tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86138275495186831892024-03-26T05:51:18.125-07:00Joe CuhajOfficial blog of author Joe CuhajJoe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.comBlogger234125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-7987093899017460222024-03-26T05:50:00.000-07:002024-03-26T05:50:38.897-07:00Cozying Up with a Mystery<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbd_B5I3TbiuzeihnD0OBysoJXuxAIzrjOmENag6LCDoWRzXvBYfx9k3QQLrYCmOUd1CdNs5AmYZO_zkmre8Hcw_tgApkUCIQ3LiUxQdh3B1SWhttQIb7IvYcginnxNDEDD8fEosyLr2sgfTqpqySb5WqryDVNME8M-ZtIMMTpCZSwFgkRFumQGKgfExp/s2400/deadair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="2400" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbd_B5I3TbiuzeihnD0OBysoJXuxAIzrjOmENag6LCDoWRzXvBYfx9k3QQLrYCmOUd1CdNs5AmYZO_zkmre8Hcw_tgApkUCIQ3LiUxQdh3B1SWhttQIb7IvYcginnxNDEDD8fEosyLr2sgfTqpqySb5WqryDVNME8M-ZtIMMTpCZSwFgkRFumQGKgfExp/s320/deadair.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Congratulations to all who put on the Mobile Literary Festival (MLF) this past weekend. It was another huge success. I arrived a bit late but the presentations that I did see were great and so informative. I have written 18 (going on 19) books now and I always need a little push to get motivated again. MLF is what I needed. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Eons ago I wrote a murder mystery and didn’t do much with it. I thought I might resurrect it and start re-editing it for possible submission to publishers but first, I </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">wanted to see if anyone thought it was a good idea. I sent an “elevator pitch” to MLF’s Pitch War and was shocked with the glowing review the crowd and agent gave it! It was that spark that had me dusting off the old manuscript this morning to give it a look over. Here is the pitch I submitted that received high praise. What do you think? Would you read that book? (I’m opening myself up here for disaster, LOL!):</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">"Staffers at a wartime radio station in a bustling Southern port city watch with horror as the body of their dear friend, radio actress Samantha Starr, is wheeled down a hallway. Her arm, now pale white, dangles from the blanket covering her body; the only color is her highly polished Chen Yu Opium Dream nail polish. Her husband is accused of her murder, but the station’s foley artist, Art Foley (he will tell you the name is just a coincidence), believes an innocent man is being hung out to dry-- perhaps literally--and he sets out to prove his innocence."</div></div>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-67286161636426198932024-03-18T03:27:00.000-07:002024-03-18T03:27:28.855-07:00The Local Gang Series<p> </p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVuU92xsT_PfFOzbiPApJfYJ3rT0DR967yF0toxx8zX8Yt2lXB2Ap12Mrd3SVD2Vhf9Tcz9zRgIgQbrW2yxxvpdvKyJOLy3kcWAhyphenhyphenLN_ywR95_y-K4BD-9CYr1xam5rpN9_tB-GYjFA1-PsjofqqsGUW5rNmO1wg-lCHCao-ZdiTwzdijCsRtrC3bDXXu/s1280/lg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVuU92xsT_PfFOzbiPApJfYJ3rT0DR967yF0toxx8zX8Yt2lXB2Ap12Mrd3SVD2Vhf9Tcz9zRgIgQbrW2yxxvpdvKyJOLy3kcWAhyphenhyphenLN_ywR95_y-K4BD-9CYr1xam5rpN9_tB-GYjFA1-PsjofqqsGUW5rNmO1wg-lCHCao-ZdiTwzdijCsRtrC3bDXXu/s320/lg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">We all love the old Our Gang and
Little Rascals shorts, right? Well, did you know that there was another series
of Our Gang-like movies called, “The Local Gang”? I’m researching and writing
this story for my latest book (to be released early next year), “The Pig War
and Pelican Girls: 21 Extraordinary Stories from Forgotten American History.” </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The films were produced by itinerant filmmakers beginning generally around 1915
who would travel from town to town across the country to make the same film
over and over again, perhaps hundreds of times, using the kids from the town
they were visiting as the cast. One of the most famous of these filmmakers was
Melton Barker who made the same movie, “The Kidnapper’s Foil”, countless times between
1930 and the early 1970s. Barker would come to town, hold an audition (there would
be a small fee charged for the honor), a few of the kids would be selected for
lead roles while the rest would be extras…HUNDREDS of extras. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">For Barker’s
film, the plot was that a girl, Bette Davis (not THE Betty Davis), is kidnapped.
The gang saves her and is given a reward. What do they do with the money? As
with any Little Rascals shorts, they put on a show, of course. It wasn’t a
scam. Barker really made the films which would be crudely edited and then shown
prior to the main feature film at the town’s theater for a limited time. Many
of the films have been lost to history, but some still exist. Here is a short example of one of the many versions of “The Kidnapper’s Foil.” Warning: The film is awful, but it's history.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nBVc8irLxTE" width="320" youtube-src-id="nBVc8irLxTE"></iframe></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><br /><p></p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-32567700428609288402024-03-18T03:00:00.000-07:002024-03-18T03:00:51.864-07:00Mark the Date: April 13th<p> </p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZUkRLQWkSIZSgtEJk2je8yI0bNmI-vCaP_G9SFIAvNSoSqzKqnGQMrORC3IQta-ZJUkvqLo6TbJRnSNjU5kwBiK7dfZSOu8LF8D-uSNyh0GKCKHvOKXlZSrU0B-9T6QWwsVWHQwK77R_aYz9GJXXw6cd3vQxHmi_UMZWbGDfLgk7Dh-MuLqC2hM_88fR/s1200/yg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1200" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZUkRLQWkSIZSgtEJk2je8yI0bNmI-vCaP_G9SFIAvNSoSqzKqnGQMrORC3IQta-ZJUkvqLo6TbJRnSNjU5kwBiK7dfZSOu8LF8D-uSNyh0GKCKHvOKXlZSrU0B-9T6QWwsVWHQwK77R_aYz9GJXXw6cd3vQxHmi_UMZWbGDfLgk7Dh-MuLqC2hM_88fR/s320/yg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The countdown has started. We’re
closing in on the fabulous <a href="https://www.museumofflight.org/exhibits-and-events/calendar-of-events/6165/yuris-day" target="_blank">Yuri’s Day</a> / <a href="https://www.museumofflight.org/Exhibits-and-Events/Yuris-Night" target="_blank">Yuri’s Night </a>celebration at the <a href="https://www.museumofflight.org/" target="_blank">SeattleMuseum of Flight.</a> Admission to Yuri's Day is free with museum admission and runs from 10am to 6pm. Yuri's Night is a </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">21+ event that begins at 6:30pm. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The day is an annual celebration of space exploration held on the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin becoming the first man in space, and I have been
invited to do a presentation and signing of my book, <a href="http://www.joe-cuhaj.com/space-oddities--forgotten-stories-of-mankind-s-exploration-of-space.html" target="_blank">Space Oddities: ForgottenStories of Mankind’s Exploration of Space</a>. This will be the biggest signing/presentation
I have ever done and I am super excited.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">There is a lot going on that day at
the museum. Visit the Museum of Flight’s <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/8613827549518683189/3256770042860928840#" target="_blank">website</a> for the latest schedule. If
you or someone you know live out in the Seattle area, I hope you’ll come join
us. I’d love to meet you! And please, pass along the word.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Here is a short video tour of this amazing
