My book - only $321.22
posted by wcmartell at 5:28 PM
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
About Me
- Name: William Martell
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
I've written 19 films that were carelessly slapped onto celluloid: 3 for HBO, 2 for Showtime, 2 for USA Net, and a whole bunch of CineMax Originals (which is what happens when an HBO movie goes really, really wrong). I've been on some film festival juries, including Raindance in London (twice - once with Mike Figgis and Saffron Burrows, once with Lennie James and Edgar Wright). Roger Ebert discussed my work with Gene Siskel on his 1997 "If We Picked The Winners" Oscar show. I'm quoted a few times in Bordwell's great book "The Way Hollywood tells It". My USA Net flick HARD EVIDENCE was released on video the same day as the Julia Roberts' film Something To Talk About and out-rented it in the USA. I've also written a whole bunch of theatrical projects that never got made (I got paid) and was stupid enough to actually *turn down* the job of adapting Dan Brown's ANGELS & DEMONS. On the personal side - I'm single and fat and 6 foot 4 inches tall. Like dogs, hate cats.
Why is the blog called Sex In A Submarine?
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12 Comments:
You don't have ANY spare copies lying around the house? You could put those up for sale...
I'm not sure if I should auction my copy or lock it in a safe!
(Don't you think it's time you republish this sucker?)
...and worth every penny!
-ObiDon
I better hide my copy.
I have a signed copy! who knows how much that might be worth!
LOL!
I got a copy but it's in storage. Every time someone mentions how valuable it is, I wanna run & check to see if it's still there & in one piece!
Bill, gotta ask...
What is the deal with the book? You don't plan on self-publishing anymore, right?
Have you tried taking it to someplace like Michael Wiese Prod to see if they're interested?
http://www.mwp.com/
Seems like there's a fair amount of interest around the scribosphere, lots of good word-of-mouth.
Or do the Lulu.com or createspace.com thing (avail thru amazon)and publish on demand.
I'm actually doing the revisions in December! Then it will probably go to a publisher, but I also looked at some printers for a 5k run. A publisher could probably get the places I haven't gotten to.
Meanwhile, someone sent me an e-mail today promising me the secret to lasting longer in bed. I opened it up right away... but not a single hint at how to sleep past noon!
- Bill
Bill, you should save a screencap of that page and, once the revisions are done, use that as part of your sales package that you send to publishers.
Yours is definitely the best nuts-and-bolts book out there, and the fact that it's hitting that price shows that people know it.
ian is right Bill!
I've been a student of your website for a bit...and I have what I believe is an outline for the making of a powerful little story.
And the more I read your script tips...the more compelling this story becomes.
I suppose everyone feels that way about their scripts.
I just happen to be right. Right just like ian.
Am I the only one who likes the fact that the price just went up on a stock I own?
Horde those secrets, people. It's a dog-eat-dog world out there.
;)
"Horde those secrets, people. It's a dog-eat-dog world out there."
That really makes no CENTS!
Thanks! Great idea! Just did it... I have screen caps of the Amazon page at $199.95 and the other place.
- Bill
I had two copies. Sold one on ebay and kept the signed copy for myself. I'm actually in the middle of rereading it for the action/scifi novel we're writing and it applies to that, too. BTW, Hi Bill! From Lou and Bob out in the desert.
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