More exciting news as Playland: Greetings From Ocean City, Maryland was featured in the August 16, 2019 edition of Ocean City Today. OC Today is an actual newspaper, so this is the first occasion of Playland getting print coverage. Which is always exciting for an old guy like me.

In fact, it was my three-a-day newspaper habit in 1982 (the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Baltimore Sun, and the Washington Post) that got me thinking about being a writer. I was living in Ocean City at the time and working at the the 84th Street Exxon. Every morning my boss and I would swap the papers around and discuss the news.

Lydia Woodley did a fantastic job putting the piece together. She had a number of excellent follow-up questions that really brought everything together. I’m grateful for the care she took in trying to get everything right.

So it means a lot to me to have Playland featured in an Ocean City newspaper. One of those things that you didn’t dare even dream about. And yet, there’s my book is in Ocean City Today!

It’s really been a special summer. And one that I’ll never forget!

Earl