Here is a recent email from Mark Miller in the USBC public relations office after he learned about the bowling alley setting in the novel Timely Persuasion:

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Thanks for your e-mail to the United States Bowling Congress. We appreciate the link to your book, especially the chapters heavy with bowling references. The one chapter where the narrator talks about the bowling league was especially interesting. As I'm not a novel reader, won't really get a chance to read the whole thing. But we do wish you success in selling the book. And thanks again for letting us know about it.

Mark Miller
USBC Public Relations

Bowl with US

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The bowling chapters Mr. Miller refers to are available below:

Howdy.  Bowlingus here again with a quick note to let you know the author of Timely Persuasion appeared on the Coverville podcast on Sunday night in a music trivia segment.

What does this have to do with bowling you might ask?  One of the songs he played was a cover by the band Bowling For Soup, an interesting nod to the importance of bowling to the novel's storyline. My bowling partner loves music and would be proud of me for catching the significance of this.

Check it out at the link below.  Whole show is pretty cool, but he turns up at around the 41 minute mark if you want to skip ahead.

Coverville Episode 465