News for Y'all: Book Deal

Dusty Diary has some news for her fellow Ypsituckians.

I got a book deal.

Yep, you read that right--I got a book deal. "Stud Bunnies and the Underwear Club: Tales from the Ypsilanti Archives" will be coming out this winter. Dusty D is hustling to git it together as we speak.

Bonus sweetness: our Honorable Mayor will be writing the intro. Cool cat, no? I thought that was VERY NICE of Mayor Schreiber, and I appreciate it!

You'll be able to buy this paragon of writing excellence (cough) from Amazon or at Border's come winter. I'll be sure to toot my own horn, come winter, loud enough to deafen ya, so don't worry about missing it.

Dusty D is grateful to AnnArbor.com and to the Ypsilanti Courier for publishing my stories. Thank you, AnnArbor.com and Ypsilanti Courier--I am proud to be a part of your papers, and I am grateful to you both. You-all made this book possible. Thanks especially to Ed Vielmetti at AnnArbor.com and to Austen Smith at the Courier.

At any rate, there's a lot of work between now & midwinter, so off I scoot to do it!

Proud to Contribute to the Ypsilanti Courier

Dusty D has exciting news for y'all. You might like to pick up a Courier next Thursday (the day they come out), 'cause a story of mine will (likely, barring the usual last-minute decisions at newspapers) be in there.

My historical column, called "Look Back," should be appearing every Thursday from now on.

This Thursday's story is the sordid story of a flapper bootlegger and I like how it came out. Has a picture too, if they run it. Dusty D is absolutely thrilled to contribute to the Courier and have my work appear alongside such longtime writers as Pat Grimes, whose work I have really enjoyed over the years. The Courier is not online, so you do hafta get a paper one if you'd like to read it. Hope you like it!