museum:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EWFHryWA2fw" width="320" youtube-src-id="EWFHryWA2fw"></iframe></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><br /><p></p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-21605931817021362792024-03-08T04:58:00.000-08:002024-03-08T04:58:39.858-08:00The Final Episodes<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZ1k9J3l_kRUP7KZVU_9dMeUP7W0sk6aeqaP7pJwRihJ4pV0RjI5u_rquuFMlut8YilSPuCHQqaBxX_SPZoosV0uMwD3sL8bs_TO5ljAqWdI4jODv-0JkmKaKZUuVCSlEDneAsZ_MERvjh_o5sj8KNcMHk8TTuFy1urrFMsQFR1zX8tiJZPMndlvaddV-/s1600/barbie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZ1k9J3l_kRUP7KZVU_9dMeUP7W0sk6aeqaP7pJwRihJ4pV0RjI5u_rquuFMlut8YilSPuCHQqaBxX_SPZoosV0uMwD3sL8bs_TO5ljAqWdI4jODv-0JkmKaKZUuVCSlEDneAsZ_MERvjh_o5sj8KNcMHk8TTuFy1urrFMsQFR1zX8tiJZPMndlvaddV-/w206-h274/barbie.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">I'm going to wrap up our look back at the Space Oddities Companion Podcast (located on Public Radio Remix) with a two-fer today. OK, I missed yesterday. :) Today it's <a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/449082" target="_blank">Episode 9 </a>and 10. Episode 9 tells the history of two iconic dolls. Well, one is a doll, the other an "action hero." First, we look at the life and times of Barbie and how she went from fashion model to astronaut to recruiting girls into science, engineering, and technology careers. We also tell the story of G.I. Joe and how he help to convince NASA to include the lunar rover in later Apollo missions. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kBtPmuTrtAk" width="320" youtube-src-id="kBtPmuTrtAk"></iframe></div><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/449082" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="1297" height="67" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0SHcUM0rOfw6O7H8QnqFx18oJFAYGQIE5bEXXfSyQt7Rlx3M0Qvnwxj3wNbCDMlbh_jVlin-AVZYcbF4B_MNeRIeuxnEdWapY86hJhVge9o94XLwmupx0h6D5zTEzPKPJIrxSLTHc_DVEdUHjdsSa-L3mw2tcwIn8xmq_Q1R4KqRFOdlstH9BjiKvEjGT=w466-h67" width="466" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Then we wrap things up with <a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/449235" target="_blank">Episode 10</a>. It's an odds-ends episode that ties up some loose ends.</span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/449235" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="138" data-original-width="919" height="69" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3oiPBZ06Ed__0Ac55iowPji7T4xsss_uB-soU46CW3aVGNQ6q1l8CV4WI15LH2tQqVlcElKm4rld9pLk7K7mix2oehDcfrYsNe-fd5qb540icuJpp5aJKoD5rNsHANP5wbtAv-KSoQ2WPJ74gDZNbMdPlKFqQIor3W8Za3GKHXrk7-d7VZ0R5O2ODpyXJ=w460-h69" width="460" /></a></div><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">I hope you enjoyed this replay of the Space Oddities Podcast. The book is available at you favorite local bookstore or <a href="https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781633887848/Space-Oddities-Forgotten-Stories-of-Mankind's-Exploration-of-Space" target="_blank">online outlet</a> as well as the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Space-Oddities-Forgotten-Mankinds-Exploration/dp/B0B7Z58KPV" target="_blank">audiobook</a> read by Tim Dixon.</span><p></p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-19464137596446997542024-03-06T02:24:00.000-08:002024-03-06T02:24:40.851-08:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40yPmcBv52OkRu8a5kiKTqoYdABWW8-99YbEsNkxigfj2dNebdBwyDG_-ggZm3Hi7_nU20uoK4VEKcNhxehJD8fK7_ZugbUOjuJWbwiLJ3bZ507v3tUYXHjrtA3nAre_7tBA0TBBv04CL9Zod75CvMNGCiilCOyoXth4iQy4g1gyHubtSTWutxCH1rKc-/s1920/mc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40yPmcBv52OkRu8a5kiKTqoYdABWW8-99YbEsNkxigfj2dNebdBwyDG_-ggZm3Hi7_nU20uoK4VEKcNhxehJD8fK7_ZugbUOjuJWbwiLJ3bZ507v3tUYXHjrtA3nAre_7tBA0TBBv04CL9Zod75CvMNGCiilCOyoXth4iQy4g1gyHubtSTWutxCH1rKc-/w262-h262/mc.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">It's a amazing that after decades of debunking a conspiracy theory that the Apollo lunar landings were a hoax, there are many who still believe that theory. What's even more amazing is that the Russians thought about this possibility if they were the first to land on the moon and how to deal with it. That's what I talk about in </span><a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/449062" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;" target="_blank">Episode 8</a><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> of the Space Oddities Companion Podcast on Public Radio Remix (PRX.) The episode it titled, <i><a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/449062" target="_blank">History if More the Product of Chaos than Conspiracy.</a></i></span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/449062" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="1181" height="76" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEig8LycRm2FGDZmMqeBt3Qud4jDJXRUdIqqNTbxzYC4DGAYnQJfaHCdH2G97VHgNS8qoOUHuRvQB8mmMusGWMlpJM1IB4n1ihODxQubneuB-Vc69S8JX6azkkdStTc05Ufmlsjc0G-UW_DSJiOjEI6Jetz_12i0cnLLFlmJvzX_zruG1ZrQkWRI5fv69fZB=w450-h76" width="450" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-23587807928343892842024-03-05T05:57:00.000-08:002024-03-05T05:57:36.589-08:00Episode 7<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUdZZK8GkMsLWVuKRB6Wmo9Jt4EfPGud_zZ9OQeBv4FuNFPSkOXR6RYKDMx-URoBugZei3qvql5xBapw-5VxrXtVMwwiy6cLXjnp-DKBYF81M8SDKUAUpODJ629xmgCuc7R4wE7JX0eFYl-ZK4jRVIswYz7E__QYdD62mOfK5hMpIE3ypd9QELtUr7b_w/s1280/hilton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUdZZK8GkMsLWVuKRB6Wmo9Jt4EfPGud_zZ9OQeBv4FuNFPSkOXR6RYKDMx-URoBugZei3qvql5xBapw-5VxrXtVMwwiy6cLXjnp-DKBYF81M8SDKUAUpODJ629xmgCuc7R4wE7JX0eFYl-ZK4jRVIswYz7E__QYdD62mOfK5hMpIE3ypd9QELtUr7b_w/s320/hilton.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We're down to the final four episodes of my Space Oddities Companion Podcast on Public Radio Remix (PRX). Today it's <a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/449009" target="_blank">Episode 7</a> today, the story of the Lunar Hilton Hotel.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/449009" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="944" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXK7HaTIlkElH3gG2UPMpmJ9tNKYDPEIsvIKE5CUI8jCWbLybaXl2FaCoBi5eazYqzRluoyW-90o-rvqa07HS-vC1UzLB3IX9H50COZ5zUXEIE-3HrBku1EXq8aor7pys3yM37e1e4lXx7mT1lEW2a1p-4YgEdmA-oqYF-6d_eRUNJVXzJtyE2NR2G2n0/w481-h95/so.JPG" width="481" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-85387947285050607462024-03-04T05:06:00.000-08:002024-03-04T05:06:12.164-08:00Space Oddities Podcast Revisit Part 6<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZB56DuOmrzvUzhfqw8oAC7dgqpZVJO61rHn2v_4xOZYghRCPc3SbIXr8M0MF3zGbGeEMPsyatQ4-BFrCyIlVz1_ZA7F_gKy9Y22j2uSamoJNiCC98uCxD-t1Voq2h6dS_RorJOqFGVEZHn-lYQh56d0NRKbtMp_JCI1r_08r0qTWh505dzmvHre5IBLT/s1024/15.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1023" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZB56DuOmrzvUzhfqw8oAC7dgqpZVJO61rHn2v_4xOZYghRCPc3SbIXr8M0MF3zGbGeEMPsyatQ4-BFrCyIlVz1_ZA7F_gKy9Y22j2uSamoJNiCC98uCxD-t1Voq2h6dS_RorJOqFGVEZHn-lYQh56d0NRKbtMp_JCI1r_08r0qTWh505dzmvHre5IBLT/w244-h244/15.png" width="244" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We're up to day 6 of the Space Oddities Companion Podcast revisit. It's amazing how many lawsuits NASA has faced over the years, a couple that were just plain crazy. They even filed a lawsuit against some of their own astronauts. And that's what I focus on in <a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/448924" target="_blank">Episode 6: The Sue Me, Sue You Blues (with Apologies to George Harrison.)</a> It can be heard here on Public Radio Remix (PRX.)</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/448924" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="171" data-original-width="1257" height="64" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijXE66izBoIwGI7JnTS5ipvivM-pQJ4cvq95AQVxbjN1ToXAI4b169TSKyYdJYRoZh7Obluyw2kMNQGJYHQI40AVwuD_YnDGGn3dsfgHJLgGVXah43ePaLb7cEYOBzWDDogQpNTnCmjTPa3J-jzAeQ5hlhd5OMmOe_6x2KGe_9u8UNJo9otSLJsahmFnMV=w466-h64" width="466" /></a></div><p></p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-21123423366355454592024-03-01T08:49:00.000-08:002024-03-01T08:49:14.758-08:00A Friendly Reminder<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD75PEqYy1w7PcRXMqJkpnJIpbEvSoWYOiKGTd9hYzVcfUR1Y_uWgtOrNiZxodbyDi6CtIhMi4eqNIIGEEwvcz8U2F0AAA8vpFYihn7c9t_PeumhgDSF3CBVu7ZwIeVirXgLkQgdJq1fKrAf_BP3lyyHfVDXjGQYhQYu8HjIhLHuvOXvKRx2cQ58V4OFFw/s990/yuriday.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="990" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD75PEqYy1w7PcRXMqJkpnJIpbEvSoWYOiKGTd9hYzVcfUR1Y_uWgtOrNiZxodbyDi6CtIhMi4eqNIIGEEwvcz8U2F0AAA8vpFYihn7c9t_PeumhgDSF3CBVu7ZwIeVirXgLkQgdJq1fKrAf_BP3lyyHfVDXjGQYhQYu8HjIhLHuvOXvKRx2cQ58V4OFFw/s320/yuriday.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wanted to remind everyone that the big <a href=" https://www.museumofflight.org/exhibits-and-events/calendar-of-events/6165/yuris-day" target="_blank">Yuri's Day</a> celebration is coming, April 13th, 2024, at the Seattle Museum of Flight. It is a day to celebrate spaceflight and the anniversary of the first man in space. And yours truly will be there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was honored to be asked by the museum to attend and do a presentation and book signing for my book, "<a href="http://www.joe-cuhaj.com/space-oddities--forgotten-stories-of-mankind-s-exploration-of-space.html" target="_blank">Space Oddities</a>." I'll take the stage at 3pm for the presentation which will be followed by a Q&A session and then the book signing. And for those of you who will attend the Yuri's Night party, I will be there at 6:30pm to answer more questions and talk more about spaceflight.