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Calling All Sand Gnats Fans
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s tough to get the word out about your book when you’re a first-time novelist, as Atlanta author Richard Doster well knows.
His first novel, “Safe at Home,” examines the early years of the civil rights movement through integration of minor league baseball in the South in the 1950s. Doster is doing the usual author signings at bookstores, but he’s also going directly to the folks who are most likely to be interested in his subject matter — fans at minor league ballparks throughout the South.
His wife, Sally, has been writing, phoning, and emailing the play-by-play broadcasters for just about every minor league team within driving distance. To date, as a result of her efforts, he has been on the pre-game show of the Louisville Bats, and is scheduled to be on with the Tulsa Drillers. He has been in the broadcast booths with the play-by-play broadcasters for the Mobile BayBears, the Birmingham Barons, Frisco RoughRiders, Asheville Tourists, Hickory Crawdads, Delmarva Shorebirds, Chattanooga Lookouts, and West Tenn Jaxx. Later, he plans to be on with the Durham Bulls, the Savannah Sand Gnats and Augusta GreenJackets. (Don’t you just love those names?)
But you don’t have to go to a ballpark to hear Doster speak about his novel. He’ll be at the Decatur public library tonight at 7:15. More information at the Georgia Center for the Book’s website
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