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We are often asked about social media and which platform authors should be on. Lately, there have been a lot of questions about TikTok and our answer is usually along the lines of "it depends." Is your ideal audience on TikTok, Twitter, or LinkedIn? Is there a conversation already happening about your topic on Twitter? Have you engaged with and provided value to that community? On this episode of the Pub Date Podcast we have editor, writer, and author Ray E. Boomhower share how he found his niche in books and community on Twitter. Ray is a big believer in not wasting anything. If you start down a path and end up taking a detour, don't trash that work. Instead, he says "cannibalize what you don't use [for your book or content] and use it on Twitter to promote what you're working on or have worked on." We ask him to share his thoughts on the following: How do you engage with your readers on social media? What are your favorite Twitter tips, best practices? Who are some of your favorite authors to engage with on social? About Our Guest Ray E. Boomhower is senior editor at the Indiana Historical Society Press, where he serves as editor of the quarterly popular history magazine "Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History." Boomhower has been with the Society since 1987, beginning work for the statewide, nonprofit organization as its public relations coordinator. You can check out his published books here: https://www.amazon.com/Ray-E.-Boomhower/e/B000APFRCQ And be sure to follow Ray on Twitter @RayBoomhower (https://twitter.com/RayBoomhower)

We are often asked about social media and which platform authors should be on. Lately, there have been a lot of questions about TikTok and our answer is usually along the lines of "it depends." Is your ideal audience on TikTok, Twitter, or LinkedIn? Is there a conversation already happening about your topic on Twitter? Have you engaged with and provided value to that community? On this episode of the Pub Date Podcast we have editor, writer, and author Ray E. Boomhower share how he found his niche in books and community on Twitter. Ray is a big believer in not wasting anything. If you start down a path and end up taking a detour, don't trash that work. Instead, he says "cannibalize what you don't use [for your book or content] and use it on Twitter to promote what you're working on or have worked on." We ask him to share his thoughts on the following: How do you engage with your readers on social media? What are your favorite Twitter tips, best practices? Who are some of your favorite authors to engage with on social? About Our Guest Ray E. Boomhower is senior editor at the Indiana Historical Society Press, where he serves as editor of the quarterly popular history magazine "Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History." Boomhower has been with the Society since 1987, beginning work for the statewide, nonprofit organization as its public relations coordinator. You can check out his published books here: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ray-E.-Boomhower/e/B000APFRCQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Ray-E.-Boomhower/e/B000APFRCQ</a> And be sure to follow Ray on Twitter @RayBoomhower (<a href="https://twitter.com/RayBoomhower" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/RayBoomhower</a>)

Ep. 31: How to Promote Your Book on Twitter with Ray E. Boomhower

We are often asked about social media and which platform authors should be on. Lately, there have been a lot of questions about TikTok and our answer is usually along the lines of "it depends." Is your ideal audience on TikTok, Twitter, or LinkedIn? Is there a conversation already happening about your topic on Twitter? Have you engaged with and provided value to that community? On this episode of the Pub Date Podcast we have editor, writer, and author Ray E. Boomhower share how he found his niche in books and community on Twitter. Ray is a big believer in not wasting anything. If you start down a path and end up taking a detour, don't trash that work. Instead, he says "cannibalize what you don't use [for your book or content] and use it on Twitter to promote what you're working on or have worked on." We ask him to share his thoughts on the following: How do you engage with your readers on social media? What are your favorite Twitter tips, best practices? Who are some of your favorite authors to engage with on social?  About Our Guest Ray E. Boomhower is senior editor at the Indiana Historical Society Press, where he serves as editor of the quarterly popular history magazine "Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History." Boomhower has been with the Society since 1987, beginning work for the statewide, nonprofit organization as its public relations coordinator. You can check out his published books here: https://www.amazon.com/Ray-E.-Boomhower/e/B000APFRCQ And be sure to follow Ray on Twitter @RayBoomhower (https://twitter.com/RayBoomhower)

