“The World At My Feet” – Sequel – The Journey Continues...
FROM CAP’N MERYL
Link to this week’s column at USAToday.com/travel:
USA Today.com Column
Note: Thanks to all of you who attended one or both of
the free teleseminars hosted by Al The Web Guy and
myself last Monday and Tuesday. Due to an outage or
glitch or something mysterious at our end, the reminder
for Monday’s teleseminar went out one Sunday too late.
Our apologies.
This week I headed for New York to visit some friends I
haven’t seen in awhile. We had breakfast out near the
airport where I was staying, and then I headed into
town to meet with my editor regarding the sequel to
“The World At My Feet.”
Every single week we have lots of new subscribers, so
for those of you who are here for the first time, you
can read a synopsis and order my book, if you choose,
from my site www.fromthecockpit.com. The synopsis
along with a funny audio clip may be found by clicking
on “The Book!” button.
I was asked specifically to hold off even starting the
new book until after I had met personally with my
editor. The only other time I’d met with her in person
was the day my agent took me to her office the day we
were making the rounds in New York seeing what the
interest level was in my writing.
In any case, I’ve just now starting the actual writing
of this book as it took us the last several months to
get this meeting organized. Both my editor and I have
ridiculously hectic schedules, but after meeting
personally now I know what direction to take and can’t
wait to get this new book finished and on the market.
Of course, since I just started it earlier today
(Sunday, August 14th as I’m writing this) one can only
assume it’ll be a little while yet. Writing a book is
only part of what’s involved in getting it on the
market and out to the public. When the manuscript is
edited and complete, an advance copy will be produced
and sent out to reviewers and that of course takes a
few months.
The book is listed in various catalogs for a few months
as well. There is at least a six-month lead time
between a completed manuscript and publication so even
after my part is done it’ll be awhile. June 2006 has
been the estimated date of release and hopefully we’ll
be able to make that.
There are three new photos in my Photo Gallery this
week. The first one is the captain who flew the
airplane when I flew out to San Francisco last week to
visit my brother, and also to appear live in-studio (as
opposed to dead in-studio, I suppose) on KGO AM’s Ronn
Owens Show. I rode the jump-seat in an A-320 (hmmm,
I’m thinking this seems kind of familiar) as the flight
was completely full. The pilots were really hospitable
and, as I often do, I offered them pictures for
themselves. Many pilots don’t have any pictures of
themselves and it’s kind of embarrassing to ask
sometimes, so I’ve made it one of my missions to offer
this service to my colleagues. In any case, you can
see Captain Greg Harris’s photo in the U.S. Album on
page 2. Or just click here:
Captain Greg Harris
Although many pilots take me up on this offer, not all
do. Some give me permission to post their photos when
I tell them about my site and how popular it’s gotten
(over a million hits per month now). It’s kind of nice
for them to be able to tell their relatives or friends
where to find a picture of themselves online, and it’s
good for my site visitors because people make the site
more interesting and varied. Right? I sure think so.
On this trip I had just one taker, and that was the
captain. The copilot said he had current pictures and
didn’t need anymore at the moment.
The second photo was taken out my hotel window near La
Guardia, looking at the airport. You can see the final
approach lights in the water in the right of the
picture. Not the world’s greatest photo, but Al The
Web Guy decided it was better than nothing and uploaded
it. This photo is located near Captain Greg’s in the
same Album, or just click here:
La Guardia
The trip to New York was necessary, interesting and
productive, and as always, something just a little
funny happened. Not hysterically funny—just kind of
cute.
After having breakfast with my friends at my hotel,
they left and I was going to hop the shuttle to go
across the street to catch a cab downtown. I was
starting to run late, though, and decided at the last
minute to use the hotel’s private car service. They
have dibs on hotel guests and cabs aren’t allowed to
come to the hotel to wait.
So I went into the little office near the front of the
hotel and there were these three kind of swarthy guys
there. I made arrangements for a car and instead of
sending one guy out to pull the car up, all three of
these guys escorted me out into the parking lot, having
a heated discussion on how best to get to my
destination address.
This was our crew layover hotel. I like to stay here
when I’m in New York because they give us a fantastic
rate, but wouldn’t you know it? As I was swept out the
door by this small crowd of guys, I was discussing with
them how long it would take to get downtown when I
looked up and right into the face of a uniformed pilot
I’ve flown with many times. He was standing just in
front of the hotel waiting for the airport shuttle.
“Hey, Meryl” he said, looking mildly confused.
“Oh, hi!” I said as brightly as I could manage.
He looked as though he expected something resembling an
explanation, and I have no idea what he must have
thought, but we all just kept walking toward an
unmarked fancy car with tinted windows. I hoped it
looked sufficiently mysterious to keep him wondering
for awhile, but I guess I’ll never know.
Oh, yes. The third picture is of my editor, her
assistant and two other staff members of Thomas Dunne
Books (a division of St. Martin’s Press). It’s in the
Speaking Events/Awards/Books Album or you can just
click here:
Thomas Dunne Books Editor and Staff
Nothing else worthy of note to tell. Time to go write
a book!
Until Next Time,
Maintain Airspeed!
