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Good morning from Cejih!
Thank you to so many of you who read our newsletter and support our clients. This past weekend I swam at US Masters Nationals in Irvine, CA. There were over 2,500 adult athletes competing in the meet. Including 40+ Olympians and former national team members.
So many people came up to me and said, "CG! I read your newsletter!"
As a business owner you have no idea how much that means. Thank you!
Today's newsletter is focused on a specific arm of our agency: CG Sports Publishing. Believe it or not, publishing is one of the most exciting parts of our business today!
We have many new authors we are working with and new book releases scheduled for 2023. This month alone we will publish our 11th and 12th books as a company. As it stands now we are on track to hit 20 published titles in our catalog this year. Whaaaat?
CG Sports Publishing was founded because we saw a problem in the market for authors. The way we do things is simple:
1. Provide the author with a professional publishing and marketing team.
2. Empower each author to build their personal brand.
3. Authors maintain 100% creative control of their work. Period.
In the month of May we will be launching two amazing new books.
On May 9th, The Art of Swimming and The Game of Racing: Reflections of a USA Swimming Coach by Dudley Duncan goes live.
On May 25th, Soul is Waterproof, by water enthusiast Matthew Moseley (possibly one of the most interesting people in the world) goes live.
Our current project list includes authors from the fields of parabasketball, Olympic history, rowing, open water swimming, paralympic swimming and more!
Great job to the CG Sports Publishing team of Taylor Brien, Mike Nicloy, Nicole Wurtele and so many others who play a role behind the scenes. We truly have an incredible team that love seeing our clients succeed.
-- Cejih
Upcoming Releases:
Application of Power by MJ Wilson
Soul is Waterproof by Matt Moseley
The After Drop by Sarah Thomas
The Art of Swimming and the Game of Racing: Reflections of a USA Swimming Club Coach by Dudley Duncan
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From the publisher's corner, where we take a peek behind the scenes at CG Sports Publishing. This time, we dig into the process of recording an audiobook...
A LOT has been happening for CGSP and our authors. In the past few weeks, I was honored to have authors Matthew L. Moseley (Soul is Waterproof) and Dudley Duncan (The Art of Swimming and the Game of Racing) in the studio to record their audiobooks.
Thinking about getting in on the action? Audiobooks continue to grow in popularity. In fact, according to writersdigest.com, it is expected to become a $19 Billion industry by 2027!
We encourage our authors to read their own manuscripts, so they can bring their story to life. Sure, we can hire professional voice actors to read a book, but who better to convey the emotion authentically and tell the story as intended than the person who wrote it? This is truly the best way to personally connect with your listener.
Here’s a snapshot of what to expect:
The author comes into the studio and for the next few days just...reads their book aloud in a comfortable, chill environment.
The recording engineer (in this case, your humble head of publishing) takes care of the rest.
After recording wraps, I edit the tracks, master to the specs from our audiobook distributor, and upload the individual chapters for review and publication.
Bringing our authors’ stories to life in paperback, ebook, and audiobook is our mission at CG Sports Publishing. And there are more books in the works...stay tuned!
-- Mike
Excerpt: Soul is Waterproof by Matt Moseley
Even though every water molecule is composed of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen, not all water is the same. Water has a remarkable capacity to take on the characteristics of all it passes through. Given geography and geology, climate and land use, each body of water develops its own personality.
I’ve tasted water all over the world. Felt the viscosity. From brackish Lake Pontchartrain where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico, to the North Pacific of Hawaii, the Mediterranean, and the bluest blue of Lake Tahoe. I believe I have developed a rather sophisticated palate for the stuff.
Closing my eyes and smacking my lips I can taste water from the Boulder Reservoir. I recall a deep chestnut, with notes of goose poop and a dumpster juice finish. Then again, on the Colorado River maybe it’s more of a richly textured cappuccino, with a backwash of uranium tailings and a dash of Rocky Mountain gypsum. Swimming with the ghosts of Ernest Hemingway on Walloon Lake in Northern Michigan where he spent his summers and wrote, the shimmering early morning a reflection of the verdant forests coming alive after the winter frost, the water tastes like kissing a newly unearthed emerald. Maybe the Court of Master Sommeliers could begin to include water connoisseurs? If such highly trained professionals can employ such lofty descriptive adjectives to give meaning to fermented grapes, surely the intriguing substance of water deserves as much.
Hours swimming in the salty ocean can leave your tongue feeling like you’ve been licking the back of envelopes all day. The water of the Moab Boat Ramp evokes the taste of a bleached bone found in the desert. Swimming in Destin and Pensacola I’ve picked up notes of fish scales and tarragon. Water from the Sea of Galilee brought to mind leavened bread. Lake Tahoe smacked of what I imagine chilled fine silk would taste like. The Red Sea felt like olive oil on the palette with afternotes of cardamom, rosemary, and crushed seashells. I’ve tasted iron and rust, rock and dust. A swimming hole in the Pacific Northwest offered a bouquet of forest floor. The water flowing from Rocky Mountain National Park into Lake Granby tastes evergreen, fresh, almost like fresh-cut summer grass.
But the best, purest water–like eating freshly fallen snow or splashing your face and body from a high mountain stream, or perhaps the icy stillness from the deep arctic ocean–tastes exactly like nothing at all. The best water is clean and crystalline. The complete absence of flavor, what I imagine the Milky Way itself might taste like if you could reach your ladle into it. Just a little sip from inside the Big Dipper.
If you find yourself thirsty and parched after a long endeavor or from being outside in the sun for hours, or even just coming home from a long day at work, drinking a tall glass of water filled with ice can be one of the most satisfying sensations known to the human body. The mouth, throat, and stomach can’t seem to get enough. Gulps and gulps. As if nothing has ever tasted so good, though it tastes of nothing at all.
Soul is Waterproof will be available for purchase on May 25th!
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