Scribbles From a Scribe – A Blog by Author Stan Finger
When I'm Not Working on Books...
....I tackle freelance stories for a variety of clients. Here is my most recent piece for the Kansas Leadership Center's Journal magazine.
Remembering Pluto – and the Kansas Farm Boy Who Discovered It
The sky is tremendous theater in Kansas.
Perhaps that is why I was not all that surprised to learn that Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomer who discovered Pluto, lived as a teen and young adult on his family’s farm near Burdett, only a few dozen miles from our own farm.
New Books, Old Friends – Oh, and I Sold a Few Books, Too
There was plenty of buzz around Local Author Day at the Advanced Learning Library in downtown Wichita on Saturday.
Sometimes You End Up on TV...
....and don't even know it.
This footage from last year's Local Author Day appeared in a story Wednesday about this year's event, which is from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the downtown branch of the Wichita library.
Visit Us at Local Author Day This Saturday!
I know this time of year can be busy with end-of-summer trips and Back to School preparation, but I hope you can swing by the Advanced Learning Library in downtown Wichita for Local Author Day between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
A Debut!
Exciting news: a short story of mine has been accepted for a future issue of 105 Meadowlark Reader, a quarterly magazine featuring creative nonfiction pieces by writers who live in Kansas or have lived in the state at some point.
Want to Meet Local Writers? Here's Your Chance.
The annual Local Author Day is coming up next month at the downtown Wichita library. I will be among 100 authors at what is always a fun afternoon.
Speaking of Tornadoes...
Last month, I was asked to appear on Kansas City’s public radio station, KCUR, to discuss whether Tornado Alley had become a thing of the past because we have seen so few tornadoes in Kansas and the Southern Plains (at least, in comparison to historical averages) in recent years.
Get to the Basement!
“Why has the sun gone down in the middle of the afternoon?”
I still didn’t need all of the fingers on one hand to tell you how old I was, yet I knew something was terribly wrong.
A Compelling Conversation About a Daughter's Love for Her Father
Cheryl Unruh is a gifted chronicler of the Kansas existence, and her most recent book, Gravedigger's Daughter, is a collection of essays on her father and growing up in the central Kansas hamlet of Pawnee Rock.