We are often asked about social media and which platform authors should be on. Lately, there have been a lot of questions about TikTok and our answer is usually along the lines of "it depends." Is your ideal audience on TikTok, Twitter, or LinkedIn? Is there a conversation already happening about your topic on Twitter? Have you engaged with and provided value to that community? On this episode of the Pub Date Podcast we have editor, writer, and author Ray E. Boomhower share how he found his niche in books and community on Twitter. Ray is a big believer in not wasting anything. If you start down a path and end up taking a detour, don't trash that work. Instead, he says "cannibalize what you don't use [for your book or content] and use it on Twitter to promote what you're working on or have worked on." We ask him to share his thoughts on the following: <ul><li>How do you engage with your readers on social media?</li> <li>What are your favorite Twitter tips, best practices?</li> <li>Who are some of your favorite authors to engage with on social?</li> </ul> About Our Guest Ray E. Boomhower is senior editor at the Indiana Historical Society Press, where he serves as editor of the quarterly popular history magazine "Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History." Boomhower has been with the Society since 1987, beginning work for the statewide, nonprofit organization as its public relations coordinator. You can check out his published books here: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ray-E.-Boomhower/e/B000APFRCQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Ray-E.-Boomhower/e/B000APFRCQ</a> And be sure to follow Ray on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/RayBoomhower" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RayBoomhower</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/RayBoomhower" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/RayBoomhower</a>)

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.On this our 213th episode our guest is Ray E. Boomhower.Ray E. Boomhower is senior editor of the Indiana Historical Society Press. He is editor of the IHS’s quarterly popular history magazine, “Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History.” Boomhower has been with the Society since 1987.A native of Mishawaka, Indiana, Boomhower graduated from Indiana University in 1982 with degrees in journalism and political science. He received his master’s degree in U.S. history from Indiana University, Indianapolis, in 1995. Before joining the Society staff, he worked in public relations for the Indiana State Museum and as a reporter for two Indiana daily newspapers.Along with numerous articles for “Traces,” the “Indiana Magazine of History,” and other history periodicals, Boomhower is the author of the books “Jacob Piatt Dunn, Jr.: A Life in History and Politics, 1855-1924” (Indiana Historical Society, 1997); “The Country Contributor: The Life and Times of Juliet V. Strauss” (Guild Press of Indiana, 1998); “Destination Indiana: Travels through Hoosier History” (IHS, 2000); “'But I Do Clamor': May Wright Sewall, A Life, 1844–1920” (Guild Press, 2001); “'One Shot': The World War II Photography of John A. Bushemi” (IHS Press, 2004); “Gus Grissom: The Lost Astronaut” (IHS Press, 2004); “The Sword and the Pen: A Life of Lew Wallace” (IHS Press, 2005); “The Soldier’s Friend: A Life of Ernie Pyle” (IHS Press, 2006); “Fighting for Equality: A Life of May Wright Sewall” (IHS Press, 2007); “Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Indiana Primary” (Indiana University Press, 2008); “Fighter Pilot: The World War II Career of Alex Vraciu” (IHS Press, 2010); “The People's Choice: Congressman Jim Jontz of Indiana” (IHS Press, 2013); “John Bartlow Martin: A Voice for the Underdog” (IU Press, 2015); “Dispatches from the Pacific: The World War II Reporting of Robert L. Sherrod” (2017); “Indiana Originals: Hoosier Heroes &amp; Heroines” (History Press, 2018); and “Mr. President: A Life of Benjamin Harrison” (IHS Press, 2018).His latest book, “Richard Tregaskis: Reporting Under Fire from Guadalcanal to Vietnam” was published in November 2021 by the University of New Mexico Press.Join The Rob Burgess Show mailing list! Go to tinyletter.com/therobburgessshow and type in your email address. Then, respond to the automatic message.Also please make sure to comment, follow, like, subscribe, share, rate and review everywhere the podcast is available, including iTunes, YouTube, SoundCloud, Stitcher, Google Play Music, Twitter, Internet Archive, TuneIn, RSS, and, now, Spotify.The official website for the podcast is www.therobburgessshow.com.You can find more about me by visiting my website, www.thisburgess.com.If you have something to say, record a voice memo on your smartphone and send it to therobburgessshow@gmail.com. Include “voice memo” in the subject line of the email. Also, if you want to call or text the show for any reason, the number is: 317-674-3547.

