The Michael Phelps of Books

Here in Rodgers Forge, we’re celebrating one of the most gold-medal heavy communities in the world. Michael Phelps grew up here and is an old neighbor.

If there is an Michael Phelps of books, the closest thing to it would be Atticus Books.

That’s because Atticus swept up the gold at this year’s Independent Publisher Book Awards in New York City. Not only did my own Tracks: A Novel in Stories win the Gold Medal for Best Fiction in the Mid-Atlantic region, but three other Atticus authors took gold for three other regions.

See the press release issued by Atticus Books to learn more about the Olympics of indie publishing.

http://atticusbooksonline.com/atticus-books-wins-four-ippy-awards

Towson Times Dubs Tracks Author Rodgers Forge's Writer in Residence

Recently, I was thumbing through some issues of Towson Times that had collected on our porch. To my surprise, I found yet another article about Tracks: A Novel in Stories!

“With the publication of “Tracks,” a gold medal and a second book completed, Eric D. Goodman is certainly Rodgers Forge's ‘writer in residence,’” wrote columnist Sheila S. Peter.


Read the column at the Baltimore Sun’s website below.


http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/towson/ph-tt-neighbor-rodgers-peter-0704-20120628,0,5284547.story