Time to clean out the attic and commit 2008 to the deep. We're starting off 2009 with a clean slate. SItting down to a blog for a full time writer seems to be a waste of time when these words could be put to use generating revenue or at least seeking out revenue. Ain't a lot of revenue to go around these days.

We are fortunate to have two good agents in California and New York who are beavering away in our behalf. We aslo have two books coming out this year so far: The Dale Earnhardt/NASCAR History for Greenwood Publishing and Our Founding Fathers - the Shaping of America for Carlton Publishing, London/Barnes & Noble Publishing USA. Book releases let us work at marketing, which allows us to beat our drum at signings, talks, panels, TV and radio appearances for a couple of months.

The Founding Fathers book is a sequel requested by the publishers of The Founding of the United States - 1763-1815 which hit the 50,000 copies sold mark in mid-2008.

Janet is now working full time for Avril 1 Group, Inc. having left the Daily Herald Newspapers. They have offered her a free-lance writng contract. Now our travel abilities are more open when we need research trips or just plain vacation jaunts.

We have one history book in house right now for History Press in Massachusetts and two contracts pending with our Paris publisher, but the winter cold and relatively closed-in existance we are living now has let cabin fever spread its soul-sucking effect. But that's the joy of writing. The imagination can stray to the most interesting places.

Gerry and Janet