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's going to be fun and I hope to see you there. Click the image below to visit the Seattle Museum of Flight website for more details.</div><br /><a href=" https://www.museumofflight.org/exhibits-and-events/calendar-of-events/6165/yuris-day" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2400" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheOSFtQeZzrHcigP2hn0y6gZTRGgZqoa-TgInyTaVu5n0Zwx2QizTQlnAtZ3hZP5-T02pErSvE-IXnAUddVXOdkDy0uL22F8ZFFThvXRBV3o3K_6gGSzn01YaSfg2kPnC6_2gqzoDWBM_ev9doRR6FxoQyvQFsoFKSXcjUJ4q-juvBuEBM__w_Jc3sUMCX/w371-h464/yuris-day.jpg" width="371" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-65645197530091265852024-03-01T04:55:00.000-08:002024-03-01T04:55:48.569-08:00Space Oddities Podcast Redux..Continued<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CcZGG9l0KvYcXe3JchqhsLKm49cB7LZGONqYyhnM8RLUkWn9p7rR9x9VEwrHEKvecAmTffGfg0pCh6CAvFyC2tmeXFSFJ_y1bKBycx5szYAfxYmXmPWty5bFELb2qF9DxBSKssQU5b7PkVGaYcGoHlGe2RTzXf2UUS_B-DyetsaCl63S5ci3r6jMboyD/s2105/sputnik.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2085" data-original-width="2105" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CcZGG9l0KvYcXe3JchqhsLKm49cB7LZGONqYyhnM8RLUkWn9p7rR9x9VEwrHEKvecAmTffGfg0pCh6CAvFyC2tmeXFSFJ_y1bKBycx5szYAfxYmXmPWty5bFELb2qF9DxBSKssQU5b7PkVGaYcGoHlGe2RTzXf2UUS_B-DyetsaCl63S5ci3r6jMboyD/w250-h248/sputnik.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Oh, it's a rainy day here in LA (Lower Alabama), the perfect weather to cuddle up with a good...podcast. Continuing the 10-part Space Oddities book companion podcast redux, today I present Episodes 4 and 5 which appear on Public Radio Remix (PRX). <a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/447504" target="_blank">Episode 4,</a> "Lost and Found", tells the story how astronomers believe they have found the Apollo 10 lunar module, Snoopy (which never landed on the moon) still flying in space, the only LM to survive and how they want to bring it <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>back to Earth. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/447504" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="152" data-original-width="925" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg3rq93oCJeKSlESvYQcWtT-3rgXeSqP947o8jRfnZdeNhF9OHLY6s_LvxiNe8J4uCrDqG9vNRcOrrSHtiiWmKEwp9mVDDkfyXyaa1YuPdC-0I3ICYPM2M6XNllKtbXrnYRrKLV3pyM7-Y_ES6b5IQs5m42l67PN_4w5_wmFBXkINhve4Ax0rSHNcJxLzA/w474-h78/ep4.JPG" width="474" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/447850" target="_blank">Episode 5 </a>is my absolute favorite: "Mutniks and Sputniks," a look (and listen) to the music of the late 50s/early 60s that was inspired by spaceflight. The link to Episode 5 can be found in the comments.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/447850" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="157" data-original-width="1036" height="76" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRpq8UVYxgv9nRxnmRo4SMg-zL5vX1YlqZOj-cTrl7VILzIO5dKg_xo3A8K6p-4MEcVfdx8v437g8v3En_subdIiGek4EluBSb7W9Za2ONlPyRuCTctircae1E_T-nhS4AF1Nd0pqXi_zS37sy2EncUzvPRVdlAky1irOvHtuqMLuQYcjU5DAZAbJVful/w509-h76/ep5.JPG" width="509" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-69673682792276576592024-02-29T05:50:00.000-08:002024-02-29T05:50:15.545-08:00Day 3 of Space Oddities Podcast<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFxByUFyYJUuQFY7e_-MJRBgKeTsoXlzR9eLVbtmuy_OZlHzkrLUsyB1mRsB4EzIbkoZ0YzF7WrzAN0r8pic428baX_tsXwmwK_SQLGBc5T3oYpVzGxV6-jDEwFbshQfDZZV3Lraj0_QRqsmp77k6O9k4-gttpecRbtOeY2bc4-F3IjSyc2TgK0aXTCViK/s2700/SpaceOddities_PBK_selected_and_updated.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFxByUFyYJUuQFY7e_-MJRBgKeTsoXlzR9eLVbtmuy_OZlHzkrLUsyB1mRsB4EzIbkoZ0YzF7WrzAN0r8pic428baX_tsXwmwK_SQLGBc5T3oYpVzGxV6-jDEwFbshQfDZZV3Lraj0_QRqsmp77k6O9k4-gttpecRbtOeY2bc4-F3IjSyc2TgK0aXTCViK/s320/SpaceOddities_PBK_selected_and_updated.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">We're on day 3 of re-introducing the "Space Oddities Companion Podcast" ahead of a few big presentations and book signings. These are stories that did not appear in the book but give you a good idea of the feel of the stories that were included. Today it's <a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/447464" target="_blank">Episode 3: The First Moon Flights Club</a>. I love this story about the Pan American Airlines marketing gimmick that happened quite by accident. So much so that it is a full chapter with additional details in my upcoming book, "The Pig War and Pelican Girls: 21 Stories of Forgotten American History."</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/447464" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="172" data-original-width="1142" height="73" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKYp9w6Hug2eRT5X5inOvB4pVDd4DyE5f00hYabd2XkqlBBQHEneoH2bVDVTyxhZue28KlAmk-cOKQUf53Yat-jqibbba-YrgB4ZfXzre7OpK47ObMyokscKZtYOUbElEXXhuxIaYWszvkAmutPp7x9byHXxL10CPi-Bjc50PCYuVLMW5jmfzqhof3CSBs=w483-h73" width="483" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /><br /></p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-43352271341237677382024-02-28T10:26:00.000-08:002024-02-28T10:26:15.231-08:00May I (Re)-Introduce...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhveJxiNeBhimp4sd7G1g-1JjjDl0ibS2YU10h46kfm7x-7x-hQJx21i8rDXEzdIiw9N-OQPsnhvQkPlCUt7PVHjle_X0PnOZFpNWNom4Wpr-0MYov8UTBf_3n08aaGh4pMlSmbZuUWgOCXsy8opAnY72X0Y3O1BdVGysZfnYciXvPJQSb4QSFqtX2XckfP" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="798" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhveJxiNeBhimp4sd7G1g-1JjjDl0ibS2YU10h46kfm7x-7x-hQJx21i8rDXEzdIiw9N-OQPsnhvQkPlCUt7PVHjle_X0PnOZFpNWNom4Wpr-0MYov8UTBf_3n08aaGh4pMlSmbZuUWgOCXsy8opAnY72X0Y3O1BdVGysZfnYciXvPJQSb4QSFqtX2XckfP=w392-h113" width="392" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1qcJPoz4uQH06im2NQVNNxMNt8Fd4FxkAH8nlnXmx8_kUEAiATTwNmOOwyjE_dxY20UV-ZKx95bYnrOqhQZxdLMi9lGl_eziN5UTtLweAVTfVc7JSl61_1c_HEnza9WrFECp1kjumriDAWQnhTtQ1H-1IM6Vw6Ehx_xFoGLrIwvZfQXwACrdRD9pF-Mx/s2700/SpaceOddities_PBK_selected_and_updated.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1qcJPoz4uQH06im2NQVNNxMNt8Fd4FxkAH8nlnXmx8_kUEAiATTwNmOOwyjE_dxY20UV-ZKx95bYnrOqhQZxdLMi9lGl_eziN5UTtLweAVTfVc7JSl61_1c_HEnza9WrFECp1kjumriDAWQnhTtQ1H-1IM6Vw6Ehx_xFoGLrIwvZfQXwACrdRD9pF-Mx/w133-h200/SpaceOddities_PBK_selected_and_updated.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">I finally finished the new Space Oddities presentation for my appearance at the Seattle Museum of Flight April 13th. I thought it would be a good idea to re-introduce the book to everyone by posting links to the Space Oddities Companion Podcast found on Public Radio Remix (PRX). These are additional stories not found in the book. There are 10 episodes and I'll post one over the next 10 weekdays. Since I missed posting Episode 1 yesterday here on the blog, it's a two-fer day! </span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">First, up is Episode 1: Moon Dust in Your Lungs, Stars in Your Eyes - As the Apollo missions proved, moon dust gets everywhere. Here are two fascinating stories about a NASA photographer and scientist who had unique encounters with the moon:</span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/446335" target="_blank">Episode 1: Moon Dust in Your Lungs, Stars in Your Eyes</a></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/446335" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="1267" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEge7EN8Q4wvrEvvC6858fB-GpezoT9jG7F28iHNC9HQrRth90F-LXEEzCd-Isk2f4psPp5M1Q0pmWv9GBHDZCqEMoZn0RPXW1HwD8VljQm3t1b3ETWAGp7m5TkDoT6GKm0Qi0a2q-cPTDIyOHj3ApaljuzxMoHNcvFLQlk01qhjNrN_6XDLgr7HbJtmHmg0=w542-h78" width="542" /></a></div><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">And today's episode, Episode 2: What a Spectacle, the story of a group of people who had a unique view of the splashdown of Apollo 11:</span><p></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/446611" target="_blank">Episode 2: What a Spectacle!</a></span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/446611" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="153" data-original-width="969" height="73" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0YqlKjdmib7JUNTw5IDqlTiFIgSzCKrruTlB3qEYJF5afzHh9jr8todid4Hezw6MILgPVuK0Hsws5xISZ1m5D17ToAE_X9eCrBQU3IC4osdZaN00GvU6QvMmavN_yfz_4QTHRajS_2Twoo6g1rxiZequiOREHrnMc-5-35Jubd2B80yznqAcXxsjSAg3r=w461-h73" width="461" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-77925902726378396482024-01-29T06:40:00.000-08:002024-01-29T06:40:32.486-08:00You Have Questions...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTS-lNgZGqFPDkzwrUaNnJgmQBH-6t_izEYWGg6UPwHXuzxrsJQZpVz-p4R78GAgffBWTumIBiS2nGL_VpbCexFNHif1cfT6zOXXeR2-eczBfVXA7NWmt7Og-H7Vro2ZzYYnr6LtG5Ih8mzWq2UMlpJgUSu77PTidNC8Z7IuLgxXCmsw3Y3xu9-SlmiozR/s1400/writing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1400" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTS-lNgZGqFPDkzwrUaNnJgmQBH-6t_izEYWGg6UPwHXuzxrsJQZpVz-p4R78GAgffBWTumIBiS2nGL_VpbCexFNHif1cfT6zOXXeR2-eczBfVXA7NWmt7Og-H7Vro2ZzYYnr6LtG5Ih8mzWq2UMlpJgUSu77PTidNC8Z7IuLgxXCmsw3Y3xu9-SlmiozR/s320/writing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Hi, everyone. Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been answering a few questions from aspiring authors that I have received over the past month about the writing process and writing
