*Today is Stevie Van Zandt's birthday. He is the star of the Eckhartz Press children's book "Grace's Rockin Roll Adventure."
*Today is also the anniversary of JFK's assassination. John Landecker wrote about his memories of that day in his book "Records Truly Is My Middle Name." Read the excerpt here.
*On this day in 2011, our first book got this nice write up from media writer Robert Feder, who at the time was writing for TimeOut Chicago...
Two former Chicago radio producers, Rick Kaempfer and Brendan Sullivan, have co-written The Living Wills, a novel about “a split-second decision made 30 years ago and the ripple effects it caused.” Harnessing the power of collaborative creativity, the two improvised the book’s three interweaving story lines. Set for release December 1 by Eckhartz Press, it’s available online at eckhartzpress.com. Kaempfer, whose previous novel, $everance, was a brilliant satire about the radio business, also writes an impressive series of blogs, including the Chicago Radio Spotlight.
