Flying to Japan
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/getline/2004-11-15-ask-the-captain_x.htm
Above is the link to this week’s edition of “Ask The Captain” published by USAToday.com. Response is still very heavy and as always I have to apologize if you’ve written and not gotten a response due to overwhelming volume. I do appreciate all your nice comments.
I am happy to report that my first flight in command of a B-777 went off without a hitch. It’s been a very long time—over fifteen years—since I’ve flown the North Pacific. Last time was as a copilot in a DC-10. Fortunately I remembered the way to Japan: north to Alaska, west to Russia, then left (!) This was my first trip ever to Osaka. To say these first flights in my new airplane was exhilarating would be a gross understatement.
This was a new experience for me, with three copilots. This will be explained in an upcoming column but basically any flight over eight hours requires an extra pilot, and over twelve hours two extra pilots. We took turns going back and watching movies or sleeping (they slept—I was too excited to sleep).
Book sales are still increasing. Both DIA’s and LAX’s newsstands in United’s terminals sold out and more books were sent. I’ve been invited to sign books at both airports and will try to do this some time in December. I’ll let you know should you happen to be flying United that day and would like to stop b
If you would like to order “The World At My Feet” the quickest way is still to go directly to my distributor, either through my website www.fromthecockpit.com, at bottom of home page, or by simply calling 1-800-345-6665. Be sure to ask for the “subscribers’ special” and mention this means free shipping either in the comments section of order form or when speaking to the person taking your order. Shipping is normally $4.95.
Please keep your questions coming, either through my own website www.fromthecockpit.com or through my column at USAToday.com/travel where a link is provided for you.
Due to the response I got, I’m leaving the next section intact from last week. Even more of you than I imagined have books or projects of your own you’re trying to go public with. Just skip this last part if you’ve no interest in the business aspect of how I’ve gotten my book into the marketplace.
My web guy, also known as my Other Half—-Al—-is working on a new site for my publishing company “Lorrie Press,” named for our chattering lorrie, Houdini. (A lorrie is a red, medium-sized tropical bird of the parrot family and they talk a LOT as the name implies.) There will be information there for those of you interested in getting something published and how to promote products or causes without spending even a dime on advertising, etc.
My new site will have some resources I can share with those of you who are interested in writing your own books, or who want to promote other products, but one link I can give you right now is this one: http://www.nationalpublicitysummit.com/info.html?10147
If you click on this link and scroll down, you will see a picture of me and a quote. The picture is a still shot taken from a local TV interview done at DIA (Denver International Airport) promoting a local book-signing. Those spikes in back of me are the “tents” at DIA. I cannot speak highly enough of Steve and Bill Harrison, who own RTIR (Radio-TV Interview Report), a publication read industry-wide by media people looking for interesting people and subjects. Bill and Steve are the most honest, straightforward, communicative people I have ever dealt with. They ALWAYS over-deliver and this event was far more than I could have hoped for. This is how I came to be contacted for an appearance on The View. I spoke directly with a producer at this event last July in New York.
The USAToday.com column is something I was able to negotiate on my own, but the “Publicity Summit,” put on twice per year, is just phenomenal. This is the event which puts you face to face with producers at The Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, other national TV shows, many prominent magazines and dozens of radio talk show hosts. I have done at least 40 interviews of one kind or another since attending this “Publicity Summit.” I’ve had to turn down some of them for lack of time. This event is pricey (although not with relation to what it’s worth) but well worth the price of admission as it lets you cut through all the red tape and talk directly to media decision-makers. Whether you have a product now or are just working on one, it’s worth taking a look at attending this Summit. There is an opportunity for a refund if you get there and decide it’s not for you after all, but I haven’t heard of anyone asking for a refund.
If you have questions about publishing independently, or about how to become really good at getting free publicity, go ahead and shoot me those questions. They may not be answered immediately but will give me a good basis for the content at my new website.