business. One of the
most frequently asked questions is how to approach a publisher, or an agent for that
matter, with a new book idea.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Every publisher
and every agent is different and each has their own set of guidelines, usually
in the form of a query letter to introduce your manuscript or a full blown
proposal. The two most important rules to follow, in my opinion, are to follow
the guidelines to a “T” and let your excitement and knowledge of the subject
shine through.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">First of all, the
difference between a query and proposal is night and day. A query is simply a
single page letter introducing you manuscript idea, a little about yourself,
and that’s it. The query, to me, is the most challenging: summarizing the feel
and flow of your entire book idea in one concise page of three or four
paragraphs.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">The proposal, on
the other hand, is a full-blown plan for your proposed book. The proposal requirements
for each publisher may or may not include: full synopsis of the manuscript, who
you envision the readers to be, why your manuscript will be a success, list any
similar books that may be competition for your title, a marketing plan for
getting the word out about the book once it’s published, an author biography,
annotated table of contents (basically every chapter laid out with a brief
description of each), and at least two sample chapters or in the case of a
fictional piece, they may ask for the entire completed manuscript.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">As you see,
writing a proposal is detailed work, a topic for another time. The bottom line
is, give the publisher or agent exactly what they ask for. It shows you are
professional and willing to go the extra mile to make you manuscript a success.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">As for putting
your best foot forward, whether it is through a query or proposal, the number
one thing to remember is to make your excitement for the project shine through.
Show them you want to write not just any book but this book and have it
published because you have the most brilliant idea and you are excited to share
it with the world. Also, show them your knowledge of the subject and what makes
you the right candidate to write the story. Even fiction writers have some background
that lends credence to whatever you are writing.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">So, that’s my two
cents on the subject. I hope that gives you a little perspective and answers the
question. And my fellow authors, as always, feel free to chime in and add to
the conversation.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Until next time…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><br /><p></p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-60700487707029157032024-01-28T20:44:00.000-08:002024-01-28T20:44:17.424-08:00See You In Seattle<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnlLqcl6BkHt4kYJyw0zyNGI23SZ7ODWLSj8M-OK2t93VDVUVD7n2ek-x44kFmKx5i-y-jyzuiN_bYulECygZTYRebGUNgyV8JvRaPwEcq0FRBJZ7llqO89xle0QbKU1qeBhBycYzl4uvQCimhh7XTs4aYqsJd4p2uKUNoliaAyuBfYAUN7YVmFdXkcO-Z/s3000/seattle.tif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2230" height="591" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnlLqcl6BkHt4kYJyw0zyNGI23SZ7ODWLSj8M-OK2t93VDVUVD7n2ek-x44kFmKx5i-y-jyzuiN_bYulECygZTYRebGUNgyV8JvRaPwEcq0FRBJZ7llqO89xle0QbKU1qeBhBycYzl4uvQCimhh7XTs4aYqsJd4p2uKUNoliaAyuBfYAUN7YVmFdXkcO-Z/w439-h591/seattle.tif" width="439" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-65669500966315942782024-01-22T05:13:00.000-08:002024-01-22T05:13:02.272-08:00Answering Writers Questions<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbERACDbQHodGt8l940cev3o2s-b0kF91APR_b6Ouq51MPwc7eAJt9QugJyJfpe3mqOcbDy9PGQzIG1Orf8F3dOUfZ-Nr9a0bB9Z9lQ-byHO3LYNLz4eJCRJYY1pMAxmNSsIm2CiA6Z68ITiwU7EKN4-NkJRFerocf1DT4Z9eDrLCG00YgZtf-RWa0SkvZ/s1500/author.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbERACDbQHodGt8l940cev3o2s-b0kF91APR_b6Ouq51MPwc7eAJt9QugJyJfpe3mqOcbDy9PGQzIG1Orf8F3dOUfZ-Nr9a0bB9Z9lQ-byHO3LYNLz4eJCRJYY1pMAxmNSsIm2CiA6Z68ITiwU7EKN4-NkJRFerocf1DT4Z9eDrLCG00YgZtf-RWa0SkvZ/s320/author.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Hi again,
everyone. As I mentioned last time, over the holidays I did a series of book
signings and presentations and as always, I’m greeted by aspiring writers and
authors asking me a hundred questions about the publishing world. Believe me, I
love talking to them and imparting whatever knowledge I have and sharing my
story. But trust me, I am not the expert on this. I only know my story, but I am happy to share that with you and over the next couple of weeks on my blog, I will answer a couple of the most
commonly asked questions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p>Once again, </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0in;">I am not an expert by any means. I know. “But
you have eighteen published books and a string of articles.” Every situation is
different for every writer. Every publisher and agent is different and have varying
submission requirements. And that is the first question all published authors
are asked: How did you get that first book deal?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0in;">My first book deal
came quite by accident. I was writing short stories and articles but never once
thought about writing a book. It was never on my bucket list. I wrote something
completely different – a CD-ROM (remember those?) about section hiking the
Appalachian Trail. One publisher rejected it but asked if I would write a book
for the company about hiking in Alabama and I was sent my first contract.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0in;">As I told a group
of fellow writers during a recent presentation, that first book, Hike America
Alabama (later renamed Hiking Alabama) might have come to me by accident, but a
lot of hard work doing research, hiking almost 100 trails, writing, mapping, and following the publisher’s guidelines made it a success which literally
had other publishers asking me to write other books resulting in thirteen outdoor
recreation books and three non-fiction history books to date.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">There are three
different ways to land your first book deal. The first, and from all accounts
the most lucrative, is to have an agent sign you on. They do a lot of the
wheeling and dealing and, if they are worth their salt, get you the best deal
monetarily and get you into the larger publishers. I have yet to go this route
but might be soon with a new book idea I have. If I do, I’ll be posting my
adventures with an agent for you.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Another is to go
the self-publishing route. There is nothing wrong with being self-published, but
it takes a lot of hard work to make a go of it. For the most part, it is up to
you to promote, market, and sell your books, which could be at a considerable expense
to you.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">The one drawback
I have seen in self-publishing is how the media treats a self-published author.
