Flying Tigress – Book Signing
FROM CAP’N MERYL
Link to this week’s column at USAToday.com/travel:
USA Today Column
Flying Tigress – Book Signing
I want to let everyone know, especially those of
you in the Seattle area, that my friend Norah
O’Neill, author of the recently-released book
“Flying Tigress” will be signing books on August
25th.
Her book was especially poignant to me, having
been down a difficult path myself. Our stories
are very different, but with plenty of common
elements.
Here is what one reviewer said:
“More than a witty memoir by the first woman pilot
at a macho cargo airline and her adventures flying
around the world, this is an excruciatingly honest
yet compelling account of one woman’s ascent to
747 pilot, the price exacted for the privilege,
her devastating fall from grace, and gutsy journey
back into the skies.”
Women In Aviation Magazine by columnist, Capt.
Jenny Beatty
Here are the details:
PIONEER PILOT EXPOSES WHAT REALLY HAPPENED WHEN
WOMEN FIRST DARED TO CROSS THE AIRLINE COCKPIT
THRESHOLD.
Book Reading and Signing
To Benefit Residence Xll
Epilogue Books
2005 NW Market St.,
Seattle, WA 98107
206-297-2665
http://www.norahoneill.com
August 25, 2005
Seven P.M.
Norah O'Neill, the first woman in the world to fly
passengers on a 747 will talk about her memoir,
Flying Tigress, read from it and answer questions
at the women-owned-and-operated Epilogue Books.
Epilogue will donate ten percent of the day’s
profits to the non-profit, all-women treatment
center Residence Xll.
Norah and I got acquainted after my book “The
World at My Feet” had been published and hers had
just been released. You can see her famous
Kitty-Cat pajama shot with her gorgeous, flaming
red hair in my Photo Gallery at this link. She
had just come up to the cockpit after some bunk
time on a long flight.
Captain Norah
As for me, I’m deep into the writing of my second
book, a sequel of sorts to “The World At My Feet.”
My first book ended pretty much as I got hired by
my current airline-which-must-not-be-named. It’s
how I got from being told little girls can’t
become airline pilots to now I am one, for you
recent subscribers who may not be familiar with
it. It may be ordered from
www.fromthecockpit.com.
The second book will have some stories in it which
were cut from the first book due to length which
deal with living and flying in Alaska and continue
on to my career up to the present time. At least,
that’s the plan.
When I met with Marcia, my editor, last week in
New York, we went out for coffee and she told me
to “just talk” for a half hour. I had to ask her
if she was on drugs. I explained to her that what
most people want to say to me is, “For heaven’s
sake, ENOUGH already! Please, just SHUT UP!”
My Dad always refers to me as “The Fastest Mouth
in the West” with good reason and once, when I was
very little, maybe around four years old or so, my
Mom was combing my hair over my head down in front
of my face and was just about to flip it back
again. Lorin, the middle of my three older
brothers, was standing there and said, quite
seriously, “Better stand back before all that blab
starts coming out again!” He was nine years old
or so. Smart boy.
So this was a rare treat for me to actually have
an audience while I spilled my guts. After
awhile, she led me into a conference room and
asked me to do the best I could to put all the
things I had talked about into an outline. She’s
thinking of a twenty-chapter book or so, and I
wrote as fast as I could until she came back.
One thing I had to be very, very careful about was
writing so I could read my notes. I have a bad
habit of scribbling really fast but not watching
what I’m doing. By the time I thought of asking
to borrow a computer I was too far along to
bother. I did okay, though, and could read
virtually all of what I wrote.
When Marcia came back, I had fourteen chapters
outlined. After I got home I did as I promised
and typed up my notes, adding things as they
occurred to me. There were thirteen pages of
outline when I’d finished, including thoughts for
all twenty chapters.
This is just the beginning of the writing process,
and I’m anxious to see how this plays out. This
is my first time working closely with a
professional editor. I’m on my break right now
writing this Update so you know I’m still here,
but now it’s back to work. So, forgive me for
cutting this short, but I’m hoping you understand.
Back to the ole grindstone now, so...
Until Next Time,
Maintain Airspeed!
