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Tesla book edits are in!

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Nikola TeslaAll angst aside, it was worth the wait.

I mentioned earlier this week that my editor for Tesla: Wizard of Electricity promised to send me his edits on the manuscript I submitted in early September. I received them last night.

Keep in mind that for the last three weeks I have had no feedback about whether he felt the manuscript was good, bad, or circular file worthy. So natural paranoia battled natural confidence battled natural dispassionate analytical logic for which persona could create the most melodramatic interpretive scenario of the likely verdict. Yeah, I was biting my nails. And when the email finally came it was extremely flattering.

My gasp of relief was audible for miles.

Having passed this milestone the next step is to review all of the edits from my editor and the copyeditor at Sterling Publishing. Based on my first scan the edits appear to be a combination of tightening some of the sentences, queries for clarification, and suggestions regarding a few lines that impact backlisting potential. I will start digging deeper into them this weekend. My responses are due back by the end of next week.

Meanwhile over the last few weeks I have had the pleasure of meeting some great Nikola Tesla fans and researchers. My Facebook author’s page “Likes” have jumped up to 39, which isn’t in Lady Gaga territory (yet) but is a wonderful start to building my connections.

Now, on to the edits!

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Nikola Tesla: Scientific Rock Star – The Book Cover

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As Nikola Tesla: Scientific Rock Star makes its way through the pre-publication process, I thought I would put together a potential cover for the book.  What do you think?

Nikola Tesla: Scientific Rock Star cover

This likely won’t be the real cover that Sterling Publishing will produce. In fact, the title might not even be the same. They like “The Wizard of Electricity,” and that might be what it actually says on the cover when it hits the bookstores.

But hey, I’m having a little fun. I worked the above up in MS Paint, which is about as good an advertisement for buying Adobe Photoshop as could be imagined. The photograph is one I took at Niagara Falls on the Canadian side. Tesla’s eyes gaze out over Horseshoe Falls a stone’s throw from the statue. Come to think about it, I really like this photo.

So, does it work?

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On Becoming an Author

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David J. KentI must admit – the experience of becoming an author is a bit surreal.

The next step in this experience is creating a Facebook “Author’s Page.” I still have my personal Facebook page, but now I also have a separate page devoted solely to my writing.

You can find the page here: David J. Kent

If you want to follow the process, and my progress, of becoming an author and read about my upcoming books, please “Like” my new page. I promise not to sell you to advertisers (like I could even figure out how to do that anyway). If you “Like” the page Facebook will make sure you get my occasional updates, upcoming appearances, tips and critically important facts, and even free stuff. Seriously, what could be cooler than that?

Needless to say the new author page is a work in progress, which reflects both the development of my writing career and the pace at which I can figure out how to work all the cool stuff that author’s pages let you do. Or at least the cool stuff that I think author’s pages let you do. As soon as I figure out how to do it.

Thanks in advance for being on the ground floor of a work in progress that could rival the new Freedom Tower in New York City. Yes, it is that cool.