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this our 213th episode our guest is Ray E. Boomhower. Ray E. Boomhower is senior editor of the Indiana Historical Society Press. He is editor of the IHS’s quarterly popular history magazine, “Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History.” Boomhower has been with the Society since 1987. A native of Mishawaka, Indiana, Boomhower graduated from Indiana University in 1982 with degrees in journalism and political science. He received his master’s degree in U.S. history from Indiana University, Indianapolis, in 1995. Before joining the Society staff, he worked in public relations for the Indiana State Museum and as a reporter for two Indiana daily newspapers. Along with numerous articles for “Traces,” the “Indiana Magazine of History,” and other history periodicals, Boomhower is the author of the books “Jacob Piatt Dunn, Jr.: A Life in History and Politics, 1855-1924” (Indiana Historical Society, 1997); “The Country Contributor: The Life and Times of Juliet V. Strauss” (Guild Press of Indiana, 1998); “Destination Indiana: Travels through Hoosier History” (IHS, 2000); “'But I Do Clamor': May Wright Sewall, A Life, 1844–1920” (Guild Press, 2001); “'One Shot': The World War II Photography of John A. Bushemi” (IHS Press, 2004); “Gus Grissom: The Lost Astronaut” (IHS Press, 2004); “The Sword and the Pen: A Life of Lew Wallace” (IHS Press, 2005); “The Soldier’s Friend: A Life of Ernie Pyle” (IHS Press, 2006); “Fighting for Equality: A Life of May Wright Sewall” (IHS Press, 2007); “Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Indiana Primary” (Indiana University Press, 2008); “Fighter Pilot: The World War II Career of Alex Vraciu” (IHS Press, 2010); “The People's Choice: Congressman Jim Jontz of Indiana” (IHS Press, 2013); “John Bartlow Martin: A Voice for the Underdog” (IU Press, 2015); “Dispatches from the Pacific: The World War II Reporting of Robert L. Sherrod” (2017); “Indiana Originals: Hoosier Heroes &amp; Heroines” (History Press, 2018); and “Mr. President: A Life of Benjamin Harrison” (IHS Press, 2018). His latest book, “Richard Tregaskis: Reporting Under Fire from Guadalcanal to Vietnam” was published in November 2021 by the University of New Mexico Press. Join The Rob Burgess Show mailing list! Go to <a href="http://tinyletter.com/therobburgessshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tinyletter.com/therobburgessshow</a> and type in your email address. Then, respond to the automatic message. Also please make sure to comment, follow, like, subscribe, share, rate and review everywhere the podcast is available, including iTunes, YouTube, SoundCloud, Stitcher, Google Play Music, Twitter, Internet Archive, TuneIn, RSS, and, now, Spotify. The official website for the podcast is <a href="http://www.therobburgessshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.therobburgessshow.com</a>. You can find more about me by visiting my website, www.thisburgess.com.If you have something to say, record a voice memo on your smartphone and send it to therobburgessshow@gmail.com. Include “voice memo” in the subject line of the email. Also, if you want to call or text the show for any reason, the number is: 317-674-3547.

Ep. 213 - Ray E. Boomhower

Richard Tregaskis

Considered by his contemporaries as “the bravest of the brave war correspondents” of World  War II, journalist and author Richard Tregaskis risked his life on countless occasions to bring the  brutal realities of combat to light for Americans on the home front. Tregaskis was a firsthand witness to such major combat operations of the war as the Doolittle  Raid, the Battle of Midway, Guadalcanal, the invasion of Sicily and Italy, fighting in France and  Germany, and B-29 bombing missions over Japan. He did all of this while suffering from a  potentially fatal illness, diabetes. Although the tall, gangly reporter had been lucky to escape from Guadalcanal unharmed,  producing the classic Guadalcanal Diary in the process, his luck ran out on a hill in Italy.  Shrapnel from a German shell pierced Tregaskis’s helmet, leaving him gravely wounded. He  spent the next several months re-learning how to speak by reciting poetry, returning to action  with a metal plate in his head covering a hole in his skull.  Tregaskis eventually returned to the Pacific on a B-29 bomber, following its crew into battle for  a series of articles he wrote for the Saturday Evening Post. In accepting his assignment,  Tregaskis, when asked by his editor if he really wanted to go, responded, “I don’t want to, but I  think I ought to go.” According to the Post, “ought to go” had been Tregaskis’s first  commandment “ever since he began chasing the war, three months after Pearl Harbor.” Author/ex-journalist Ray Boomhower’s riveting new biography of war correspondent Richard  Tregaskis embeds the reader in the battles that Tregaskis covered. Tregaskis was the eyes and  voice of the “everyman” soldier, sailor, aviator, and marine to the world. Boomhower’s wellrounded presentation of the author of Guadalcanal Diary, Invasion Diary, Vietnam Diary, and  many other best sellers of the time presents a portrait of a man of courage, sensitivity, and  intensity, while very much human and flawed.  Tregaskis later reported on Cold War conflicts in China, Korea, and Vietnam. In 1964 the  Overseas Press Club recognized his first-person reporting under hazardous circumstances by  awarding him its George Polk Award for his book Vietnam Diary. Boomhower’s book is the first  to tell Tregaskis's gripping life story, concentrating on his intrepid reporting experiences during  various wars, and his fascination with combat and its effect on the men who fought it. About the author: Ray E. Boomhower is senior editor at the Indiana Historical Society  Press, where he edits the popular history magazine Traces of Indiana  and Midwestern History. A former newspaper reporter, Boomhower has written extensively on World War II media history, including  biographies of such noted war correspondents as Scripps-Howard  columnist Ernie Pyle and Time magazine reporter Robert L. Sherrod.  Boomhower has also published biographies of fighter ace Alex Vraciu,  war photographer John A. Bushemi, Mercury astronaut Gus Grissom, longform journalist and political speechwriter John Bartlow Martin.  Boomhower received the Hoosier Historian award from the Indiana Historical Society and has  won the 2009 Best Books of Indiana sponsored by the Indiana Center for the Book. He was a  finalist in the annual Benjamin Franklin Awards from the Independent Book Publishers  Association. In 2010 he was named as the winner of the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award in the regional category.