Let’s face it, there are some good books and some bad books self-published.
Many times, the bad outweigh the good since quite often there isn’t an editor
giving the work a second set of eyes to correct errors. The media is overwhelmed
by the number of these books published these days and refuse to spotlight any of
them. I was fortunate to have a local announcer on a radio station spotlight
one of my books that was published by a national company and interview me, but the lead-in suggested that even this was a rarity
and insisted that nobody else send a book to him to review or put on the air.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">The third way is
the route I have taken and that is to go to a publisher directly. There are
many out there looking to publish your book. Some are good, some are bad. It
takes a bit of research to find the one that will be a perfect fit for your
book. Do a Google search on “<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=publishers+submission+guidelines&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS945US945&oq=publishers+submission+guidelines&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgWGB4yCAgCEAAYFhgeMggIAxAAGBYYHjIICAQQABgWGB4yCAgFEAAYFhgeMggIBhAAGBYYHjIICAcQABgWGB4yCAgIEAAYFhgeMggICRAAGBYYHtIBCDY4NThqMGo0qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">publisher submission guidelines</a>” and you will find
plenty of publishers out there who accept proposals from writers for books. If a
publisher says that it does not accept un-solicited manuscripts, then don’t
send one. It’s a waste of everyone’s time and your energy.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Now don’t expect
to be paid handsomely for your manuscript. Most, but not all, publishers who
accept un-solicited manuscripts have a set percentage you will receive in royalties
that are rarely negotiated and don’t pay top dollar. Some publishers pay advances,
usually half up front, the other half when the manuscript is turned
in. These types of publishers also have an editing staff to proofread your
finished manuscript a few times and discuss grammar and spelling changes and
suggest making certain changes in the text that you can accept or give your
reason why it needs to stand. They also offer varying degrees of promotional
assistance as well, taking the burden off the author’s back.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0in;">All of this doesn’t
mean that the author doesn’t have additional work to do. For example, online
marketing on social media and your own personal website and blog, setting up
additional book signings and attending conferences that the publisher may have missed to help promote and sell your book, and so
on, but it does take some of the work of the author's plate when it comes to getting that book out into the
world.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">With the
exception of my first sixteen books, I realized that for my last two titles, <a href="http://www.joe-cuhaj.com/space-oddities--forgotten-stories-of-mankind-s-exploration-of-space.html" target="_blank">SpaceOddities</a> and <a href="http://www.joe-cuhaj.com/everyone-s-gone-to-the-moon.html" target="_blank">Everyone’s Gone to the Moon</a>, I would have to write my first real
proposal to get in the door. Surprisingly, the proposals were such a hit that
the publisher, <a href="http://prometheusbooks.com/" target="_blank">Prometheus</a>, is using it as a guide for new authors to go by when
sending in their own proposal. Next week, I’ll talk about writing a proposal that
I hope will help you get that first book published.</span></p><p></p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-7622661438163572162024-01-15T07:30:00.000-08:002024-01-15T07:30:23.141-08:00I Had a Wonderful Time<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781633888814/Everyones-Gone-to-the-Moon-July-1969-Life-on-Earth-and-the-Epic-Voyage-of-Apollo-11" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="561" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyrvcFvVZy4pDSk7-4FmTwGn7F-qS1Nsv5S5KVQoI3nch0MNdMectsNBh8Q6QP52QHMr0QPKEtSVWn5DYvJmY1vTk8_VhsLeVq4-RrBYAjuyhBhCK71kakJrrFjzFTCuP-RG12f-HJGGuYIce7lW-Oz6CoDwJE5rFPhTH27ZRfsRxTwHi1HjDrulg0i1Ew/w117-h176/frontcover.JPG" width="117" /></a><a href="https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/9781467143547" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="433" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnpWvUiA_uYPOrMPhk_12OQ6_Q7qKPrh9pEBo3qY_fPTwK9yxW4j0RE-fe2C9jljot79PYBz4NkUC_P65wPY0bFG_ry_76bHq41NnEjA2bDArptNwmIZj0KfcUm0hSUE8Rrf5omuvuvVi5zx70uLElNNW0b6VkPPU1nc_8aHvFEyoccM8Aw8WDnTIecX4K/w118-h176/HMM-Front-JPG.jpg" width="118" /></a></div></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And for the second week I start a post with WOW!!! Thank you to the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/PenstersWriting?__cft__[0]=AZXPNssAFItbqgG5EEj91NrZGCc1XpHgQCQK0IxJtOm6LNH2jCAwG7DHl9G0OXIc05w4sciY885_9gJH3SXXBGBfHPgKMXGQMwmOrhV7BRrOdfZI3HZqeM-tzic9LoTaU4I&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Pensters Writing Group</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> for inviting me to do a presentation on my writing and latest book Saturday at the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/fairhopehistorymuseum?__cft__[0]=AZXPNssAFItbqgG5EEj91NrZGCc1XpHgQCQK0IxJtOm6LNH2jCAwG7DHl9G0OXIc05w4sciY885_9gJH3SXXBGBfHPgKMXGQMwmOrhV7BRrOdfZI3HZqeM-tzic9LoTaU4I&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Fairhope Museum of History</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. We had a great turnout and lots of great questions. I really do appreciate the time they gave me to talk about my latest, "<a href="https://youtu.be/WXnpuNphZRE" target="_blank">Everyone's Gone to the Moon</a>" and some older titles including "<a href="https://youtu.be/bx5HvCRsYSQ" target="_blank">Hidden History of Mobile</a>" which generated a lot of excitement. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I'm usually not great at doing group presentations (Hey, I was in radio. I'm used to talking to one person on a mic - me. LOL!) </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Over the past month at book signings and this past presentation, I </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">found myself answering many questions about writing, how to get published, etc. Over the next two or three Mondays (beginning next Monday), I'll be share some tips I have learned along the way that I hope will help you. Have a great Monday - and stay warm and safe out there!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguktfSEuLSKfM3s9zw25TW72MTOW9RzvBtVleD5ivSL6uTInl8xa2le7dcQiBJg77nWKpQ0z7jyA-rSFvjEV8DgkZa9Ve5-hsiD72ZbE_oeFqdnVAULFR2qMzMzS3F_Jvllzc6JkANn6jAe13sRpDBrcb3i8KKTNp1Yt6geQqfFaFvIoQlkk5Nc7T89Qb5/s300/Joe-LowRes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="297" data-original-width="300" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguktfSEuLSKfM3s9zw25TW72MTOW9RzvBtVleD5ivSL6uTInl8xa2le7dcQiBJg77nWKpQ0z7jyA-rSFvjEV8DgkZa9Ve5-hsiD72ZbE_oeFqdnVAULFR2qMzMzS3F_Jvllzc6JkANn6jAe13sRpDBrcb3i8KKTNp1Yt6geQqfFaFvIoQlkk5Nc7T89Qb5/w280-h277/Joe-LowRes.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-89944728044940269272024-01-10T03:04:00.000-08:002024-01-10T03:04:50.689-08:00A Reminder...