The Fracking Book

Luna’s barks alerted us that Sterling, our stalwart UPS fella, was down below. He’d stacked four big boxes of freshly printed copies of Mother Fracker on the retaining wall already by the time I made it to the deck. He nicely sherpa’ed them up the steps, and now they sit in our makeshift distribution center, awaiting readers and reviewers. Anne reminded me I might want to look one over, just to make sure the...

The Garden District’s living up to its name here in New Orleans. I’m privileged to be here at my sister’s home. She got the family green thumb, and it’s apparent out the window with a drippy rain cleansing the fragrant sweet olive’s leaves. I’m here to join the Communications Network’s 2013 version of the fall conference. ComNet’s come a loooong way under the stewardship of a committed...

I know, that’s lame. It’s early. But this web site is officially open for business! So is the Kickstarter.com campaign to raise awareness and find the Mother Fracker crowd. Visit Kickstarter and type in my name, Bud Meyer, or the project’s title: I’ve Written a Fracking Book! If dozens of people will make pledges, no matter how small, we’ll reach our goal by Halloween of $4,500. And Kickstarter offers the...

The Rappahannock County Farm Tour & Festival heads into Day Two with clear blue skies and high temps predicted to be 73 perfect degrees. I’ll be hanging out in Little Washington this morning from 10:30 to noon at Avon Hall at the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection (RLEP) tent in front of the big main porch. Come see us! Become a member of RLEP! Still two days away from the Big Launch Tuesday when we expect to...

Restaurants call it the soft opening. Broadway shows head to the sticks to work out the kinks before mounting the production on the Great White Way. Jeter got his groove back in AAA. We pulled the wraps off the web site this week, opened up the Facebook Author page, showed the Kickstarter campaign to a few loyalists and submitted it. Our own version of a soft launch for Mother Fracker, all in advance of Launch Day, Tuesday, Oct. 1....

It’s the first day of autumn here in Rappahannock County. Drizzly, with gray clouds coming right down to the rock and oak. Little visibility. Gonna get chillier. Appropriate conditions to match my mood: * Truly excited, for at the computer next to me, Meyer Communications LLC just completed a test purchase of Mother Fracker on this very site! Thank you, MCLLC and Anne Robertson for your support. * Scared stiff (more than my...