Phase I of the editing process of my Greg Scarpa biography manuscript is complete. I turned the manuscript around today by responding to my editor’s solid substantive suggestions and keen, professional eye for minutia. We’ll soon see what phase II at WildBlue Press looks like. So far, so good.
The timing for the book feels about right. As it turns out, Mark Wahlberg is working on a movie about a brief period of Scarpa’s life, one that I cover in chapter 3 of the book. The movie’s title is By Any Means, and with any luck (see what I did there?) it’ll generate interest about the rest of Scarpa’s life that can best be satisfied by picking up a comprehensive biography of the man known as The Grim Reaper. The movie is in post production, as they say. Of course it would be optimal if it came out at about the same time that my book is released, but that seems unlikely.
In the meantime, I’ll keep chugging away as WildBlue Press requires. That sounds negative, but it’s not. The experience is actually quite uplifting. And, what with the tariffs on Christmas presents that are either already in place or looming, this may be a great year for a book written and printed in the good old U.S. of A. to find a spot under all of those Christmas trees out there.
As always, I’ll keep you posted.
