Got a text tonight from a colleague, and he told me to switch on the local PBS station immediately. A copy of Bearcats Rising was up for auction – an auction run by UC – and the opening bid was for $9. Greg Harrell and Brad Wurthman gave it the hard sell. Said it was a literary masterpiece. Said I was a whale of a writer. They talked about my shoe collection. They talked about my beard. They talked about how awesome I am.*
*The first four statements they made about me and my book are definitely true. I might have made up that final part of the paragraph.
The auction lasted for 2 minutes, and though I listened hard for a ringing phone, I never heard anything. It started at $9 and ended at $9. Took me a year and a half to write. Couldn’t get a $10 bid.
Tough business, eh?
Josh Katzowitz - Sports Writer/Author/Editor 
wish i had seen it. hell, i paid $22.50
And I appreciate every last penny.