Media Kit for
The Good Lord Willing and the Creek Don't Rise:
Pentimento Memories of Mom and Me

- Robert W. Norris headshot (350 dpi)

- Robert W. Norris headshot (72 dpi)

- Cover photo (300 dpi)

- Cover photo (72 dpi)

- Robert W. Norris short, medium and long bios (.docx or PDF)

- Press Release (.docx or PDF)

- Sell Sheet (.docx or PDF)

- ZIP folder of all files

Links to Excerpts, Reviews, and Media Interviews

— Boomers Magazine -- Preface

— Babyboomers.com -- A Foreign Dean of Students at a Japanese University

— Rag Radio -- An hour-long interview with the host Thorne Dreyer

— Humboldt Times-Standard interview (PDF)

— Memoirist.org -- Childhood in the Redwoods

— Five-Star Review from Big Al's Books and Pals

— Feature Story in Northwest Prime Time

— Five-Star Review from Manhattan Book Review

— Boomer Bedtime Story Radio -- An interview and my reading of an excerpt about my conscientious objector days and military prison experience (includes dramatic background sound effects and music)

— Barbara Lloyd McMichael's (The Bookmonger) review in Coast Weekend

— My author interview in Review Tales: A Book Magazine For Indie Authors — 6th Edition (Spring 2023)

— Five-star Review from Readers' Favorite

— Feature Story in Literary Yard and 40-minute video interview with Editor Onkar Sharma (click here for YouTube video link)

— Feature Story in poet Julia Hones's book blog My Writing Life (includes a couple of my mother's paintings)

— A comprehensive (over 10,000 words) article by author and journalist Paul Haeder in Dissident Voice about my book and our correspondence over several months (includes some links to relevant songs on YouTube)

— A top-notch review from U.K. book blogger Bookaholic Bex

— Five-star review from memoirist, editor, and book blogger Mary Jo Doig

— The BeZine (Vol. 10, Issue 2) -- B-52 Security Guard Becomes a Conscientious Objector

— Excellent review from Rachel Deeming at her Scuffed Granny blog

— Psychedelic Press published my story "An Old Vietnam War Conscientious Objector Takes a Mushroom Journey in Amsterdam" in their quarterly journal Psychedelic Press XXXIX

— Meet the Expats Podcast -- A 40-minute interview with the host Pauline Mura

— Specifically for Seniors Podcast -- I was the third guest on this 90-minute program (titled Three Men, Three Stories) with the host Dr. Larry Barsh (click here for YouTube video link)

— Uncorking a Story Podcast -- A fun 40-minute interview with the host Michael Carlon (Links to both audio and video are at the bottom of the page.)

— Should Have Listened to My Mother Podcast — This 30-minute interview with host Jackie Tantillo gave me a wonderful chance to tell stories about my mother

— An interview with Ashley Hasty on her Hasty Book List blog.

— Talking With the Hippies Podcast host Tom Widdicombe and I reminisce about our "hippie daze" in the 1960s and 1970s

— An absolute joy to visit with host Daniela Stockfleth-Menis on her Because Everyone Has a Story podcast.

— Authors Over 50 Podcast -- A relaxing visit with the host Julia Daily. I also read a section from the preface explaining how I came to write the book (this link is to the video; for the audio only podcast, click here.)

— My guest post (titled "My Mother Imparted to Me a Love of Stories") at Cindy Hudson's Mother Daughter Book Club blog. (Click here to read Cindy's review of my memoir.)

— My guest post (titled "A 73-Year-Old Expat Author's Promotion Adventures") at Laura's Books and Blogs.

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