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Official Trailer for the Launch of Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil!

WildBlue Press Promotes Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil with an Official YouTube Trailer!

This morning, WildBlue Press posted an official trailer to coincide with their launch of my gangster bio, Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil. View it here on YouTube!

As always, I’ll keep you posted.

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Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil is now Available in Four Formats for Prerelease Orders!

WildBlue Press Promotes Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil and Launches the Audiobook, Hardcover, and Paperback Versions

The team at WildBlue Press has been working hard to get the word out about the upcoming launch of my gangster bio, Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil. The results? In less than 24 hours they have received several requests for Advance Review Copies (ARCs), and six interview requests, five of which have been confirmed. Starting this evening, I’ll be doing an interview a day for four of the ne...

The Audiobook Version of Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil Launches!

WildBlue Press Promotes Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil and Launches the Audiobook Version

The team at WildBlue Press has been working hard to get the word out about the upcoming launch of my gangster bio, Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil. The results? In less than 24 hours they have received several requests for Advance Review Copies (ARCs), and six interview requests, five of which have been confirmed. Starting this evening, I’ll be doing an interview a day for four of the next five days. Another is sc...

Final Countdown to Launch of Scarpa Biography

One More Week Until the Launch of Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil Dyer’s Greg Scarpa Biography

The interior proof is in great shape; the formatting looks great; and the book is 524 pages cover to cover! The page count includes bibliography (18 pages), endnotes (146 pages), and index (20 pages). The launch date is still set for Tuesday, July 22nd. ISBNs have been set for the hardcover, trade paperback, and eBook editions, and the goal is to have an audiobook available by that date as well. In the mea...

Scarpa Biography Achieves #1 Ranking in New Releases!

Top Ranking for Scarpa Bio in Newly Released Organized Crime Biographies!#1 Ranking among Newly Released Organized Crime Biographies

Even though the book is currently only available for prerelease orders as an eBook, this week, Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil reached #1 on Amazon’s “Hot New Releases” of  organized crime biographies. Not a bad start. The release date is still set for 10 days from today, on July 22nd. In the meantime, work on the audiobook version, the interior layout, and the paperb...

Podcast to Promote My Mafia Gangster Biography

A Chance to Promote My Upcoming Book on “True Crime Talk”

Last week I had the pleasure of being a guest on True Crime Talk, a podcast that is the brainchild of my publisher, WildBlue Press. We spent about an hour talking about my new book, Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil. If all continues to go well with the book’s production, the podcast episode will drop on the Thursday or Friday before the book’s official release date of July 22nd.

The session was my second experience as a podcast guest, the firs...

Release Date Set for Mafia Gangster Biography!

Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil to be Released on July 22nd! Dyer’s Greg Scarpa Biography

If all continues to go well, Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil will be released on July 22nd. It is currently available for prerelease order on Amazon in its eBook form and will soon be available for prerelease order in hardcover and paperback too.

I started this project nearly three years ago, conducted research for about a year before writing a word, finished the first draft in March of last year, queried 43 agents...

Line Edits Are Done; On to Proofing!

The Last Phase in Manuscript Prep for PublicationCrafting Chapter One at a Villa in Mauna Kea

After a week of serious time in the chair, plugging away at each of my editor’s changes and comments, I was able to send the latest version of my Greg Scarpa biography manuscript back to my publisher, WildBlue Press. Lots of meticulous work and not much else these last several days, but now that the work is done, it feels as if we’re over the hump, at least as far as the content of the book goes. The i...

Line Editing my Soon-to-be-Released True Crime Biography

The Next Phase in Getting My Book Ready for Publication

Phase II of the editing process of my Greg Scarpa biography manuscript is underway at WildBlue Press. This phase is characterized by a focus on line edits. Honestly, I had to look up what line edits are. Turns out, they’re about what they sound like. According to www.masterclass.com, “A line editor works line-by-line, tightening up sentence structure so the language is sharp and clear. They look closely at how a writer’s word choice and syn...

Line Editing my Soon-to-be Released True Crime Biography

The Next Phase in Getting My Book Ready for Publication

Phase II of the editing process of my Greg Scarpa biography manuscript is underway at WildBlue Press. This phase is characterized by a focus on line edits. Honestly, I had to look up what line edits are. Turns out, they’re about what they sound like. According to www.masterclass.com, “A line editor works line-by-line, tightening up sentence structure so the language is sharp and clear. They look closely at how a writer’s word choice and syn...