NAIL YOUR HOME Publications

03/09/2024

Now available in paperback!

BREATHE AND BELIEVE
Arthur Wiggins

Athletics. Boosters. Media.
Each feed off the others.

In the world of intercollegiate athletics, millions of dollars and hundreds of lives can rest on a single decision.

At issue for the Athletic Department at American Midwest University is trying to survive as a basketball first school or invest scarce money in the football program in hopes of joining a conference with a more lucrative TV rights contract.

Ron Hill, a successful but ruthless basketball coach, is locked in a power struggle to control the direction of the department.

When a budget crisis temporarily places women’s athletic director Dr. Tara Gantt in charge, she faces nemesis Hill but also must overcome the budget deficit he helped create and an NCAA investigation triggered by a booster embezzling public funds. Gantt is on the clock not only to preserve her life's work but to secure the coveted athletic director job before Chancellor Neil McMillan succumbs to cancer.

Marketing guru Bruce McDermott – who also aspires the top job – must choose sides carefully as backing the unsuccessful candidate likely will cost his job. Amid the NCAA investigation, he learns that lover Kathleen Taylor – an Athletic Department co-worker – has been secretly involved in payoffs and illicit videotaping.

Manipulating the Athletic Committee for personal gain are team physician Dr. Vance Nelson, alum and ex-NBA player turned car dealer Tom Bufkin, and Jeremy Price, co-owner of Price Brothers Design-Build which has an uncanny knack for being low bidder on AMU construction projects.

At another level, women’s basketball coach Julie Godwin, sports information professional Jack Carter and a host of other staff members work to find love and redefine their careers due to budget cuts.
They all have different goals but there is one constant. They all BREATHE AND BELIEVE.

Available on Amazon in both hardcover and paperback editions. 6 x 9. 318 pages. Professionally designed using reader-friendly typefaces (Jenson).

26/08/2024

Available on Amazon in full color paperback (120 photos) for $35, or as a Kindle Replica Book (fixed layout ebook) for just $2.99. Free access to Kindle Unlimited subscribers.

07/04/2023

This is a test. I am reformatting NAIL YOUR KITCHEN into a 9 x 7 landscape format to allow Print on Demand because many people prefer a physical book rather than a digital edition.

PART of my idea is moving many of the charts from the new “condensed” version into a downloadable PDF Workbook (8 1/2 x 11) that people could print at home and put in a 3-ring binder. The Kindle edition is excellent from a reading perspective but not for printing charts and worksheets.

The attached PDF is a work in progress of the landscape version. Would appreciate any feedback (disregard page numbers).

Secondly, for the print version, would black and white pages instead of color affect purchase (color essentially DOUBLES purchase price)?

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15/02/2023

15/02/2023

I am looking for people to read and write a review of NAIL YOUR KITCHEN on Amazon, whose rules prohibit close family from writing reviews. It is a Kindle Replica Book (fixed layout) which can be read on a Kindle Fire or a device with the Kindle app. I am willing to provide up to five copies to interested readers if you message your email.

Thanks
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28/10/2022

28/10/2022

THE GAMEDAY PROTOCOL is now available at the Kindle Store.

THE GAMEDAY PROTOCOL: The Masterpiece Novel Of Athletic Intrigue

28/10/2022

Republishing under new book title in the Kindle Store. Although “The Game Changers” in many ways was a better title, it turns out so many similar names made it difficult to find.

In contrast, there were no listings for “The Gameday Protocol.” Content is identical. Hopefully this will result in more sales and reads.

21/10/2022

REFLOWABLE version of The Game Changers should be available within two or three days. This version can be read on ANY Kindle (not just Kindle Fire) or any device with a Kindle app.

Cost has been lowered on this version, which contains identical content but a smaller file size.

It will also be available for Kindle Unlimited subscribers.

17/10/2022

The Game Changers is now live on Amazon.

16/10/2022

Coming soon.

The Game Changers is the new and satisfying novel that takes the reader into the heart of intercollegiate athletics, where millions of dollars and lives can rest on a single decision.

The Game Changers is the story of a pioneer creating opportunities for women in intercollegiate athletics. When a financial crisis thrusts Dr. Tara Gantt into leading men’s and women’s sports through budget cuts, she faces a longtime adversary and his booster cronies. She is also fighting the clock, not only to salvage her life’s work, but to earn the coveted athletic director job before the university chancellor succumbs to cancer.

Dr. Tara Gantt is an appealing heroine who believes in the consent of the governed. It is the story of forbidden romantic relationships and their pitfalls within the world of athletics.

