's Got Talent. The audience (apparently teleported from a 1st century Christians vs. Lions contest) wanted Doogie's blood... at first. But, in perhaps the most miraculous audience flip in comedy history, Doogie won them over. Don't miss his next outing. Susan Boyle, move over.

Radio day

If you're here, you probably heard me on the radio today talking about Lost States. Feel free to explore the site... and of you'd like to get a copy of the book (Makes a great Father's Day gift!), you should be able to find it at Borders. It's also at Amazon.com, many west coast Costco's... and Barnes and Noble. Enjoy!
Michael Trinklein

C-SPAN gives me 40 minutes...

...to talk about "Lost States." Sure, I'm funny-looking, but the interview went well--got to talk about lots of interesting stuff. Puerto Rico, Texas, Lincoln, Jefferson, South Jersey, you name it.  Here is the interview:

Oops! Now? Writing for the Wall Street Journal

Writing an article for the Wall Street Journal (the top-selling paper in the country) was a fun challenge... WAY different from writing a book. Everything happens extremely fast. For example, minutes before press time, the managing editors decided the story needed a major change--rather than lead off with an anecdote about Chicago, they wanted to instead start with Long Island. Yikes! Clocking ticking, I hammered out a new open. True confession: I liked the Chicago open better. The fast pace of news biz means mistakes can happen... a lot of people were stunned that the Wall Street Journal's map made a big error--putting Michigan's upper peninsula into Canada. (SEE ABOVE) On one hand, I feel the need to point out that I never saw the map until the paper showed up at my door. On the other hand, this all goes so fast, I can understand how the artist can make mistakes under time pressures. Anyway, the folks at the Journal were all very smart and professional... it was a fun experience. (Oh, and they corrected the map online)

WALL STREET JOURNAL

YES, IT'S ALL CAPS, BECAUSE I AM SHOUTING! GET A COPY OF TODAY'S (SATURDAY APRIL 17TH) WALL STREET JOURNAL.

A Superior review

"Superior" is the very first lost state I ever came across... I read about the proposal in a Newsweek article in the 1970s--when I was a teenager. It seemed like such a weird, cool, fascinating idea. In today's Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, book reviewer Jim Higgins echoes that fascination in his very nice review of Lost States. While the online version of the review has no maps, the print version of the newspaper had a big map of Superior. Cool. So if you missed it, the map is above.... and a bigger version here. 

Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel review

Lots of nice reviews have been coming in, but it's especially nifty when one's hometown paper chimes in. I appreciate that the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel's reviewer, Jim Higgins, really seems to understand the tone and purpose of Lost States. Makes my day! (Read the review HERE)

Yahoo home page

Forgive a bit of self-indulgence. Yesterday's Yahoo home page featured Tiger Woods, the iPad, and Lost States. Now if I could just get Tiger Woods to read Lost States on his iPad--now there's a publicity event!

All Things Considered

Today was the day for my interview... You can listen here.

Listen to the national radio interview...

... on public radio's "Here and Now" program. With a little editing, they made me sound a lot more coherent than I really am. You can hear the full 8 minutes here.  (After you follow the link, scroll down to the bottom).

Lost States on national public radio

I did an interview on "Here and Now" which will air today (March 16) in most places. (Find your station here.) Host Robin Young picked five states to talk about... here is a link to maps of the five.