I recently completed a memoir that my mother began to write five years ago, but passed away before completion. I have many questions about releasing the information that is in this manuscript.
First and foremost, the book details the daily life of living in a Chicago Outfit safe house and the quandary of surviving in a hostile environment when liberal society views you as a pariah.
I received the unfinished manuscript from our family attorney, after my mother passed away, with a note from her asking me to finish the story. I ran into a problem three years after deciding to go ahead with it. I could not take off from where she left off, I could not take off at all. I started from the beginning and told the story through my eyes. That is where the problem begins.
My mother attempted to tell the story in a naive way, but reality tells differently. My manuscript details many additions to events that took place that were never finalized in the media. I did not realize how far we were hung over the edge until I started to write this book.
Legal advice firstly. Many of the stories I told in the manuscript have been heavily investigated by the F.B.I. and local law enforcement, but the complete truth will never be fully realized until this book is complete. I can legally validate the majority of the stories, some I cannot. Most of the people that were involved in this era are either dead or in witness protection. Where do I stand documenting this information, from a legal standpoint?
My manuscript is under copyright protection in Europe, which consists of affixing the copyright symbol on your manuscript and signing it. I worked as a promotional producer for FOX back in '96 and I dealt with copyright in the past but we had an attorney that handled all copyright matters. The U.S. Copyright Office allows me to electroniclly file a copyright. Does anybody have any advice on this?
What is the editing process? Reading through many threads I can honestly say that I wish I had the writing ability that most of you posses. I can live with the fact that my writing skills are sub-par, but I would like to get my manuscript as perfect as humanly possible. If my approach plate calls for 2,350 feet at the middle marker, I hit it is at 2,350, or I have failed as a pilot. Does anybody have advice on editing services that may actually be honest?
I understand that the newbie section would probably be able to answer most of these questions but I have so many of them. Don't be mad, I spent seven years as a flight instructor. I have been asked it all. I will try and answer any question that I am asked, including; How many words are in your book.
I understand from past experience that paying a 15% commission to an agent is preferable to beating the pavement trying to sell something that in reality does not exist. Does anybody have advice on preferable agents to handle this genre?
Portions of this story have already been told from many different mediums, including the blue screen. I am the first telling it the way it really happened. Any advice would be truly appreciated.
Thanks guys. 71,387
First and foremost, the book details the daily life of living in a Chicago Outfit safe house and the quandary of surviving in a hostile environment when liberal society views you as a pariah.
I received the unfinished manuscript from our family attorney, after my mother passed away, with a note from her asking me to finish the story. I ran into a problem three years after deciding to go ahead with it. I could not take off from where she left off, I could not take off at all. I started from the beginning and told the story through my eyes. That is where the problem begins.
My mother attempted to tell the story in a naive way, but reality tells differently. My manuscript details many additions to events that took place that were never finalized in the media. I did not realize how far we were hung over the edge until I started to write this book.
Legal advice firstly. Many of the stories I told in the manuscript have been heavily investigated by the F.B.I. and local law enforcement, but the complete truth will never be fully realized until this book is complete. I can legally validate the majority of the stories, some I cannot. Most of the people that were involved in this era are either dead or in witness protection. Where do I stand documenting this information, from a legal standpoint?
My manuscript is under copyright protection in Europe, which consists of affixing the copyright symbol on your manuscript and signing it. I worked as a promotional producer for FOX back in '96 and I dealt with copyright in the past but we had an attorney that handled all copyright matters. The U.S. Copyright Office allows me to electroniclly file a copyright. Does anybody have any advice on this?
What is the editing process? Reading through many threads I can honestly say that I wish I had the writing ability that most of you posses. I can live with the fact that my writing skills are sub-par, but I would like to get my manuscript as perfect as humanly possible. If my approach plate calls for 2,350 feet at the middle marker, I hit it is at 2,350, or I have failed as a pilot. Does anybody have advice on editing services that may actually be honest?
I understand that the newbie section would probably be able to answer most of these questions but I have so many of them. Don't be mad, I spent seven years as a flight instructor. I have been asked it all. I will try and answer any question that I am asked, including; How many words are in your book.
I understand from past experience that paying a 15% commission to an agent is preferable to beating the pavement trying to sell something that in reality does not exist. Does anybody have advice on preferable agents to handle this genre?
Portions of this story have already been told from many different mediums, including the blue screen. I am the first telling it the way it really happened. Any advice would be truly appreciated.
Thanks guys. 71,387
