Two authors give book signing

Event planned for July 5

Local authors Patrick Wood and Richard Sweitzer will hold a book signing on Friday, July 5 at 10:30 a.m. at the Bookcellar on Main Street, across from the Waupaca Public Library.

Sweltzer, better known as longtime radio host Rick Winters on Lake’s 92.7 WDUX, is the author of “ODE: The Scion of Nerikan.”

His first book, an epic fantasy story about an immortal monster looking for a way to die and a little girl who gives him a reason to live, received a stellar review from Kirkus Reviews.

According to Kirkus Reviews, “Ode” is about “a powerful escapee from a mythical prison and a brave young girl who form an unlikely bond in Sweitzer’s fantasy novel.”

“The author takes readers through the vastness of imaginative iron, through forests, into various towns and villages, and through harrowing mountains. No journey, however, is more fulfilling than the emotional one at the heart of this story,” the review says. “Indelible characters carry this epic, soulful, and magic-infused story.”

Wood is publisher of the Waupaca County Post, the Picture Post and more than three dozen other newspapers, websites and trade publications throughout Wisconsin.

He is also the author of Reflections, a collection of thoughtful essays about human relationships and the journey through life.

Readers of the Waupaca County Post will recognize many of Wood’s essays in “Reflections” from his weekly letters.

Wood covers a wide range of human experiences – from the cosmic in “Billions and Trillions of Stars” to the spiritual in “Homelessness and Matthew 25:35,” personal growth and character in “The Quest for Virtue,” and memory and nostalgia in “That Old Gang of Mine.”

One reviewer of Wood’s book on Amazon noted, “I found myself reflecting with him as I read a chapter or two each day. Reflections opens a window into the author’s soul while also offering insight into our own lives and what is truly important to us.”