Until next time,
Maintain Airspeed
Cap’n Meryl
Above is the link to this week’s edition of “Ask The Captain” published by USAToday.com. Response is still very heavy and as always I have to apologize if you’ve written and not gotten a response due to overwhelming volume. I do appreciate all your nice comments.
I am happy to report that my first flight in command of a B-777 went off without a hitch. It’s been a very long time—over fifteen years—since I’ve flown the North Pacific. Last time was as a copilot in a DC-10. Fortunately I remembered the way to Japan: north to Alaska, west to Russia, then left (!) This was my first trip ever to Osaka. To say these first flights in my new airplane was exhilarating would be a gross understatement.
This was a new experience for me, with three copilots. This will be explained in an upcoming column but basically any flight over eight hours requires an extra pilot, and over twelve hours two extra pilots. We took turns going back and watching movies or sleeping (they slept—I was too excited to sleep).
Book sales are still increasing. Both DIA’s and LAX’s newsstands in United’s terminals sold out and more books were sent. I’ve been invited to sign books at both airports and will try to do this some time in December. I’ll let you know should you happen to be flying United that day and would like to stop b
If you would like to order “The World At My Feet” the quickest way is still to go directly to my distributor, either through my website www.fromthecockpit.com, at bottom of home page, or by simply calling 1-800-345-6665. Be sure to ask for the “subscribers’ special” and mention this means free shipping either in the comments section of order form or when speaking to the person taking your order. Shipping is normally $4.95.
Please keep your questions coming, either through my own website www.fromthecockpit.com or through my column at USAToday.com/travel where a link is provided for you.
Due to the response I got, I’m leaving the next section intact from last week. Even more of you than I imagined have books or projects of your own you’re trying to go public with. Just skip this last part if you’ve no interest in the business aspect of how I’ve gotten my book into the marketplace.
My web guy, also known as my Other Half—-Al—-is working on a new site for my publishing company “Lorrie Press,” named for our chattering lorrie, Houdini. (A lorrie is a red, medium-sized tropical bird of the parrot family and they talk a LOT as the name implies.) There will be information there for those of you interested in getting something published and how to promote products or causes without spending even a dime on advertising, etc.
My new site will have some resources I can share with those of you who are interested in writing your own books, or who want to promote other products, but one link I can give you right now is this one: http://www.nationalpublicitysummit.com/info.html?10147
If you click on this link and scroll down, you will see a picture of me and a quote. The picture is a still shot taken from a local TV interview done at DIA (Denver International Airport) promoting a local book-signing. Those spikes in back of me are the “tents” at DIA. I cannot speak highly enough of Steve and Bill Harrison, who own RTIR (Radio-TV Interview Report), a publication read industry-wide by media people looking for interesting people and subjects. Bill and Steve are the most honest, straightforward, communicative people I have ever dealt with. They ALWAYS over-deliver and this event was far more than I could have hoped for. This is how I came to be contacted for an appearance on The View. I spoke directly with a producer at this event last July in New York.
The USAToday.com column is something I was able to negotiate on my own, but the “Publicity Summit,” put on twice per year, is just phenomenal. This is the event which puts you face to face with producers at The Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, other national TV shows, many prominent magazines and dozens of radio talk show hosts. I have done at least 40 interviews of one kind or another since attending this “Publicity Summit.” I’ve had to turn down some of them for lack of time. This event is pricey (although not with relation to what it’s worth) but well worth the price of admission as it lets you cut through all the red tape and talk directly to media decision-makers. Whether you have a product now or are just working on one, it’s worth taking a look at attending this Summit. There is an opportunity for a refund if you get there and decide it’s not for you after all, but I haven’t heard of anyone asking for a refund.
If you have questions about publishing independently, or about how to become really good at getting free publicity, go ahead and shoot me those questions. They may not be answered immediately but will give me a good basis for the content at my new website.
Until next time,
Maintain Airspeed
Cap’n Meryl
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