The Busiest Time of the Year

 

Hi, again everyone. Hope you survived Thanksgiving, the scuffle of Black Friday shopping, and are now enjoying gallons of turkey soup, turkey sandwiches, and turkey casserole. 

This is always the busiest time of year for me when it comes to writing. I have a lot of irons in the fire Nothing unusual there. First and foremost, I had an email from one of my publishers saying that I needed to have more exposure on social media. I resisted Twitter and X for the longest time but now I've found a home on BlueSky. If you're on the platform, I hope you will follow me - @joecuhajauthor.bsky.social.

Oh, and I have a book signing coming up. Myself and authors from around the area will be selling and signing copies of our books at the Mobile Public Library's Holiday Market December 14th from 10am to 1pm at the library's West Regional Branch on Grelot Road in Mobile. Mark it on your calendar, come on out, and find your next favorite read.

The P.R. work for my new book, The Pig War and the Pelican Girls, has officially begun. Today, I begin writing the scripts for the 10-part companion podcast. It's one of my favorite parts of writing non-fiction history as it brings me back to my radio roots, although this is scripted and not off-the-cuff (and insane) like my old radio shows. We're shooting for a February 24th debut with the book set for release April 22nd.

No updates yet on my new cozy mystery, "Dead Air." It's circulating around several publishers and agents but it's a process that could take months before I get a response. One of the inspirations for the mystery is the film series, "The Thin Man." The book is set in a Gulf Coast port city (any resemblance to actually cities is purely coincidental :) ) but it is not a 40s noir mystery like a Raymond Chandler. It's a typical cozy - set in a quaint town with unique characters and a budding romance. What I was shooting for in the romance between our two sleuths is the unique humor we see between the characters of Nick and Nora Charles in the "Thin Man" movies. Good natured, snarky, a bit sarcastic at times, but always with love. I'll keep you posted on whether or not the book finds a home. Fingers crossed

And that's it from the old writing room this week. Have a great week, everybody! More soon.

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