About
Ron Seybold directs the Writer's Workshop in Austin, a full-service workshop for editing, workshops, book development, author coaching, publishing, and audiobook production. His memoir Stealing Home, a parenthood journey about crossing the country on a road trip with his Little Leaguer, was released in 2019. His debut novel is Viral Times, a futuristic thriller about a viral pandemic that changes the way the world heals and loves. He’s a two-time finalist in the Writers’ League of Texas for memoir and historical fiction.
Ron has reported on technology for KUT, Open Systems Today, and LegacyOS, acted in melodramas and Shakespeare’s plays, and walks the family standard poodle Tess Harding less often than she’d like. A teaching volunteer at the Austin Bat Cave literacy program in schools, he coaches authors, edits books, and plays a role in helping authors from inspiration to publication.
Featured Work
Stealing Home: A Father, a Son, and the Road to the Perfect Game
The rarest outcome in sports is baseball's perfect game. One team does everything right, forcing the other to accomplish nothing. In 150 years of baseball, there have only been 23. Perfect is nearly impossible. As a divorced dad, Ron was trying to redeem his fatherhood on a baseball road trip with his Little League son Nicky. Their odyssey of nine games in eleven days, crossing eight states in a rented convertible, was supposed to repair Ron's life as an unsure father. One sign of salvation came unbidden in an unscheduled tenth game.
The adventures of the road, with a dad flying solo and trying to keep his boy safe and have fun, lead to a deeper reckoning of how Ron's father had failed enough to take his own life. Thousands of miles and dozens of innings delivered a discovery — a drive toward perfect fatherhood has a destination that cannot be found on any map, but can emerge anywhere.
"Part baseball, part fatherhood, and all boyhood, Stealing Home plays out the mystery of love and family. Fueled by his determination to become a better dad, Seybold's journey becomes a quest to reconcile the past and his future. The magic lies in the storytelling that travels the road to something perfect." - Donna Johnson, author of Holy Ghost Girl: A Memoir
