Copies of the book should be arriving later this week and will be available at numerous local outlets, which I will write about it when they arrive.
If anyone has a place of business that wants to carry Lost Angels or any of my other books, please let me know. I am always on the lookout for new retail outlets.
I will also have information about some local signings to announce in the near future.
The book is available in paperback and e-book formats from Amazon at the links below.
New columnist
The recently-added column by the City of Neosho's public information director and events coordinator Paul Richardson has been well received and his latest offering made it into the week's Top 10. You can find a link to it below.
State of the Union
President Trump's State of the Union address and the Democratic response from Stacey Abrams will be livestreamed on the Turner Report Tuesday night. That should give you sufficient warning so you can be somewhere else.
The links to this week's top 10 Turner Report, Inside Joplin and Inside Joplin Obituaries posts are featured below.
The Turner Report
1. Child molestation, statutory rape trial scheduled for Joplin man
2. Cynthia Davis: State of the Union move damaged Nancy Pelosi's reputation and the Democratic Party
3. Detention motion; Galena man charged with meth trafficking should be held without bond
4. Joplin murder suspect arrested in state of Washington
5. Former R-8 teacher-counselor Megan Klosterman to return as special education director
6. Lost Angels: The Murders of Rowan Ford and Doug Ringler now available
7. Missouri lawmakers debate bill that would implement work requirements for food stamp recipients
8. Preliminary hearing scheduled for alleged drunk driver in double-fatality accident near Granby
9. Paul Richardson: Online dating services and Neosho's dating profile
10. Some comments about my bad headline, plus this week's top Turner Report/Inside Joplin posts
Inside Joplin
1. School closings for Wednesday, January 30
2. Webb City Police arrest Joplin woman, Carthage man after her fleeing car foiled by stragetically-placed roundabout
3. Jasper County jail inmate dies; preliminary investigation indicates natural causes
4. Baxter Springs, Galena women arrested for armed robbery, kidnapping, meth possession
5. Granby man killed in pickup-horse collision on 86
6. Joplin woman arrested on felony warrants after using stolen car to lead officers in two-state pursuit
7. Two arrested for convenience store robbery, including the store's clerk
8. Joplin Police Department Weekend Arrests
9. Joplin Police Department makes meth, heroin arrests over weekend
10. Jasper County Dissolution of Marriage Petitions
Inside Joplin Obituaries
1. James Willoughby
2. Keith Hopper
3. Tammy Winnett
4. Crystal Cook
5. Bunny Newton
6. Thomas Walton
7. Georgeannia Wright
8. Larry Gilmore
9. Roselea McClintock
10. Stella Johnson
Always trying to profit off tragedy.
ReplyDelete3:50, network and cable news do it every night. Grow up.
DeleteRandy - What information did you use to write this book about Rowan? I pray that you didn't use The Globe's reporting? You certainly didn't use many "primary sources", as two of us that knew Rowan best didn't even realize you had written a book about this entire tragic event.
ReplyDeleteMost of the information came from court records and trial testimony. There were bits and pieces that came from the Globe, but most of the media information came from the News-Leader, KY3, KOLR, KSN, the Neosho Daily News, the Cassville Democrat and the Monett Times plus a small amount of reporting I did in 2007 and 2008 on Chris Collings, as well as information on the community's background from my own research and experiences.
ReplyDeleteSo what you are saying is that rather than doing any actual journalistic work in writing this book, you chose to use newspapers, and the other media. Trust me when I tell you that The Globe was horrendous in covering the tragedy from day 1, and the Democrat, Times, and News-Leader simply wrote what was in the police reports and court transcripts. One, ONE television station (KSPR/KY3) was given access to those of us that lived through it, and up until the day those kids graduated, one reporter. I find it hard to believe and quite disheartening, that you felt you could tell Rowan’s story without speaking with those that loved her and knew her best. Believe me, I doubt you even scratched the surface, nor will you EVER understand what Rowan’s senseless death did to her classmates, her teachers, Triway, or Stella.
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