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Embrace the ageless power of possibilities with
Goodbye Old, Hello Bold, an empowering guide by J.J. Hubal to finding excitement after living a lifetime.
About the author
“I write what I live,” is the motto of bestselling author and cartoonist
J.J. Hubal. J.J.’s inspiring and entertaining published work spans five decades on topics ranging from relationships to rescue animals. J.J., together with her husband Jim, wrote
Living with Your Higher Power, a recovery workbook series which has sold nearly one million copies, and
A Week at the Beach, a guide to the life-changing power of being near the ocean. Her cartoons and humor essays have appeared in
Cosmopolitan, the
Chicago Tribune, the
Houston Post, the HSUS magazine
Animal Sheltering, King Syndicate’s Sunday Woman Plus, and the senior health magazine
Thrive, among many others. J.J.’s cartoons were also used in two lines of greeting cards and are currently sold worldwide through Cartoon Stock.
After a lifetime of living J.J. was hit by an avalanche of loss and disappointment that stopped her cold. Lonely and afraid she used her unique combination of words and drawings to help her figure out what, at age seventy-plus, could possibly be next for her. The result is the hand-drawn mix of humor and hope,
Goodbye Old, Hello Bold: A Joyful Leap into a World of New Possibilities as We Age. J.J.’s goal is to share her empowering insights and realistic ideas to give others a clear doable way to get past the speed bumps of life in the aging lane—and have fun doing it!
J.J. lives with Jim and their rescue cat Mango, all of whom are happily aging in place in Savannah, Georgia.
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Promotion and Past Success
- J.J. Hubal’s essays and cartoons have appeared in Cosmopolitan, the Chicago Tribune, the Milwaukee Journal, the Houston Post, the Pet Press, Blue Cross Blue Shield’s Thrive magazine (“for active agers”), and many other publications.
- Her three illustrated workbooks on addiction recovery, Living with Your Higher Power, written with her husband Jim and published by Hazelden, have sold over 850,000 copies.
- Her inspirational book A Week at the Beach, published by Marlowe/Hachette, also written with her husband Jim, has sold 12,000 copies.
- She runs a podcast/radio show on this topic: When Seniors Fly podcast.
- She is planning travel for book launch and promotion events.
- The author will actively market on her show and on Cartoon Stock.