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKRJmkDH4RNEcQ-cJKGFYNXXUz280wQlTsFKUKlgsybwnqPkMh4uaDMGL1zpbvZgtNE-wxAp99tovfG9A-oeuyKxdOmR2cr97rQ-mUcmOX9CXw66_GkuArcFNTyw1YHJ2vpJWEZkDkuiQNxMxHiCIahqhZTha-dtTMDCfS3NBB1karzq9WVNXGlk_7EYS/s225/pensters.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKRJmkDH4RNEcQ-cJKGFYNXXUz280wQlTsFKUKlgsybwnqPkMh4uaDMGL1zpbvZgtNE-wxAp99tovfG9A-oeuyKxdOmR2cr97rQ-mUcmOX9CXw66_GkuArcFNTyw1YHJ2vpJWEZkDkuiQNxMxHiCIahqhZTha-dtTMDCfS3NBB1karzq9WVNXGlk_7EYS/s1600/pensters.png" width="225" /></a></div><p><br /></p>The first presentation about my latest book, <i style="font-weight: bold;">Everyone's Gone to the Moon</i>, is this Saturday. The Pensters Writing Group meetings are free and open to the public. Hope to see you there!<p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Saturday January 13, 2024 * 10am-Noon</p><p style="text-align: center;">Pensters Writing Group Meeting</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/54qeR37ekRSPhb2z8" target="_blank">Fairhope History Museum</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/54qeR37ekRSPhb2z8" target="_blank">24 N. Section St., Fairhope, AL 36532</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-29566123971572441322024-01-02T07:04:00.000-08:002024-01-02T07:04:50.661-08:00This Just In...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS1ZiXx286gsAOoHeNfsXiVcVLdnMjtDlb0CBISVRF4T2aVB1yV1RAZoNpkJ1nTfOIeipgiddQj78fgi3_y2_XjwYI_0b7xmGRCnmBr0A17ODKxPaRaXE9DtjQpu4kvH1e1WlI82b_DMfhBUrBsht7u85UroPAftKmD3SXjMLQOfb0xx714eh2CAz4r9UY/s2944/egm3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2944" data-original-width="2208" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS1ZiXx286gsAOoHeNfsXiVcVLdnMjtDlb0CBISVRF4T2aVB1yV1RAZoNpkJ1nTfOIeipgiddQj78fgi3_y2_XjwYI_0b7xmGRCnmBr0A17ODKxPaRaXE9DtjQpu4kvH1e1WlI82b_DMfhBUrBsht7u85UroPAftKmD3SXjMLQOfb0xx714eh2CAz4r9UY/w191-h255/egm3.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Happy New Year, everyone! Hope you had a safe and happy holiday season. It's time for me to get back to work and I'm starting off the new year right with a presentation and the final episode of the Everyone's Gone to the Moon podcast.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">First, the podcast. <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The final episode of the Everyone's Gone to the Moon podcast has posted complete with the complete clips heard in the episode. Episode 5 takes a look at the aftermath of Apollo 11 - budget cutbacks and the effect on contractors and NASA employees with some classic 1969 pop culture thrown in. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">You can download or listen to the episode and all previous episodes on many popular podcast sites or on my own <a href="http://www.joe-cuhaj.com/everyone-s-gone-to-the-moon-podcast.html" target="_blank">webpage </a>complete with full clips used in the episode. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://pensterswritinggroup.com/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtULqCyxcGTIqkb8Q8JfS7xbOA8zQvH9r6Zwlg0hIK8dQugeb0NGLZyeKSxhpxLjs3Gc8WNsgjg9aL_n7DqN3rWfN6tKCQQO7eNRHSTJ5jImbphpoFY7sGVYpEnxxmJgHPYVN-8TzZv8WUr7Y2emmOnVPu34WtV9KBjfrqxW2lqNpHHdHhoVOC3wRK562G/s1600/pensters.png" width="225" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>And I will have my first presentation about Everyone's Gone to the Moon on Saturday, January 13th, at the <a href="https://pensterswritinggroup.com/" target="_blank">Pensters Writing Group</a> meeting. The Pensters are a great group of local authors and writers who love to share their stories. The meetings are open to all aspiring writers, published writers, and enthusiastic readers from 10am to noon at the </span><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/54qeR37ekRSPhb2z8" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Fairhope Museum of History</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, 24 N. Section Street, Fairhope, AL. I hope to see you there!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Until next time...</span></p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-78831386996475487572023-12-15T05:19:00.000-08:002023-12-15T05:19:04.161-08:00And the winners are...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirHvqtnl2T1JNNcr2BBmQUMWSY0Fv0KGsxcBD8zn8RzvnkFI5f_ZOzDNe08WU4_fneoW9_Kuv2WolPXSpi5T29YaYpmQfkPbVyhgRLlyFiRKNy4gruYPrYiE9yrGSyUBMYEYPrCFb2liJllTsG-1aVmLdABjPhWNwxmJjX3hHvAPoq63cWi3GhtEIq0JbP/s2400/winners.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1703" data-original-width="2400" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirHvqtnl2T1JNNcr2BBmQUMWSY0Fv0KGsxcBD8zn8RzvnkFI5f_ZOzDNe08WU4_fneoW9_Kuv2WolPXSpi5T29YaYpmQfkPbVyhgRLlyFiRKNy4gruYPrYiE9yrGSyUBMYEYPrCFb2liJllTsG-1aVmLdABjPhWNwxmJjX3hHvAPoq63cWi3GhtEIq0JbP/s320/winners.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Congratulations to the winners of my 2023 Holiday Giveaway: Heather Bell Wigen, Patty May Sayre, and Sam Calhoun!</p><p>You can still download the freebies I have posted this year by visiting my Holiday 2023 webpage. And starting today (Dec 15th), I am having a 50% off Christmas sale on autographed copies of <i>Everyone's Gone to the Moon</i>! Simply visit my <a href="https://author-joe-cuhaj.square.site/product/everyone-s-gone-to-the-moon-july-1969-life-on-earth-and-the-epic-voyage-of-apollo-11/14?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false" target="_blank">online book store</a> to order your copy today. I will even personalize them for you if you're planning to give them as gifts.</p><p>Supplies are limited so hurry to get yours. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhrk-kKOc2oXvrpjpMkOgetiEWsQuknDzCgMtkFfVrOy9sR4HkAPa2pEHD2akQgAM6SeqAmoJlkFFB98ADvM94-cssLi5GzMbYGCXihoVhxCZXOvPNf3X-fWA_BBepm3rNLgs7xcckWtXV-u6gc-uhfQFjwp855nyqRZwx80Uhc2hq6nlI2OihVFVjdcY/s1956/sale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1956" data-original-width="1912" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhrk-kKOc2oXvrpjpMkOgetiEWsQuknDzCgMtkFfVrOy9sR4HkAPa2pEHD2akQgAM6SeqAmoJlkFFB98ADvM94-cssLi5GzMbYGCXihoVhxCZXOvPNf3X-fWA_BBepm3rNLgs7xcckWtXV-u6gc-uhfQFjwp855nyqRZwx80Uhc2hq6nlI2OihVFVjdcY/s320/sale.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-29540575028593694702023-12-08T04:11:00.000-08:002023-12-08T04:11:19.280-08:002023 Holiday Giveaway<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgd1Y1zb_LE7pjwq414iVfHgQss2vGuOn0maIl29-_APjS4X8nUs9qlhuUrmv5XJTN1etf56lNjj7MTTcV4oJ-HUY9fnvFjwuAK1NB7OnauZZyuZoRo9unKQ-ZpokfmU5qeUjyIWW92ob1eUgn4YCC_o7NeqsxqrgBnqRn8TBv6VCsCehFQa2LiykNKSD/s1024/tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgd1Y1zb_LE7pjwq414iVfHgQss2vGuOn0maIl29-_APjS4X8nUs9qlhuUrmv5XJTN1etf56lNjj7MTTcV4oJ-HUY9fnvFjwuAK1NB7OnauZZyuZoRo9unKQ-ZpokfmU5qeUjyIWW92ob1eUgn4YCC_o7NeqsxqrgBnqRn8TBv6VCsCehFQa2LiykNKSD/s320/tree.