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6/10/2011

Author's Log: Stardate 06102011

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Mistakes with editing costs you time and money - especially if you use Lightning Source/INGRAM for part of your distribution.

My advice to you is something Sensei Dean Wesley Smith suggested. When you publish to paper, if you do decide to utilize both CreateSpace and Lightning Source - publish to CreateSpace first. Why? Because CreateSpace doesn't nickel and dime you (that's a term - it's more like $30 to $35 for trade paper/hardback proofs).

With my next one, _Signs of War_, due out by September, I intend to publish to CreateSpace, purchase a proof and then have someone edit the proof. Of course, I have three layers of editors before it will even get to CreateSpace, but if my experience with _The Watchman of Ephraim_ holds true - there will still be nit-picky typos that make it onto paper.

So, I'll have my son edit the proof (he has a great eye). Once the CreateSpace trade paper is confirmed perfect, then and only then will I publish via Lightning Source.

I'm improving my consistency to write everyday - not completely there yet but close. My next objective is to amp up my per day output. Ultimately, I'd love to get to a chapter per day - my chapters average just under 3,000 words. Once and if I attain a chapter per day output - I will certainly be able to hit my target of four published novels per year.

On the side, I just entered one of my poems in a poetry contest on Goodreads.com. It's titled, "A Sixty-Second Tale." You can check it out here - I'm 'Message 90'). I'm not a real proponent of competition in art. Competition was made for sport and business - not art. The appreciation of any art form is in the eye of the beholder and even within each beholder, he or she may have different tastes at different times of their lives. Nevertheless, I wanted to give my poetry some exposure. When I have enough written, I look forward to publishing a collection of my poetry.

Wow ... not bad for a kid from Ridgewood, NY, a place where some kids couldn't read past a 4th grade level in high school.

What's on my agenda:

+ I'm about to conduct my first ever blog tour. Fellow author and friend via Goodreads.com, Jeff Bennington was nice enough to explain the ins and outs of conducting your own blog tour to me. He just finished a 45-day blog tour and was impressed with the outcome. He published an article about it and as a courtesy to my patrons, he let me feature it at my SelfPubber's Pub - it's here.

+ Goodreads.com will be promoting a 12-hardcover giveaway for me. It starts July 03 and will run until September 11. I'll let you know how it goes and hey, you can enter into the giveaway at Goodreads - I'll post info on how when it's closer.

+ My booked appearances:
Tue, Jun 14 Blog Talk Radio Interview - US
Wed, Jun 15 Interview with Susan Whitfield of BookTown.ning.com - US
Wed, Dec 21 Blog Talk Radio Interview - US

I've also added a new link under 'Best Info for Self-Publishers' on the side bar. It's a Forum called,
Mythbreakers: Moving the Business of Writing Forward

According to Sensei Dean:
" Mark Neumayer just started a discussion forum site like the one I used to have on my old site many years ago. He started it to talk about different aspects of myths and also how to do electronic and POD publishing and a place where writers can help each other. I just signed up and will be stopping by regularly.

"Could be interesting. Give it a look. It’s brand new and just starting."

I'm proud to be part of the SelfPubber community!

Back to writing ...

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(Please feel free to leave comments – your comments can be as helpful as anything I write for others. I hope this series turns out to be less my talking at you and more – a group of like-minded storytellers that self-publish or intend to. Peace & God Bless!)


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    ​Gerard de Marigny is an American novelist and screenplay writer. His newest release is WHITE WIDOW (Cris De Niro, Book 7) and he is currently writing the sequel to the Amazon-Bestselling Modern War Western, JOSHUA'S COUNTRY.

    Since his 2011 inaugural publication of THE WATCHMAN OF EPHRAIM (CRIS DE NIRO, Book 1), Mr. de Marigny has independently published seven CRIS DE NIRO novels and two novellas, along with JOSHUA’S COUNTRY.

    The Cris De Niro series is set in the days and years following September 11, 2001 when a non-governmental based counter-terrorism firm is formed to respond to crises born from a variety of modern geopolitical events. The series of books resonate with espionage, sub-genre fiction readers from around the world.

    In 2014, the famed Creator/Producer of the iconic MacGyver and Stargate SG-1 television series contacted Gerard after reading and loving THE WATCHMAN OF EPHRAIM (Cris De Niro, Book 1). de Marigny and Greenburg formed CDN Films to write and produce screenplays  based on the novels in the CRIS DE NIRO series. The first screenplay, CRIS DE NIRO: THE WATCHMAN OF EPHRAIM is now under consideration and Legendary Entertainment.

    Prior to his writing career, Gerard worked in the financial services industry, and prior to that, he wrote, recorded and produced music for other artists, for television and was a member of the rock band, Americade. He is a graduate of Penn State University. Gerard and his wife Lisa live in the foothills of Las Vegas, Nevada with their two cats, Nalah and Katya. They have four sons, Jared, Ryan, Jordan, and Noah.


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