Sorry I couldn't share a blog with you on Sunday, but there will be more than enough for you to read today. First, I received some good news from LULU.com :
Your book information will be sent to Bowker's Books In Print and once approved by Bowker, Lulu will upload your title to our distribution network. When this occurs, you will be notified by email. Should there be any problems with your title in Books In Print, you will also be notified. This process is generally completed within 2-3 weeks. You can expect to see your book listed on Amazon and other online retailers within the next 6 to 8 weeks.
This means that MEMOIRS of a TAIL GUNNER can be bought online from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders and any other online bookstore. I also had an ISBN number assigned. : (978-0-6151-6692-6) The book is the black & white version and will sell for $22. I will get royalties, and eventually I will sell this to MGM for the movie. I told Marilyn Silverstein (Eliza Doolittle) she could play my ex-wife since I made her a star in our show last year. However, I already received a rejection of that idea from her, since she is already an "ex" and she doesn't want to go through that again. She can't play "Rhoda" because Rhoda would get really pissed that she didn't get the part, and she certainly wouldn't want to play the "ex" in the movie. I would like Mike Herbstman (Pickering) to play Hitler, but I haven't checked with him on that as yet. I don't want to lose one of my three friends. They are hard enough to find here.
This wasn't the end of news about the book. My neighbor, Lou Strumlauf, is President of the Computer Club here and he wrote a nice piece in the monthly Huntington Lakes Newsletter, to wit:
"Since I don't have any meeting report to give you, let me tell you instead about one of our outstanding and distinguished members. At an age when most people are resting on their laurels, Norman Ross has just written and published a book titled 'The Memoirs of a Tail Gunner'. It is a biography of his life filling over 350 pages and a must read for all."
Then I got a call yesterday from Joyce Goldberg, President of the Library Club asking if I would be willing to present a program to the members in January, and I agreed to do something. Last year, I did "The Difference Between Real Poetry, and Hallmark". So, as you can see, I've been pretty active in the past couple of years. It took me over a year to write the book and in between paragraphs perform in and direct "My Fair Lady".
Besides all the excitement and good news above, four of us went to The Isle, a new casino here in Pompano Beach which is a beautiful venue like many you can find in Las Vegas. There are a zillion slot machines of all types and characters; 2 cent, 5 cent, 10 cent, 25 cent and, of course, dollar slots. Take your pick. Well, Rhoda certainly took her pick. She won $235 playing the nickel machine. The rest of us lost. I lost $20. We got there about 3pm and then went to the beautiful buffet dinner at 5pm. We got back home about 7:30 and then went to the Strumlaufs to play cards.
The other excitement yesterday involved major league baseball. The Marlins played the Mets who were tied with the Phillies for the division title, and The Marlins scored 7 runs in the first inning an made thousands of Met fans wipe the tears from their eyes with towels. The Mets had a 7 game lead in the middle of September and then had one of the biggest collapses in baseball history.
The big event here this week will involve Rhoda's cataract surgery on Thursday.
We are praying that this time it will be a wonderful success, as the last one was a failure.
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Glad to hear you went with my suggestion to tack on royalties to your book's retail pricing.
Maybe after a long time, the amount will be substantial enough to leave in your will to your children, since you have probably spent all your $ on mallomars.
BLR
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