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Jerry Grillo
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Husband, father, son, brother, friend, citizen, alphabet engineer, a work in progress just like you; Georgia Author of the Year finalist (2021, for "The Music and Mythocracy of Col. Bruce Hampton"), author of "Big Cat" (2024).
Don't miss the 20th Annual Dahlonega Literary Festival, tomorrow! Come visit me and you'll walk away with a baseball card. If you love to read, you'll love this event. See you there!
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February 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Spring Training 1935: Johnny Mize was a temporary Red. He hit some monster blasts, but the Reds sent him back to the Cards before Opening Day as damaged goods. The rest is history. Read it in "Big Cat."
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February 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
BIG CAT makes the perfect last minute gift. If you order it today from this place (www.amazon.com/Big-Cat-Base...), Santa will deliver it before Christmas Eve! And you can get it for 44% off the hardcover price. Give one of the Best Baseball Books of 2024 (according to Sports Collectors Digest)!
December 21, 2024 at 1:42 PM
I asked Col. Bruce Hampton to describe Leftover Salmon (the band, not the meal) in two words and he said, "Zambi incarnate." He was right on. Author Tim Newby totally captures the band in this classic, which belongs on the bookshelf of every music lover. Get it here: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538...!
December 12, 2024 at 1:37 PM
During a Zoom meeting, be sure to nod occasionally while taking notes, so as to appear "engaged." And if someone later asks to borrow your notes, simply tell them, "oh, those were just for me, you know, for context," or even better, "I'm not your personal stenographer, take your own damn notes."
December 11, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Publishers' holiday sale! 50% off both of my books.

For the Col. Bruce bio (A Georgia Author of Year finalist): Use this code 08HLDY24 at bit.ly/3V1kOcC

For "Big Cat" (bio of baseball hero Johnny Mize), use this code: 6HLW24, here: bit.ly/468WN7f
December 10, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Best review I can possibly receive for "Big Cat" comes from the son of Big Cat, Jim Mize. Here he is with a copy of the book with filmmaker Hal Jacobs (who is making a documentary based on the book).
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December 8, 2024 at 3:07 AM
Stuck in a depressing, dead end job that you hate with an old-fashioned, shitty briefcase?

Turn your life around and take flight!

The possibilities are finite!

(Disclaimer: Metal claws, talons, bat wings, briefcase, and badly drawn incongruous rocket sold separately).
December 5, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Illuminated
December 1, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Sill life
November 24, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Morning Joe with Sunny
November 23, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Someone told me that your book will do well if the right people like it.
November 20, 2024 at 4:18 AM
Get "Big Cat," the true life adventure of baseball legend Johnny Mize, for 50% off through Dec. 31. Makes a great stocking (or first baseman's mitt) stuffer! Use this code: 6HLW24 when you order it here: bit.ly/468WN7f
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November 19, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Heard any good books lately? Let me suggest "Big Cat," which just made its audiobook debut. Now you can get the beautiful hardcover edition, or the audio version, which you can listen to on your smoking break. It's the true life baseball adventure story of Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Mize.
November 13, 2024 at 2:27 PM
I wrote this book, too. It was published in 2021. Plenty of copies available of this gem!
November 12, 2024 at 2:44 PM
So, I wrote this book and it was published earlier this year. Want a copy???
November 12, 2024 at 2:42 PM
The shambling brigade of deep thinkers
November 12, 2024 at 2:27 PM