Cap’n Meryl
www.fromthecockpit.com
www.flyingfearless.com
htp://www.fromthecockpit.com/profile.htm
Link to this week’s column at USAToday.com/travel:
USA Today.com Column
Note: Thanks to all of you who attended one or both of
the free teleseminars hosted by Al The Web Guy and
myself last Monday and Tuesday. Due to an outage or
glitch or something mysterious at our end, the reminder
for Monday’s teleseminar went out one Sunday too late.
Our apologies.
This week I headed for New York to visit some friends I
haven’t seen in awhile. We had breakfast out near the
airport where I was staying, and then I headed into
town to meet with my editor regarding the sequel to
“The World At My Feet.”
Every single week we have lots of new subscribers, so
for those of you who are here for the first time, you
can read a synopsis and order my book, if you choose,
from my site www.fromthecockpit.com. The synopsis
along with a funny audio clip may be found by clicking
on “The Book!” button.
I was asked specifically to hold off even starting the
new book until after I had met personally with my
editor. The only other time I’d met with her in person
was the day my agent took me to her office the day we
were making the rounds in New York seeing what the
interest level was in my writing.
In any case, I’ve just now starting the actual writing
of this book as it took us the last several months to
get this meeting organized. Both my editor and I have
ridiculously hectic schedules, but after meeting
personally now I know what direction to take and can’t
wait to get this new book finished and on the market.
Of course, since I just started it earlier today
(Sunday, August 14th as I’m writing this) one can only
assume it’ll be a little while yet. Writing a book is
only part of what’s involved in getting it on the
market and out to the public. When the manuscript is
edited and complete, an advance copy will be produced
and sent out to reviewers and that of course takes a
few months.
The book is listed in various catalogs for a few months
as well. There is at least a six-month lead time
between a completed manuscript and publication so even
after my part is done it’ll be awhile. June 2006 has
been the estimated date of release and hopefully we’ll
be able to make that.
There are three new photos in my Photo Gallery this
week. The first one is the captain who flew the
airplane when I flew out to San Francisco last week to
visit my brother, and also to appear live in-studio (as
opposed to dead in-studio, I suppose) on KGO AM’s Ronn
Owens Show. I rode the jump-seat in an A-320 (hmmm,
I’m thinking this seems kind of familiar) as the flight
was completely full. The pilots were really hospitable
and, as I often do, I offered them pictures for
themselves. Many pilots don’t have any pictures of
themselves and it’s kind of embarrassing to ask
sometimes, so I’ve made it one of my missions to offer
this service to my colleagues. In any case, you can
see Captain Greg Harris’s photo in the U.S. Album on
page 2. Or just click here:
Captain Greg Harris
Although many pilots take me up on this offer, not all
do. Some give me permission to post their photos when
I tell them about my site and how popular it’s gotten
(over a million hits per month now). It’s kind of nice
for them to be able to tell their relatives or friends
where to find a picture of themselves online, and it’s
good for my site visitors because people make the site
more interesting and varied. Right? I sure think so.
On this trip I had just one taker, and that was the
captain. The copilot said he had current pictures and
didn’t need anymore at the moment.
The second photo was taken out my hotel window near La
Guardia, looking at the airport. You can see the final
approach lights in the water in the right of the
picture. Not the world’s greatest photo, but Al The
Web Guy decided it was better than nothing and uploaded
it. This photo is located near Captain Greg’s in the
same Album, or just click here:
La Guardia
The trip to New York was necessary, interesting and
productive, and as always, something just a little
funny happened. Not hysterically funny—just kind of
cute.
After having breakfast with my friends at my hotel,
they left and I was going to hop the shuttle to go
across the street to catch a cab downtown. I was
starting to run late, though, and decided at the last
minute to use the hotel’s private car service. They
have dibs on hotel guests and cabs aren’t allowed to
come to the hotel to wait.
So I went into the little office near the front of the
hotel and there were these three kind of swarthy guys
there. I made arrangements for a car and instead of
sending one guy out to pull the car up, all three of
these guys escorted me out into the parking lot, having
a heated discussion on how best to get to my
destination address.
This was our crew layover hotel. I like to stay here
when I’m in New York because they give us a fantastic
rate, but wouldn’t you know it? As I was swept out the
door by this small crowd of guys, I was discussing with
them how long it would take to get downtown when I
looked up and right into the face of a uniformed pilot
I’ve flown with many times. He was standing just in
front of the hotel waiting for the airport shuttle.
“Hey, Meryl” he said, looking mildly confused.
“Oh, hi!” I said as brightly as I could manage.
He looked as though he expected something resembling an
explanation, and I have no idea what he must have
thought, but we all just kept walking toward an
unmarked fancy car with tinted windows. I hoped it
looked sufficiently mysterious to keep him wondering
for awhile, but I guess I’ll never know.
Oh, yes. The third picture is of my editor, her
assistant and two other staff members of Thomas Dunne
Books (a division of St. Martin’s Press). It’s in the
Speaking Events/Awards/Books Album or you can just
click here:
Thomas Dunne Books Editor and Staff
Nothing else worthy of note to tell. Time to go write
a book!
Until Next Time,
Maintain Airspeed!
Cap’n Meryl
www.fromthecockpit.com
www.flyingfearless.com
htp://www.fromthecockpit.com/profile.htm
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