I’ve followed and admired Dale Spartas, mostly as a fellow photographer but also as a hunting and fishing writer, since at least the mid-1990’s. His photographs and stories have appeared in most of the well-known outdoor magazines over the years. Two years ago, I was driving a shuttle at a Spaniel field trial in Three…
On Monday, April 27, I gave my new Keynote (think PowerPoint) multimedia presentation at the Community Library in Three Forks, Montana. I debated it in my head and sought the advice of friends on whether to play the incredible video Mike Ebbing and I recently recorded at the Reagan Library, or to speak extemporaneously as…
Very Exciting News! On March 18, my book editor and promoter extraordinaire, Mike Ebbing, and I spent the day at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum working with the Foundation’s very talented Audio-Visual team. The result was about one hour and fifteen minutes of high-definition, raw interview footage that they will edit down to…
We recently switched publishers from Amazon (a complete waste of time!) to IngramSpark, a highly regarded international publisher and book sales promotion company. Making this change has not been easy, and so far I have only been able to upload two of our five editions—paperback and hardback with all black and white interiors. I’m currently…
From the biographer of the vice presidents… As a biographer to three Vice Presidents, a historian and a national security expert who has spent decades studying the American presidency, I approach White House memoirs with a critical eye. Most fall into predictable patterns — political posturing, score-settling, or name-dropping dressed up as history. Follow The Yellow…
Five weeks from today, the editor and promoter extraodinare of my book, Mike Ebbing, and I will begin a weeklong book signing tour in Southern California. Starting in Palm Springs, we will conduct our completely impromptu, “Larry King-Style” interviews for audiences at various venues, from Walt Disney’s former desert home (known as Smoke Tree Ranch)…
I just finished entering Follow The Yellow Line in the 2026 Next Generation Indie Book Awards! The Next Generation Indie Book Awards is the largest International awards program for indie authors and independent publishers. In its nineteenth year of operation, the Next Generation Indie Book Awards was established to recognize and honor the most exceptional…
Now that my book has been published and about 150 copies are in reader’s hands, reviews have begun pouring in literally from all around the world! And every one, so far, has been 5-stars! Here is a sampling of what I’ve been receiving—almost every day now. “Fascinating. Fun to read. For presidential historians, dog lovers,…
Southern California—here we come! Between the 12th and 20th of March, 2026, Bill will be traveling with book editor and promoter extraordinaire Mike Ebbing all over So-Cal. Beginning in Palm Springs, then headquartered in Orange County, venues will include several golf-course lunch meetings, The Palms at La Quinta, the Reagan and Nixon Presidential Libraries, with…
For the better part of forty years, I refused to even consider the idea. Of writing a book. About my experiences at the White House during the Nixon and Ford presidencies. Unique though they were. People before me had done it, and many had paid a price. Severe in some cases. Lost friendships and lost…