For sale: Baby shoes, never worn. —Ernest Hemingway
Longed for him. Got him. Shit. —Margaret Atwood
For sale: Baby shoes, never worn. —Ernest Hemingway
Longed for him. Got him. Shit. —Margaret Atwood
I just finished reading the outstanding novel American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. The narrative portrays the journey of Lydia, a Mexican mother on the run from a drug cartel, and her son Luka to the border American where they hope to cross and reach safety. Stephen King, John Grisham, and Sandra Cisneros have all praised this captivating novel.
Are you a wrestling coach? Do you know a wrestling coach? Maybe you’re the one sitting in the bleachers wondering how to help your wrestlers win their matches in duals or tournaments. Well, I’ve researched the strategies used by hundreds of coaches like Dan Gable, Cael Sanderson, Tom Ryan, Tom Brands, Cary Kolat, Terry Steiner, and Jeff Buxton and put them into 101 Winning Strategies for Wrestling Coaches, a book that every coach, wrestler, or parent should read. It’s available at https://coacheschoice.com/101-winning-strategies-for-wrestling-coaches/
And after using these strategies, any wrestling coach will get the results they want from their wrestlers.
Wrestlers are truly special. They train hard and love the sport despite understanding that the sport usually treats them like dirt.
The commitment of any wrestler’s parents these days goes beyond cheering from the bleachers. They provide nutritious snacks and beverages at competitions; they video matches; they wash sweaty workout gear; they encourage and praise their child and their child’s teammates; they promote the sport; they may work in a concession stand or organize a hospitality room for a tournament; and they probably feel the anguish of the losses and the joy of the wins as much as their wrestler does. Parents like this want the best for the wrestler in the family. That’s why the 90-page book The Elite Wrestler can be a great gift for any wrestler or coach. The guidance this book provides can help any wrestler up their game and go from good to great! Check it out at – https://coacheschoice.com/the-elite-wrestler/.
Check out this coming attraction! Editors are currently considering publishing my newest novel which is tentatively titled W is for Wrestling. Here’s a brief blurb about it:
A fifteen-year-old boy takes on the challenge of living with his divorced and erratic father and competing on his school’s wrestling team. The problem? He doesn’t know how to deal with his father’s mental disorder or how to wrestle. To succeed on both fronts, what Alex Corrigan learns in this dramatic novel is that if it is to be, it is up to me.
Every coach and wrestler needs The Elite Wrestler – https://coacheschoice.com/the-elite-wrestler/ . It’s for coaches who want to transform average wrestlers into elite competitors and for wrestlers (and their parents!) who want to learn the mental and physical training tips used by some of our country’s top, elite wrestlers at the club (youth), middle school, high school, college, and post-college levels.
Democracy is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequal alike.
Consider joining the Willoughby Writers Workshop of fiction writers. Keith is a member of this enthusiastic group that meets on every other Wednesday under the direction of Kristine Gill. Check out the website at https://welibrary.libcal.com/event/11178502.
Here’s a book that coaches, mentors, parents, and trainers can use to identify the specific strategies for motivating athletes. It’s available on Amazon @
Take Diana Asher’s ALA Notable and Parent Choice Award Book Side Tracked or the highly acclaimed Chasing Pacquiao by Rod Pulido, change the sport to wrestling, add a mentally unstable parent, and you have my newest novel W IS FOR WRESTLING, which currently is being solicited to several publishers by my agent Tina Schwartz.
My protagonist is Alex Corrigan who joins – almost by accident – the Amherst High School wrestling team. Why? He sees an opportunity shake off that disappointment label his father has given him. But wrestling? Alex knows nothing about the sport other than that at 104 pounds he’s perfect for the 106-pound weight class. Alex wonders, can wrestling change the tense relationship I have with my dad? Will it start a romantic relationship with wrestling cheerleader Marci Sommers? Will I even survive? Alex seeks answers to those questions as he engages in a wrestling season where he and his father learn as much about themselves as they do each other.
Check out my daughter Brittny’s engaging video at https://vimeo.com/mvmntvideo/review/781237540/0a9e3d0719.