|
San Clemente Journal article wins award (From San Clemente Journal)
The San Clemente Journal article “Changing Times In Baja” by Greg Niemann (Nov/Dec 2009) was honored by the Outdoor Writers Association of California (OWAC) as one of the best News Reports in the state during 2009. The article, which addressed positive steps officials on both sides of the border were involved in, was singled out for third place in the News Report category. Winning the category was former OWAC Writer of the Year Ed Zieralski of the San Diego Union-Tribune. The paper’s popular outdoors editor won for his article “Search For Fish Unearths History.” Second place honors went to Tom Martens for his story “New Legislation To Tackle Fish and Game Reform” that appeared in California Fly Fisher. Niemann received his award in May 2010 at the OWAC Spring Conference Awards Ceremony held in La Paz, BCS, Mexico. “It was a ticklish story,” admitted Niemann, “…one I was reluctant to tackle. But when I noticed there were a lot of things going on to make Baja travel safer and less onerous, I felt it was time to let people know.” The long time San Clemente Journal writer also added that he felt in good company with such top-notch writers as Zieralski and Martens. |
|
Big Brown in India
While on a recent trip to India I was delighted to discover that Big Brown is being sold at Bahri Sons Book Sellers,
a New Delhi chain. When I asked the owner Anuj Bahri Malhotra about the book, he recognized it immediately and accurately
described it to me from memory. That was a real ego stroker to have people know it on the other side of the world.
I also learned that Flipkart www.flipkart.com sells my books in India.
Big Brown is Rs1013 (rupees, or about $22.00),
and Baja Legends can be purchased for Rs720 ($15.65), and Palm Springs Legends for Rs668 ($14.52).
|
|
Big Brown in Lithuanian
Big Brown was printed in Chinese and Korean, and now, over two years after
the initial English publication, the Wiley & Sons Global Rights Department and author Greg Niemann have sold the rights
for a translation into Lithuanian.
The announcement came as a surprise as not that many books are translated into Lithuanian, especially so
long after the book’s release. According to Niemann’s agent Sally van Haitsma, “Lithuania, wow! That’s kind of
random, but it’s all good.”
|
|
San Clemente Journal
My most current San Clemente Journal article is called “Baja Braces and Builds” which
addresses new roads, a planned updated border crossing, and several new hotels.
It also features my article “Where Sierras Meets Cascades,” a story about fishing
and Lassen National Park. Next issue will have a story about new resorts in the Todos Santos area.
http://www.sanclementejournal.com
or
http://www.sanclementejournal.com/pastissues/2008/2008_02/article23_2008_02.htm
|
|
Sunbelt Publications Website
I received an e-mail from Sunbelt Publications showing that my two books,
Palm Springs Legends and Baja Legends were Number 1 and Number 2 in the weekly Sunbelt summary of
the books visited on their website in April. Palm Springs Legends had 56 hits with 819 pages viewed, and
Baja Legends had 46 hits and 788 pages. The Number three book was a distant 20 hits with 198 pages.
Sounds good to me.
|
|
Mexico Living magazine I have had several articles about Baja California and Mexico published in Mexico Living monthly magazine,
and I was honored to be featured in a recent issue as a regular contributor. To date I have written about the
Mask Makers, Poinsettias, and Mariachis. www.mexicoliving.com
|
|
OWAC Conference
The Fall Conference of the Outdoor Writers of California will be on Sept. 11-14, 2010 in Visalia, California.
|
 
|