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Good morning, friends. It's that time again. Time to begin my 2023 Holiday Giveaway! Each year I give away a few trinkets just to say thank you for your support by buying my books over the years. </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This year we have:</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">* Free Space Oddities / Everyone's Gone to the Moon chapters</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">* Free Audio Book Chapter from Space Oddities read by Tim Dixon</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">* My Traditional Holiday Short Story Collection (both text and MP3)</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">* And a Chance to Win an Autographed Copy of Everyone's Gone to the Moon (winner to be </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> announced 12/15)</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Visit my <a href="http://www.joe-cuhaj.com/registration.html" target="_blank">Holiday 2023 webpage </a>and I'll send you the links for the downloads and enter you win the book. </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And don't forget, my next book signing is tomorrow, Dec. 9th, from 1pm to 3pm at Page & Palette, 32 S. Section St., Fairhope, AL. Hope to see you there!</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPB3QxPDmZfKEWB7zT_i1GlVIiF9k-Qtj5miZwHNYbddIvts51OiNz7lAPb_VdEIwXuAkpO93dH0dJrHt9kzwTfr974YP-CspK8e-RBxLXmViL_gmG2x37eh2dcTwSAqWlW9vyKI_Vu0zHhSmGNDQNcSlWxTtr5TEf34xKKYgrd26nwk_KIxJ2xPQyz9t/s1942/pandp.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1942" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPB3QxPDmZfKEWB7zT_i1GlVIiF9k-Qtj5miZwHNYbddIvts51OiNz7lAPb_VdEIwXuAkpO93dH0dJrHt9kzwTfr974YP-CspK8e-RBxLXmViL_gmG2x37eh2dcTwSAqWlW9vyKI_Vu0zHhSmGNDQNcSlWxTtr5TEf34xKKYgrd26nwk_KIxJ2xPQyz9t/s320/pandp.png" width="247" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!</span><br /><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-78878639719802228852023-12-06T03:17:00.000-08:002023-12-06T03:17:49.051-08:00Tis the Season<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSIXtmDlBInLwzC-DIvhlG8yiNN7JmHLkPr1a32H63Ry6roAmNXoPifKae2z5v0l3m_TFyNY6IQyCwKcH7wZPTBOUv8bdPHdCJmzb97iA2_LXMOnkfMJGCVFEZ27yXkaSgm5ZTW8jXZgIYbXAgWzSi1vm37XNI44iyDTurKyQYbCXhz0HNyPd85cBXpDzO/s1200/quietsanta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSIXtmDlBInLwzC-DIvhlG8yiNN7JmHLkPr1a32H63Ry6roAmNXoPifKae2z5v0l3m_TFyNY6IQyCwKcH7wZPTBOUv8bdPHdCJmzb97iA2_LXMOnkfMJGCVFEZ27yXkaSgm5ZTW8jXZgIYbXAgWzSi1vm37XNI44iyDTurKyQYbCXhz0HNyPd85cBXpDzO/s320/quietsanta.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>It's a busy week here around the old writing shack what with Christmas fast approaching. What's been going on, you ask? First, a new episode of the <i>Everyone's Gone to the Moon Companion Podcast, (Episode 3) </i>has dropped and can be downloaded from my <a href="http://www.joe-cuhaj.com/everyone-s-gone-to-the-moon-podcast.html" target="_blank">podcast page</a> (which also includes links to the full clips used in the episode), <a href="https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2271548.rss" target="_blank">BuzzSprout, </a>or from wherever you download your podcasts. The next episode will drop December 18th.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lBTn4lAHzH_TOHAFQ7wegPtvwfriMktiSCi8US7Nx4WohD6Mf0TN7htK08eFQVsgJcGqX1mOeH3tsc7MyWvVDamFkT5e3HyXYPxlmzjoR37d8xw8IKlgnJWJOLhTdD3rIm98bcS-OuDeP87vXi0zE4WP8NMq9Ck3Q5BLeXs19fFIV-oVjChtrqwwDk3s/s1942/pandp.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1942" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lBTn4lAHzH_TOHAFQ7wegPtvwfriMktiSCi8US7Nx4WohD6Mf0TN7htK08eFQVsgJcGqX1mOeH3tsc7MyWvVDamFkT5e3HyXYPxlmzjoR37d8xw8IKlgnJWJOLhTdD3rIm98bcS-OuDeP87vXi0zE4WP8NMq9Ck3Q5BLeXs19fFIV-oVjChtrqwwDk3s/s320/pandp.png" width="247" /></a></div><p>I have a few book signings coming up in December. I'll be signing copies of <i>Everyone's Gone to the Moon </i>this Saturday (Dec. 9th) at <a href="https://www.pageandpalette.com/events-master/2023/12/9/joe-cuhaj-author-signing" target="_blank">Page and Palette</a>, 32 S. Section St., Fairhope, AL, from 1pm to 3pm, then it's off to Barnes & Noble in Spanish Fort, AL, for a signing December 16th from 11am to 1pm. I'm really looking forward to doing a full presentation and signing at the Pensters Writing Group meeting January 9th. This will be my first presentation on the book so you never know what might happen. The Pensters meetings are open to all and are held at the Fairhope Museum in Fairhope, AL, from 10am to noon.</p><p>And then there is the big news - I'm bringing back my Holiday Giveaway. It begins Friday Dec. 8th. This year, you will be able to download some great freebies:</p><p>* A collection of humorous holiday related short stories (both PDF text and audio versions) * Sample chapters from the books <i>Space Oddities</i> and <i>Everyone's Gone to the Moon * </i>A sample chapter from the <i>Space Oddities Audio Book</i> read by Tim Dixon * AND register to win autographed copies of <i>Everyone's Gone to the Moon</i></p><p>It's an exciting but busy time. Oh, and another new book <i>may</i> be in the offing. More details coming soon.</p><p>Till next time, have a great week!</p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-21002809554322705742023-12-04T05:56:00.000-08:002023-12-04T05:56:44.287-08:00Coming Soon...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHVe5W8u_wlF8kY_73CDKQQFtufOAIbfOG6fEW4JGVUqtbKIXwF0ySfv9N9bJimw3y0tbdLseyjpeFAc1lMHy3KCz-VMKsI1qn5qHnbeIzjkhBqNj9yQEATMYFiJOzrGqiKWpBlI0kJ4P-eU3OFj2EqxGIXT1Jy3gBggoyqqhrN1n4k-xoMO3We6yDuXu/s3000/Holiday2024-Teaser.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="3000" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHVe5W8u_wlF8kY_73CDKQQFtufOAIbfOG6fEW4JGVUqtbKIXwF0ySfv9N9bJimw3y0tbdLseyjpeFAc1lMHy3KCz-VMKsI1qn5qHnbeIzjkhBqNj9yQEATMYFiJOzrGqiKWpBlI0kJ4P-eU3OFj2EqxGIXT1Jy3gBggoyqqhrN1n4k-xoMO3We6yDuXu/s320/Holiday2024-Teaser.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Stay tuned for details.<br /> <p></p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-80963357210826902492023-12-04T04:12:00.000-08:002023-12-04T04:12:34.083-08:00New Podcast Episode Posted<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.joe-cuhaj.com/everyone-s-gone-to-the-moon-podcast.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="3600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xpXm-iMispWAaFJdxp4y4bl6MD88Nsm3D6v_YR_uKAJnQkWDqzsmDvjRY-EJNWauOglJmetl0OffqptUVYq953I_UcmOkObvDHFiFLLwMGeBVPqDRljeBHPoj2rn7qidCsaAHK2B9iaHrjZpvy7lHIclIpHHPTqegwAKXbVLvylkTeZkyI2YdtS10lIj/s320/Promo-Graphic-Website.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Episode 3 of my companion podcast to the book, Everyone's Gone to the Moon, has dropped. You can find it on your favorite podcast site, <a href="https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2271548.rss" target="_blank">Buzzsprout,</a> or on the official <a href="http://www.joe-cuhaj.com/everyone-s-gone-to-the-moon-podcast.html" target="_blank">podcast website</a> which also has additional reference videos. This episode takes a brief look at a few of the music genres that were present in July 1969. Bubble Gum music was still going strong thanks in part to a little help from a popular TV cartoon show, plus the world was introduced to two new forms of music - Punk Rock with the <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>arrival of the band The Stooges led by Iggy Pop, and Glam Rock which was personified by David Bowie and the release of what would (eventually) become a #1. Episode note: The second time Bowie's Space Oddity was released, it reached #15 in the U.S., not #5 as heard in the episode.