Checking in

As is obvious, I haven’t posted on a Passion for Pipes much for a couple of months. As a result, I’ve received quite a few messages of concern from readers and friends, most of whom are worried that something is wrong beyond my being very busy with other things. So, I feel like I owe you all an update.

First, I have been extremely busy with work. Business at the Roan Group has been booming with new clients and a fairly intense work schedule with existing clients. It has been a good time, but it has also meant more than a few 12-14 hour work days.

Second, December was a big push month for the Comoy Blue Riband book which will be released at the Chicago Show this coming May. A couple of important interviews occurred late in the book’s development that occasioned a couple of rewrites, the most significant of which was a conversation with John J. Adler, the man who ran Cadogan—Comoy’s parent company. That interview provided information and insights that required rethinking and recrafting the narrative in order to present the most accurate picture.

My publisher just sent me a round of preliminary press-sheet proofs and there are a few niggling issues that must be resolved before the book goes into full production. So there is that to accomplish.

One very good piece of news is that the book will be released in hard cover. Given the amount of reference information in it, I think this will make the book far more durable over time.

I hope to be posting more in the near term. Thanks again for bearing with my absence.