Author Archives: Brian C. Kaufman

About Brian C. Kaufman

Author, educator, cook. Given a tilt of fate, that might have been lead guitarist, pro wrestler, radio evangelist. You never know.

Award Time

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Brian C. Kaufman

Some awards for Independent/small press publishers were announced last month, and my novel, “The Fat Lady’s Low, Sad Song,” was honored twice. The Maxy Awards were named for a young girl, Max, born with a congenital brain disorder. Maxy ended … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Big News Coming

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Brian C. Kaufman

The ink has to dry first, but I have big news coming. In the meantime, let me drop a teaser consisting of a photo and a bullet list of facts. The first war to feature rocket warfare, submarine kills and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Finding the Time to Write

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Brian C. Kaufman

Writers procrastinate. In a busy world, finding something other than writing to do is easy. Having dawdled away entire decades, I found myself without anything to show for the time spent talking about writing (most often with a beer in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

A Small Favor

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Brian C. Kaufman

Critters Writer’s Workshop is a free, online workshop for writers, fun by Andrew Burt, former VP of Science Fiction Writers of America. Critters holds an annual poll for the “best-of,” and my novel, The Fat Lady’s Low, Sad Song was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Good News

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Brian C. Kaufman

It’s official! The Fat Lady’s Low, Sad Song has won the 2018 PenCraft Award for General Fiction. My baseball novel about a young, female knuckleball pitcher in the minor leagues, featured on the Kirkus book review podcast, is starting to get some … Continue reading →

Posted in Author News, Personal Notes | Tagged | Leave a comment

Hearing the Fat Lady Sing

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Brian C. Kaufman

The Fat Lady’s Low, Sad Song is now an audiobook. Marlin May is a stage and voice actor living in Windsor, Colorado. Marlin reached out to me through Facebook to say he’d been contracted for the audiobook version of my … Continue reading →

Posted in Author News, Personal Notes | Leave a comment

Advice on Writer’s Conferences

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Brian C. Kaufman

At some point in your writing career, you’ll probably consider attending a Writer’s Conference. That idea may seem daunting. How do you prepare? What do you do once you’re there? How do you follow up when the conference is over? … Continue reading →

Posted in Craft, Marketing | Tagged | Leave a comment

It’s Alive…The Fat Lady’s Low, Sad Song

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Brian C. Kaufman

My baseball novel, The Fat Lady’s Low, Sad Song, is available from Amazon, so it’s officially alive. This book sat on a back shelf in my mind for nearly two decades, and I think the wait was worth it. There … Continue reading →

Posted in Author News | Tagged | 3 Comments

A MODEST GRAMMAR PROPOSAL

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Brian C. Kaufman

The grammar police (“To correct and serve”) have a legitimate complaint. Language is under assault, and the malevolent perpetrators are, as in Dickens’s time, ignorance and want. No offense to educators (take note—offense intended by its denial), grammar isn’t being … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Bilko

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Brian C. Kaufman

My lifetime love affair with baseball was often unrequited. A chubby kid in high school, I made the baseball team, but never cracked the starting lineup. I had a large collection of Mickey Mantle cards, but my first wife threw … Continue reading →

Posted in Author News, Marketing, Personal Notes | Leave a comment