</div></div>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-78494562756913337902023-12-04T04:07:00.000-08:002023-12-04T04:07:07.931-08:00Next Signing This Saturday<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3QPy3AatEFLlAMx6NPp789Vzq1PmRPgJIrWYOH9esDydsOaPZP_LPFAT9PWrJzFRlZnbJyuDrQwcWrCCLykNt6agRTLCa0Av90VRtB2FylXWQ3lrcDlCS6YHlwasKf7w_C0LwBPgL0Pvaf9VDWLOuXZcVTb9zh5ZYdCD4nHe8y4bUPhf2aWaveMplUk0-/s1942/pandp.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1942" data-original-width="1500" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3QPy3AatEFLlAMx6NPp789Vzq1PmRPgJIrWYOH9esDydsOaPZP_LPFAT9PWrJzFRlZnbJyuDrQwcWrCCLykNt6agRTLCa0Av90VRtB2FylXWQ3lrcDlCS6YHlwasKf7w_C0LwBPgL0Pvaf9VDWLOuXZcVTb9zh5ZYdCD4nHe8y4bUPhf2aWaveMplUk0-/w210-h272/pandp.png" width="210" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>If you are in the Fairhope, Alabama, area - or the Alabama Gulf Coast in general - come on out to my next signing of <i>Everyone's Gone to the Moon</i> this Saturday at <a href="https://www.pageandpalette.com/events-master/2023/12/9/joe-cuhaj-author-signing" target="_blank">Page & Palette</a>, 32 S. Section St., Fairhope, AL. I'll be signing copies from 1 to 3pm. Hope to see you there!</p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-72999642155993118632023-12-01T04:06:00.000-08:002023-12-01T04:06:01.617-08:00Signing Season Begins<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrfC37grcXwknUQBpG1nH6uJV32h8r15wRhwV657AWEeK6kiM0BzvEzcCZsI8UJx28meyYayX1SowggK9Bj6r_W7lz-pRmrniOU0Cl_qR0VO5W1noKkQ-FFva9oha_FlHhSMaj9ejn1ralxB7OoEq3duoXgPE67pMG2BHUoVQ0n1-zzmBoG_xAt5TQYq1/s1080/bookex.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrfC37grcXwknUQBpG1nH6uJV32h8r15wRhwV657AWEeK6kiM0BzvEzcCZsI8UJx28meyYayX1SowggK9Bj6r_W7lz-pRmrniOU0Cl_qR0VO5W1noKkQ-FFva9oha_FlHhSMaj9ejn1ralxB7OoEq3duoXgPE67pMG2BHUoVQ0n1-zzmBoG_xAt5TQYq1/s320/bookex.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">A busy morning around the old writing shack. I'm just putting the wraps on Episode 3 of the Everyone's Gone to the Moon podcast. It drops Monday morning on </span><a href="https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2271548.rss" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">BuzzSprout</a><span style="text-align: left;"> and on your favorite podcast site. You can also hear it, read and see additional resources pertaining to the episode, and hear past episodes on my </span><a href="http://www.joe-cuhaj.com/everyone-s-gone-to-the-moon-podcast.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">podcast page</a><span style="text-align: left;">. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGytUw23gVOKSmolMYXlLVZozO1YW2smZq5sbJKVf-VjHm3ep2kJ6wcuffYxa1VecWULRN-X7pVPVL5dYjtNf4sa6qzamvSSwFLQ2IZJnpnCL5TEb0ddLi9l30NX64dV01EbeEp7s-Zvu7n_KADVtGLm4Z0oxQUPTX3N6gPzElUDYB3Yq-9a736Q9Hibn/s1448/podsites.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="1448" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGytUw23gVOKSmolMYXlLVZozO1YW2smZq5sbJKVf-VjHm3ep2kJ6wcuffYxa1VecWULRN-X7pVPVL5dYjtNf4sa6qzamvSSwFLQ2IZJnpnCL5TEb0ddLi9l30NX64dV01EbeEp7s-Zvu7n_KADVtGLm4Z0oxQUPTX3N6gPzElUDYB3Yq-9a736Q9Hibn/w400-h256/podsites.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>The weather forecast for tomorrow (12/2) isn't looking too good in Mobile, AL, where I am set to do my first signing of "Everyone's Gone to the Moon," but what better way to spend a rainy day then at a book conference? I hope to see you tomorrow from 10am to 4pm at LitCon at Bishop State Community College in Mobile.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhqFP3CRCqhsItI0A9llGa5ikbX76JShw4E7U1g8mh7aW3Baoayt-5Ral4OWQ28R26zE80huuElOoe3O-c7RefMlK2TWowIEmfrY2Tf-C4f1YqgbR7w32AG68t93NE8I6xa3iW4cOTVGwuc4Z2wVV1gpvFhx2gIo4dcUDu2p9DVO3TryNn6jNczd-oCOV1/s320/LitCon-Flyer.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhqFP3CRCqhsItI0A9llGa5ikbX76JShw4E7U1g8mh7aW3Baoayt-5Ral4OWQ28R26zE80huuElOoe3O-c7RefMlK2TWowIEmfrY2Tf-C4f1YqgbR7w32AG68t93NE8I6xa3iW4cOTVGwuc4Z2wVV1gpvFhx2gIo4dcUDu2p9DVO3TryNn6jNczd-oCOV1/s1600/LitCon-Flyer.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>In case you can't make it to LitCon tomorrow, I'll also be signing copies of Everyone's Gone to the Moon at <a href="https://www.pageandpalette.com/events-master/2023/12/9/joe-cuhaj-author-signing" target="_blank">Page and Palette</a>, 32 S. Section St., Fairhope, AL, next Saturday, Dec 9th, from 1 to 3pm.</p><p>Have a great weekend!</p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613827549518683189.post-84535055557525302792023-11-27T11:38:00.000-08:002023-11-27T11:38:04.462-08:00It's Time...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmLK-M6YJCYR9gg0irFiRireOITyL9e4ry95LoZFr_UavbkeUXUvRQyAQfkHgv7q6odfj0XhpSG98vhxsBHHDi_eP7T79cy7Wu9O_42H8I_-vhNsrYYTenU24WC9op_rrFoiV8yH45RsnqoR8i1ds_deKcdZKuxFdiwx6MWSmdu1JQl-J2js9m2q5uOzbV/s3000/signings1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2400" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmLK-M6YJCYR9gg0irFiRireOITyL9e4ry95LoZFr_UavbkeUXUvRQyAQfkHgv7q6odfj0XhpSG98vhxsBHHDi_eP7T79cy7Wu9O_42H8I_-vhNsrYYTenU24WC9op_rrFoiV8yH45RsnqoR8i1ds_deKcdZKuxFdiwx6MWSmdu1JQl-J2js9m2q5uOzbV/w226-h282/signings1.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A little reminder this morning that Episode 2 of the Everyone's Gone to the Moon Podcast, "There's Something in the Air", is still available on <a href="https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2271548.rss" target="_blank">Buzzsprout</a>, wherever you download your favorites podcasts, and on my <a href="http://www.joe-cuhaj.com/everyone-s-gone-to-the-moon-podcast.html" target="_blank">website</a> where you will find additional resources and clips used in the episode. Episode 3: The Music Revolution, debuts next Monday (12/4).</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Df73GVe9xjlcgBistI_rMdePXRN8d6EhFU37R4fxvqnazFw6oFyESEFzUi3MddYCIEKs4Mi654J63HxLNULyixiELzUarGtMhHvQ568oPBHsxp3B9Bwe0XKA2HTaxcOAmR_1Wzuot4TQ0pTcLeAvrjzNAa6SDa9SsPpQZzJNrT-aDkrJgwFEocTDe9I_/s320/LitCon-Flyer.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Df73GVe9xjlcgBistI_rMdePXRN8d6EhFU37R4fxvqnazFw6oFyESEFzUi3MddYCIEKs4Mi654J63HxLNULyixiELzUarGtMhHvQ568oPBHsxp3B9Bwe0XKA2HTaxcOAmR_1Wzuot4TQ0pTcLeAvrjzNAa6SDa9SsPpQZzJNrT-aDkrJgwFEocTDe9I_/s1600/LitCon-Flyer.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p>I'm also gearing up for the holiday book signing season. I'll be signing copies of "Everyone's Gone to the Moon" at the following locations starting this Saturday (12/2) at Litcon in Mobile, Alabama. I'll be signing from 10am to 4pm at Bishop State College along with a group of very talented authors from the area. If you're an aspiring writer, a published author, or an avid reader, come by and visit and maybe pick up a Christmas present for the reader in your life...or yourself. </span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Here are the other dates through January so far: </span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">December 2: Litcon, Bishop State Community College, 351 N. Broad St., Mobile, AL - 10am-4pm</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">December 9: Page & Palette, 32 S. Section St., Fairhope, AL - 1pm-3pm</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">December 16: Barnes & Noble, 30500 AL181, Spanish Fort, AL - 11am - 1pm</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">January 13: Pensters Writing Group, Fairhope Museum, 24 N.Section St., Fairhope, AL 10am-12pm</span></p>Joe Cuhajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458670490166686669noreply@blogger.com0