Any time I get stuck, I think about where I am in these seven stages. Here is a short example from my book. There is a scene where two very large men get into a rescue basket and their combined weight causes the cable to unravel and jam the hoist system. That’s the disaster. Here is the scene from the book:

Seconds later the crew chief was heard over the ICS. “We’ve got a problem. The hoist is jammed! It won’t go up any further!” The cable had started to unravel and was now binding the hoist system.

Shields, who had had a similar cable failure before, knew that he couldn’t fly back to St. Croix with the two men dangling from the bottom of the helicopter. The cable could snap and send the two men hurtling through the air. They were going to have to shear the cable. He first tried to lower the basket to the water to allow the men to jump out, but the men were confused and wouldn’t leave the basket. He told the crewman in back to prepare to cut the cable.

The pilot, Shields, reacts to the problem internally by remembering a past experience. He contemplates or reflects on his choices then finally makes his decision, which leads to the next action.

Do you have a website or blog where readers may learn more about you and your work?

Yes, I have an Official Website site for the book. The site contains a wealth of ancillary material related to the story including images, book trailer, newspaper articles, maps, diagrams, and more. There is also a media room and an upcoming events page.

I also have a blog, Everything Nonfiction. As the title suggests, the blog is dedicated to nonfiction books, films, and documentaries. It is also the blog spot for my book, 35 Miles From Shore. The beauty of this site is that it attracts people with varied interests all dealing with nonfiction. Those people, in turn, are exposed to my book, which hopefully will lead to interest in the book and possible sales.

My personal website is EmilioCorsetti.com. Among the things on this site is a personal story about my daughter Allison, who died at the age of six and a half weeks.

Do you have another book on the works? Would you like to tell readers about your current or future projects?

I wrote a screenplay adaptation of my book. The screenplay attracted the attention of an agent that represents screenwriters. That agent asked if I had anything else in the works. It just so happened that I had another idea for a screenplay that was just sitting on my computer. I had spent five years writing a novel that was never published. There were three storylines in the novel. One was very good; one was good, and the third storyline was less than good. I took the very good storyline and turned it into a screenplay.

Thanks for stopping by BC Magazine today. I wish you lots of success with your book!