The Making of the Book

Available for preorders

Available for preorders

All it took was the click of a button to approve the E-proof of Taxi to America. And then it was time to organize the next phase of my book’s journey-get the word out, AKA marketing. I welcomed the distraction from thinking and anticipating the hard copy proof. In...

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Another reveal

Another reveal

The unveiling continues. I am basking in a sea of joy since last Saturday. I was on my way out of town to meet Sandy, Lynne, and Christine for a round of winter golf. We are thrilled to pick up our golf clubs and stay in practice at Bass Rocks Golf Club’s Trackman....

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It Takes a Village

It Takes a Village

It takes a Village According to The Free Dictionary by Farflex on idioms “It takes a village proverb-Many people’s help or involvement is needed to achieve some goal. A shortening of the proverb. It takes a village to raise a child.” The idiom “It takes a village,” is...

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Book Update

Book Update

  Happy Monday, good week to all. Last Thursday afternoon I climbed the stairs carrying the 12-gallon clear plastic storage bin when I heard the ding on my iPad. I dropped the bin and dashed to the counter. I had been expecting to hear from Judy, my book...

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Drum roll please!

Drum roll please!

From this to manuscript to book designer. The edited manuscript traveled between me and the editor until it had a good flow and was down to 81,000 words from 100,000 plus words. It was as close as I was going to get to our goal of 80,000. And then it was time for...

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choosing photographs for the memoir

choosing photographs for the memoir

A daunting task. A ton of photographs is a blessing which can give one a headache. Reviewing decades of my life had me slow down in the writing process and lose myself in nostalgia. The black and white pictures of my childhood and adolescent years mostly in Greece...

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Fans, Friends, and a Memoir

Fans, Friends, and a Memoir

in June of 2022 Charles and I completed our work on the "rough and messy draft". it was a drum roll moment when I clicked on the "send" button which sent the manuscript for developmental editing. I sent over 100,000 words to Kate my editor. Her first request was to...

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Phew! Made it through the messy draft

Phew! Made it through the messy draft

Whew! I made it through the rough and messy draft. Thanks to Charles I had a revision I could assign to chapters in my Scrivener outline. I used general terms for chapter names. Terms which were indicative of the subject covered in each section. I found this part of...

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Gathering information and writing

Gathering information and writing

  Once I organized and implemented the tools I needed to begin I embarked on a fast track to the rough draft. One thing I learned for sure and embraced was to just write and not edit. Write, without correcting, without worrying about grammar etc. Using my index...

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After The Hay House Publishing Writing Challenge

After The Hay House Publishing Writing Challenge

What a week it was. An abundance of information and excitement. I could not believe I was finally going to write my book-my memoir. The presenters, Reid Tracy and Kelly Notaras, lavished the participants with a plethora of insights, data, sources, and of course...

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How it all Began

How it all Began

“You should write a book”. Maura said after hearing my answers to her questions. They were simple, typical questions we all ask. “How old were you when you came to the United States. Did you speak English? How come your sister is in Greece?” I had heard the same...

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