New Jersey In The Spotlight At EWR

 

Traveling through any airport is a challenge, but these days, the stress can be overwhelming with massive cancellations due to severe storms, long delays, you name it. One airport - Newark-Liberty International Airport in Newark, NJ (EWR) - is trying to make those long, dreaded layovers a little easier to cope with.

Read all about it in my latest article for TravelAwaits.

We Have Book Signing

 

Once again, I can't thank the director of Historic Blakeley State Park, historian, and author Mike Bunn for inviting me to do a presentation and book signing at the annual Alabama Author's Day event February 19th. It's a chance to meet some really great authors from the area and the state and learn about their new books (and I always learn more about the craft myself.) Thanks to all who could make it. It was a gorgeous sunny Sunday afternoon and Mardi Gras' Joe Caine Day to boot but still, there was a great crowd.

Now, it's on to the next. I'm really excited to have been invited to do a book signing at one of my absolute favorite books stores, the Haunted Book Shop at 9 Joachim St., Mobile. Exciting because first of all, the signing is in downtown Mobile and will be the first signing of my latest non-fiction historical book, "A History Lover's Guide to Mobile and the Alabama Gulf Coast". Secondly, it will be held during the monthly Mobile LoDa Art Walk, and fun filled evening of the arts in the Port City.

It's going to be a blast and I hope to see you there Friday March 10th from 6 to 8pm. Click HERE for directions to the Haunted Book Shop.

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Becoming An Asteroid Specialist...Or Not

 

Who knew my love of bad (and some good) "B" movies and space exploration would come in handy? Recently, I was interviewed by Space.Com about the feasibility of nuking an asteroid that is hurtling to Earth as seen in so many Sci Fi movies. Read the article here.

New Book Trailer Released

 

My new book, "A History Lover's Guide to Mobile and the Alabama Gulf Coast", is set for takeoff. The book will be released March 6th and will be available at your favorite brick and mortar bookstore or online bookstore. The book takes a unique look at the history of the state's 320+ year old port city with a twist - it is also a travel guide that will take you to experience the history first hand. 

Here is a preview book trailer. You can pre-order the book now online.

Another Title In The Pipeline

 

You just knew I couldn't sit still for long. After wrapping up the manuscripts for "Everyone's Gone to the Moon", "Best Easy Day Hikes Birmingham", and "A History Lover's Guide to Mobile and the Alabama Gulf Coast", I swore I would take a break from writing another book. Nope. Not me. I'm putting together another proposal to my publisher for a new book, "GI JIVE: The Music That Helped Win World War II". I am a huge fan of 1940s Big Band music thanks to my Mom who would turn on the radio on a Saturday afternoon when I was growing up and tune to a local radio station out of NYC that played an hour of this genre and she would reminisce about the music. The intersection of the music and the war effort is incredible. The work is in its very early stages. I'm must laying out the outline. We'll see where it leads.