Ripped from the headlines, The Game Changers provides readers with an insider’s view of the symbiotic relationships between sports, media and boosters that is as compelling as it is comprehensive.

Hamstrung by a chancellor who has resisted facility and technology upgrades for decades, American Midwest University must search for ways to become nationally competitive in sports or become irrelevant in the recruiting arms race.

Fighting for new facilities that will define intercollegiate athletics at AMU for decades, Gantt faces the ultimate choice of pursuing her lifelong ambition or passing the torch to the next generation.

Truly The Masterpiece Novel Of Athletic Intrigue.

16/10/2022

Coming soon to Amazon is NYH Publications’ first novel, a Kindle Replica Book (fixed layout).

The Game Changers is the new and satisfying novel that takes the reader into the heart of intercollegiate athletics, where millions of dollars and lives can rest on a single decision.

The Game Changers is the story of a pioneer creating opportunities for women in intercollegiate athletics. When a financial crisis thrusts her into leading men’s and women’s sports through budget cuts, she faces a longtime adversary and his booster cronies. She is also fighting the clock, not only to salvage her life’s work, but to earn the coveted athletic director job before the university chancellor succumbs to cancer.

Dr. Tara Gantt is an appealing heroine who believes in the consent of the governed. It is the story of romantic relationships and their pitfalls within the world of athletics.

Ripped from the headlines, The Game Changers provides readers with an insider’s view of the symbiotic relationships between sports, media and boosters that is as compelling as it is comprehensive.

Hamstrung by a chancellor who has resisted facility and technology upgrades for decades, American Midwest University must search for ways to become nationally competitive in sports or become irrelevant in the recruiting arms race.

Fighting for new facilities that will define intercollegiate athletics at AMU for decades, Gantt faces the ultimate choice of pursuing her lifelong ambition or passing the torch to the next generation.

Truly The Masterpiece Novel Of Athletic Intrigue.

01/07/2022

https://vimeo.com/726060030

Our latest ebook is now available at the Kindle Store.

Transform your current or future house into the HOME that fits your lifestyle and budget.

01/07/2022

https://vimeo.com/726060030

26/06/2022

Coming soon to the Kindle Store, a 200+ page fixed layout ebook on how to create a Good House and Better Home.

A limited number of free PDF copies are available for beta readers and potential reviewers.

26/06/2022

Coming soon to the Kindle Store. Fixed layout ebook (Kindle Replica Book).

A limited number of copies are available pre-publication in PDF format.

28/03/2022

NAIL YOUR HOME is a companion ebook to NAIL YOUR KITCHEN.
It can help you decide whether to stay in your current home or look for another.
Among other things, it explains how to choose a whole house color palette, install click-lock flooring, design a better reach-in closet than you will find elsewhere, and develop a laundry system that works for you.

24/03/2022

A well-designed kitchen usually has a blend of drawers, rollout trays and pullouts geared to the needs of the homeowner.

I use the middle drawer of a 3-drawer base cabinet to house a George Foreman Evolve and attachments. In use, it sits on top of the 30” wide cabinet for convenient setup.

I use the middle drawer of another 3-drawer base cabinet to house cast iron. I don’t have to bend down to pick up something heavy and the middle drawer reduces the temptation to overload the drawer with too much weight.

Our pantry has five rollout trays that can be vertically adjusted without tools. That allows maximum use of space. Cans go on one ROT, breakfast items on another, bulk paper towels on another, etc.

A pullout is great for holding ZipLocs, aluminum foil, wax paper and other essentials.

24/03/2022

Make time for family.

24/03/2022

24/03/2022

People are the most important aesthetic in kitchen design. If you don't nail that aesthetic, nothing else matters.

Envision what you want from your kitchen. Perhaps a place to teach a child how to cook. Or have a family meal together. Or you need a super efficient kitchen to help you cope with raising a family.

No matter what you want from your kitchen, YOU are the most member of the design team.
Most of us have only one opportunity to create the kitchen of our dreams.

Do it with NAIL YOUR KITCHEN.

Available in the Kindle Store.

22/03/2022

The essential guide to renovating your kitchen, whether hiring a designer or DIY, is now available on Amazon as a fixed layout Kindle Replica Book for just $4.99

Before you hire a designer, develop a preliminary plan that allows an apples-to-apples comparison of prospective designers. Learn how to save money, not just on cabinets but other products.

NAIL YOUR KITCHEN walks you through the nine choices that define your kitchen. It shows how to design not only the cabinet layout, but how to design your backsplash and install cabinets.

323 pages. 120+ full color photos. Worksheets to organize every cabinet.