About Me
Michael Lortz received his BA in Creative Writing from Florida State University. After getting a day job in the defense industry, he started writing about sports and music in his spare time on his personal blog. He has now written for many of the most popular baseball sites and covered music for local news media.
His baseball writing and research has been quoted in USAToday, on ESPN.com, and at local county commissioner meetings.
Michael lives in Tampa, Florida and Curveball at the Crossroads is his first novel.
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Twitter: @JordiScrubbings or @crossroadscurve
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Who is Jordi Scrubbings?
Jordi Scrubbings is an alias I developed over 20 years ago when creating a character for a comedy sketch my friends and I were making. Jordi was the son of Dick Scrubbings, a famous newscaster. Jordi was named after French DJ Jordy, who became famous in the early 90s for his song "It's Hard to be a Baby".
When I first started writing in the mid-2000s, I wasn't sure where I was going with it or how it would be received by my co-workers or bosses so I decided to use the alias "Jordi Scrubbings" on all my work. I also used Jordi Scrubbings on any social media platform because I didn't know how I would be received if found. Eventually, I wanted credit for the work I was putting in and the recognition I was getting so I started writing under my real name.
I do keep Jordi alive however. I write the Fighting The Man series of books under the nom de guerre Jordi Scrubbings because I don't want The Man to find me out.