Cap’n Meryl
www.fromthecockpit.com
www.flyingfearless.com
www.fromthecockpit.com/profile.htm(keynote
speaker)
Link to this week’s column at USAToday.com/travel:
USA Today Column
Flying Tigress – Book Signing
I want to let everyone know, especially those of
you in the Seattle area, that my friend Norah
O’Neill, author of the recently-released book
“Flying Tigress” will be signing books on August
25th.
Her book was especially poignant to me, having
been down a difficult path myself. Our stories
are very different, but with plenty of common
elements.
Here is what one reviewer said:
“More than a witty memoir by the first woman pilot
at a macho cargo airline and her adventures flying
around the world, this is an excruciatingly honest
yet compelling account of one woman’s ascent to
747 pilot, the price exacted for the privilege,
her devastating fall from grace, and gutsy journey
back into the skies.”
Women In Aviation Magazine by columnist, Capt.
Jenny Beatty
Here are the details:
PIONEER PILOT EXPOSES WHAT REALLY HAPPENED WHEN
WOMEN FIRST DARED TO CROSS THE AIRLINE COCKPIT
THRESHOLD.
Book Reading and Signing
To Benefit Residence Xll
Epilogue Books
2005 NW Market St.,
Seattle, WA 98107
206-297-2665
http://www.norahoneill.com
August 25, 2005
Seven P.M.
Norah O'Neill, the first woman in the world to fly
passengers on a 747 will talk about her memoir,
Flying Tigress, read from it and answer questions
at the women-owned-and-operated Epilogue Books.
Epilogue will donate ten percent of the day’s
profits to the non-profit, all-women treatment
center Residence Xll.
Norah and I got acquainted after my book “The
World at My Feet” had been published and hers had
just been released. You can see her famous
Kitty-Cat pajama shot with her gorgeous, flaming
red hair in my Photo Gallery at this link. She
had just come up to the cockpit after some bunk
time on a long flight.
Captain Norah
As for me, I’m deep into the writing of my second
book, a sequel of sorts to “The World At My Feet.”
My first book ended pretty much as I got hired by
my current airline-which-must-not-be-named. It’s
how I got from being told little girls can’t
become airline pilots to now I am one, for you
recent subscribers who may not be familiar with
it. It may be ordered from
www.fromthecockpit.com.
The second book will have some stories in it which
were cut from the first book due to length which
deal with living and flying in Alaska and continue
on to my career up to the present time. At least,
that’s the plan.
When I met with Marcia, my editor, last week in
New York, we went out for coffee and she told me
to “just talk” for a half hour. I had to ask her
if she was on drugs. I explained to her that what
most people want to say to me is, “For heaven’s
sake, ENOUGH already! Please, just SHUT UP!”
My Dad always refers to me as “The Fastest Mouth
in the West” with good reason and once, when I was
very little, maybe around four years old or so, my
Mom was combing my hair over my head down in front
of my face and was just about to flip it back
again. Lorin, the middle of my three older
brothers, was standing there and said, quite
seriously, “Better stand back before all that blab
starts coming out again!” He was nine years old
or so. Smart boy.
So this was a rare treat for me to actually have
an audience while I spilled my guts. After
awhile, she led me into a conference room and
asked me to do the best I could to put all the
things I had talked about into an outline. She’s
thinking of a twenty-chapter book or so, and I
wrote as fast as I could until she came back.
One thing I had to be very, very careful about was
writing so I could read my notes. I have a bad
habit of scribbling really fast but not watching
what I’m doing. By the time I thought of asking
to borrow a computer I was too far along to
bother. I did okay, though, and could read
virtually all of what I wrote.
When Marcia came back, I had fourteen chapters
outlined. After I got home I did as I promised
and typed up my notes, adding things as they
occurred to me. There were thirteen pages of
outline when I’d finished, including thoughts for
all twenty chapters.
This is just the beginning of the writing process,
and I’m anxious to see how this plays out. This
is my first time working closely with a
professional editor. I’m on my break right now
writing this Update so you know I’m still here,
but now it’s back to work. So, forgive me for
cutting this short, but I’m hoping you understand.
Back to the ole grindstone now, so...
Until Next Time,
Maintain Airspeed!
Cap’n Meryl
www.fromthecockpit.com
www.flyingfearless.com
www.fromthecockpit.com/profile.htm(keynote
speaker)
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