Considered by his contemporaries as “the bravest of the brave war correspondents” of World  War II, journalist and author Richard Tregaskis risked his life on countless occasions to bring the  brutal realities of combat to light for Americans on the home front. Tregaskis was a firsthand witness to such major combat operations of the war as the Doolittle  Raid, the Battle of Midway, Guadalcanal, the invasion of Sicily and Italy, fighting in France and  Germany, and B-29 bombing missions over Japan. He did all of this while suffering from a  potentially fatal illness, diabetes. Although the tall, gangly reporter had been lucky to escape from Guadalcanal unharmed,  producing the classic Guadalcanal Diary in the process, his luck ran out on a hill in Italy.  Shrapnel from a German shell pierced Tregaskis’s helmet, leaving him gravely wounded. He  spent the next several months re-learning how to speak by reciting poetry, returning to action  with a metal plate in his head covering a hole in his skull.  Tregaskis eventually returned to the Pacific on a B-29 bomber, following its crew into battle for  a series of articles he wrote for the Saturday Evening Post. In accepting his assignment,  Tregaskis, when asked by his editor if he really wanted to go, responded, “I don’t want to, but I  think I ought to go.” According to the Post, “ought to go” had been Tregaskis’s first  commandment “ever since he began chasing the war, three months after Pearl Harbor.” Author/ex-journalist Ray Boomhower’s riveting new biography of war correspondent Richard  Tregaskis embeds the reader in the battles that Tregaskis covered. Tregaskis was the eyes and  voice of the “everyman” soldier, sailor, aviator, and marine to the world. Boomhower’s wellrounded presentation of the author of Guadalcanal Diary, Invasion Diary, Vietnam Diary, and  many other best sellers of the time presents a portrait of a man of courage, sensitivity, and  intensity, while very much human and flawed.  Tregaskis later reported on Cold War conflicts in China, Korea, and Vietnam. In 1964 the  Overseas Press Club recognized his first-person reporting under hazardous circumstances by  awarding him its George Polk Award for his book Vietnam Diary. Boomhower’s book is the first  to tell Tregaskis's gripping life story, concentrating on his intrepid reporting experiences during  various wars, and his fascination with combat and its effect on the men who fought it. About the author: Ray E. Boomhower is senior editor at the Indiana Historical Society  Press, where he edits the popular history magazine Traces of Indiana  and Midwestern History. A former newspaper reporter, Boomhower has written extensively on World War II media history, including  biographies of such noted war correspondents as Scripps-Howard  columnist Ernie Pyle and Time magazine reporter Robert L. Sherrod.  Boomhower has also published biographies of fighter ace Alex Vraciu,  war photographer John A. Bushemi, Mercury astronaut Gus Grissom, longform journalist and political speechwriter John Bartlow Martin.  Boomhower received the Hoosier Historian award from the Indiana Historical Society and has  won the 2009 Best Books of Indiana sponsored by the Indiana Center for the Book. He was a  finalist in the annual Benjamin Franklin Awards from the Independent Book Publishers  Association. In 2010 he was named as the winner of the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award in the regional category.