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A Publishing Deal for “Shoot Straight Tommies! – The untold story of Josef Jakobs, last person executed in the Tower of London

Great news! The History Press has agreed to publish my manuscript on Josef Jakobs! It’s been a very long journey to reach this point, and it’s not over yet.

The manuscript is a bit of a ragtag thing at the moment with dangling footnotes, unincorporated notes and formatting issues. It needs an index, a table of contents, images, image captions and a few other things.

Luckily, a friend and fellow author has been through the process twice – once with Amberley Press and once with The History Press, so I have a solid guide who is providing very (VERY) helpful advice as I begin this publication marathon. I am reminding myself that it is a marathon… not a sprint… so I need to pace myself and plug away at resolving the manuscript issues noted above.

As I look farther down the road, I also see a fair bit of promotion and marketing in my future. But again… it’s a marathon… not a sprint… and I need to keep my attention focused on the immediate journey. Tidying up the manuscript, tracking down images… and the rest will unfold.

2 thoughts on “A Publishing Deal for “Shoot Straight Tommies! – The untold story of Josef Jakobs, last person executed in the Tower of London”

  1. Hey Gigi, that sounds terrific! Fran and I congratulate you on having the drive and utmost perseverance to have made it this far; like you said it’s still a marathon but one that results in a heck of a lot of self satisfaction for not only yourself but your family as well. Kudos!
    Cheryl & Fran

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