Apollo 11 Specials

This Saturday, July 20th, is the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. In commemoration, a brand new episode of the companion podcast to my book, Everyone’s Gone to the Moon: July 1969, Life on Earth, and the Epic Voyage of Apollo 11, has just posted! The bonus episode takes a look at some of the television coverage of that historic event on July 20, 1969.

You can listen to the episode on my website by following this link or clicking the image below.

In addition, I'm giving away two personalized copies of the book. To enter, simply visit this link to the contest entry page or click the image below. Winners will be announced and notified Friday, July 19th.

And if that wasn't enough, you can purchase an autographed copy of the book during my anniversary sale for 55% off the cover price! Visit my online bookstore by clicking this link or the image below.

Apollo 11 Anniversary

 

Sunday July 20th is the 55th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon and in honor of the event, I will be releasing a bonus episode of the Everyone's Gone to the Moon podcast. The podcast is a companion series to my book of the same name that tells little known stories of the flight of Apollo 11, but also the forgotten stories and pop-culture events of that historic month, July 1969.

Besides the podcast, I will be giving away two autographed copies Everyone's Gone to the Moon: July 1969, Life on Earth, and the Epic Voyage of Apollo 11. Plus you can purchase copies of the book at 50%.

Details coming next week!

Oakleigh Literary Lawn Party

 

According to Walmart and Hobby Lobby, we have skipped summer and are already into fall so it's not too early to mark your calendar for a big literary event coming this fall: Oakleigh Mansion's Literary Lawn Party, Saturday October 12th from 11 to 4pm. 40 local and regional authors will be there signing and discussing there books and I will be one of them!

More details to come but for now, here is a writeup on the event that appeared in Well Read Magazine.

Just Ask

 

Today, I'm working on my murder mystery, "Dead Air." Like everything in life, sometimes you need a hand. I mentioned that I recently began re-writing this mystery for the umpteenth time since I finished the first rough draft in 2012.

The story is set in a 1943 radio station, but the one thing that has bothered me all of these years has been the actual method of the murder. It just didn't seem right, plausible, contrived. I have to thank a dear Navy friend for finally getting me over that hump. Sometimes, all you have to do is ask and suddenly, poof! The writing is flowing this morning and I am quite happy with the new angle this is taking. Of course, the method of the murder makes me wonder about how she knows this stuff. Hmm. :)