WildBlue Press Promotes Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil with an Official YouTube Trailer! This morning, WildBlue Press posted an official trailer to coincide with their launch of my gangster bio, Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil. View it here on YouTube! As always, I’ll keep you posted.Read More

WildBlue Press Promotes Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil and Launches the Audiobook, Hardcover, and Paperback Versions The team at WildBlue Press has been working hard to get the word out about the upcoming launch of my gangster bio, Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil. The results? In less than 24 hours they have received several requests for Advance Review...Read More

One More Week Until the Launch of Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil The interior proof is in great shape; the formatting looks great; and the book is 524 pages cover to cover! The page count includes bibliography (18 pages), endnotes (146 pages), and index (20 pages). The launch date is still set for Tuesday, July 22nd....Read More

Top Ranking for Scarpa Bio in Newly Released Organized Crime Biographies! Even though the book is currently only available for prerelease orders as an eBook, this week, Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil reached #1 on Amazon’s “Hot New Releases” of  organized crime biographies. Not a bad start. The release date is still set for 10 days...Read More

A Chance to Promote My Upcoming Book on “True Crime Talk” Last week I had the pleasure of being a guest on True Crime Talk, a podcast that is the brainchild of my publisher, WildBlue Press. We spent about an hour talking about my new book, Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil. If all continues to go...Read More

Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil to be Released on July 22nd! If all continues to go well, Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil will be released on July 22nd. It is currently available for prerelease order on Amazon in its eBook form and will soon be available for prerelease order in hardcover and paperback too. I started this project...Read More

The Last Phase in Manuscript Prep for Publication After a week of serious time in the chair, plugging away at each of my editor’s changes and comments, I was able to send the latest version of my Greg Scarpa biography manuscript back to my publisher, WildBlue Press. Lots of meticulous work and not much else...Read More

The Next Phase in Getting My Book Ready for Publication Phase II of the editing process of my Greg Scarpa biography manuscript is underway at WildBlue Press. This phase is characterized by a focus on line edits. Honestly, I had to look up what line edits are. Turns out, they’re about what they sound like....Read More

The True Crime Publication Process to Date 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...Read More

Re-entering the Publication Process It has been more than a year since I completed the first draft of my Greg Scarpa biography. I received an offer of publication a couple of months later. I declined the offer for reasons of my own, reasons that had nothing to do with the prospective publisher. Two weeks ago,...Read More