You're looking at the cover of my first book - published today!
It's been 18 years in the process of being born. And it has been a harrowing couple of weeks in working out the coding for electronic publishing. But it seems to be up and running at last.
This book had its genesis back in 1992 when I lost my job as publisher of the weekly papers I ran in Connecticut and New York. I thought the end had come. I was 52 at the time and it was simply impossible for a 52-year-old guy to find a job back then (sound familiar today?)
I set up my own two businesses creating a design company and getting my captain's license so I could charter out our 45-foot sailing ketch on Long Island Sound. Both of these business did pretty well. But I found I still longed to be immersed in journalism. So I applied for a fellowship to wander the world and become a mentor and journalism trainer. I got that. And that changed everything.
The book describes some of the adventures and cultural shock of that journey. It takes you to Namibia in southwest Africa, then to Cambodia and Vietnam. It also transports you to the roof of the world, Bhutan, as well as India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, even Borneo where I sat down to eat with former head-hunters whose shrunken skulls hung above me in the longhouse where we ate.
You can visit Amazon.com by pasting in
http://www.amazon.com/Now-We-Begin-ebook/dp/B006NYDO00/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1
or go to Smashwords.com by pasting in this link:
www.smashwords.com/books/view/113915
And you can sample the book or even purchase it if it takes your fancy. There are many pictures in the book.
I hope you’ll take time to check it out. It’s a real-life adventure story.
I encourage you to tell your own family and friends about it.
In addition, take a moment to write a review of the book on Smashwords or Amazon.
It also is possible for you to Gift the book to a friend at the Amazon site. In the coming two weeks, Now, We Begin will appear at iBooks (Apple’s site), as well as Barnes&Noble’s Nook site and on Sony’s site. In addition, I am working on creating a printed version of the book which won’t come out until next year.
