78 years ago my grandfather was stuck in a hospital with suspected tuberculosis. He didn’t get to see his family or anyone he loved for Thanksgiving. Christmas would be the same. In fact he would spend the next several months in hospitals, getting his lung…
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The feedback from family is wonderful. I’m cleaning up minor edits throughout the manuscript, and we’re navigating the next steps. What size best suits the letter scans, or do we include the scans at all? Will the 8.5″x11″ format work or would a trade paperback…
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The first draft printings are sent out to the family and family friends, so now we await their feedback to determine the next steps. The feedback I’m getting the most of right now? The spelling. These letters were written by a young man who throughout…
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In a few letters, Earl mentions the songs or radio programs he’s listening to while in the hospital. One of them is “The Cackle Sisters.” We’ve looked them up so here’s a youtube link to one of their recordings, although this one is from 1950…
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The first edition will now be sent to our family and select readers for comments and edits. We’ve submitted to the Library of Congress, since it’s a collection of letters from World War II.
While working on final edits we’ve submitted the book for copyright and for the Library of Congress. We have an ISBN, so it’s just a few other details now to take care of. It’s an interesting collection and since Earl was in the Army Air…
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