Thank you! Thank you!

Thank you to all of the friends of mine who have bought a copy of my book or ebook from the BookLocker.com link (http://booklocker.com/books/5123.html) or purchased a book from me in person.

I am still in the process of completing the final editing for the song and video of Cancer on my Mind to be posted to YouTube in January 2011.

The Cancer on my Mind web site will be up and running in the next week or so. This site will contain: cancer related Media links section and three videos (a song and video based on my book, a promotional video for my book, a student film I made while attending DVC); video shooting photos section; an About the Author section; a Cancer on my Mind screen play section; a Book Reviews section containing 16 book reviews that are featured in the book, from medical schools like Harvard, Stanford, UCSF, UCLA, Columbia Medical Center, Columbia University, John Hopkins University, Kings College Hospital, London, England; a Poetry section; and a Guest Book.

Merry Christmas to all!

I have received many positive reviews to my book and appreciate them all.

Cancer on my Mind is a reality on the Internet

Cancer on my Mind is a reality on the Facebook, Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, BookLocker.com, Twitter, and Google and Yahoo search engines.

I will be distributing book copies to local San Francisco Bay Area television stations to get an interview on a weekend morning show on Channel 2, 4, 5, and 7. I will be giving a book copy to the CNBC store in Terminal 3 at SFO, for corporate viewing and approval, to get approval for a book signing in January 2011.

Jesse and I are still editing the video based on Cancer on my Mind and will posting the song on itunes, and the video and promotional video on YouTube in January 2011.

Thank you for all of your support.

To buy and read a chapter excerpt of Cancer on my Mind, go to http://booklocker.com/books/5123.html.

Happy Holidays to all!

Cancer on my Mind is now a published book available for purchase

Cancer on my Mind is now a published book available for purchase at http://booklocker.com/books/5123.html

I have spent countless hours writing this book, actually it has taken me SEVEN years to get Cancer on my Mind published by BookLocker.com

I want to thank my Mom for her support to help me survive cancer up till this point in my life. I celebrated living cancer free for 10 years on July 5 2010. She has also listened to me during the good and bad times of trying to complete my book project, and also unconditionally nursed me back to life after my brain surgery. Thank you so much Mom!

I hope that those who are diagnosed with cancer or those who need a good book to read about never giving up to survive a battle with cancer, will enjoy my book.

A web site, song and video will be available in the next 3-4 weeks.

If you have any comments about my book or blog, please write them in the blog posting.

Thank you for all of your support,

Cheers,

Walter

I submitted an error-free manuscript today

I and a good friend of mine located a number of errors in my manuscript a few weeks ago. A generous friend donate the services of his professional proofreader to my book project. After a few rounds of submitting the final manuscript and book cover to BookLocker, my publisher, I am happy to say, the task has been completed. Yeah! Yippie! I will receive a final copy in 10 business days and them anyone can order a book through the BookLocker.com web site.

I am designing business cards and tee-shirts to use the promotion of my soon to be published book, Cancer on my Mind.

I will shoot the final scenes of the video and pending song with Jesse on Thursday.

A short promotional video was shot by Jesse last Saturday. I want to thank Jesse for all of the effort he has put into writing the song and shooting and editing the video. It has been a long 17 months to finish this project.

I want to thank Angela at BookLocker.com for helping me to make my dream of publishing a book about surviving a brain tumor come true. I hope my book will inspire everyone who is diagnosed with any kind of cancer to fight hard and try and live longer. Never forget that you can do anything, just as long as you keep trying to accomplish it a little bit every day.

The finish line was reached today...

For those of you who have been following my blog postings, talking to me in person at work or at social events, or knew me when I was diagnosed in 2000, I am happy to write that my publisher, BookLocker, informed me that the print galley for my book Cancer on my Mind, was approved TODAY, and I will be receiving the first copy of my book in 10-12 days.

The book promotion machine will be started up in the a few days. I am very excited!

Jesse, Christina, John, and I shot the last scene for the song and video to be posted on YouTube in November 2010. Thanks John for letting us use your car in the video.

After two tries, the third try was the charm to get the book cover approved by BookLocker today.

I want to thank Angela at BookLocker for accepting my book for publication and helping me finalize the manuscript and book cover for printing. You are awesome, Angela. You rock!

My advice to everyone is to dream big and have fun accomplishing something that you never thought you could accomplish. I survived a grade three glioma astrocytoma brain tumor for five years after reading that I had a 40% chance to survive. Fast forward another five years and you are talking about me, defying medical odds and living an unbelievable ten years after a death wish brain cancer diagnosis.

Never say never.

Cancer on my Mind update

After changing all the names of the doctor's and hospitals in my final draft manuscript, I am happy to report that it was been received by BookLocker this morning. I still have to have Jeremy, my graphic artist, produce a final book cover draft after I receive a precise spine width from BookLocker. I don't know what the real time line is for a draft paperback copy, but I would guess 4-6 weeks.

An ending to the video will be shot in the next 1-2 weeks.

I will be shooting a 3-4 minute video to use as a press release and promote my book to TV and radio stations.

The whole process is coming along slowly, but surely.

Second Final Manuscript Submission is the Charm

With the help of a good friend of mine, I submitted the final manuscript draft of Cancer on my Mind. I was advised in order to avoid any future lawsuits, to change the doctor's and hospital names in the manuscript. I decided, "what the heck," why not read the book again and check for any spelling or grammar errors. I am glad that I read the book again, because I did find a few more spelling and grammar errors on the 16th read of Cancer on my Mind. I will receive a book cover spine width measurement to hand over to Jeremy, my amazing graphic artist (Jeremy Sosnick, Fine Art and Design, http://www.jeremysosnick.com/), email the final book cover draft to Angela/BookLocker.com, and will receive a paperback copy of Cancer on my Mind in 4-6 weeks.