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3L Publishing is proud to announce the signing of Stephen Marinaro , known to millions around the world as " TheSalonGuy ™," to a book deal. His yet "untitled" book will be released in the Summer of 2016 and will chronicle the rise of his empire to inspire and motivate entrepreneurs to chase their dreams. With 20-plus years of experience as a hairstylist and media personality, Stephen Marinaro, TheSalonGuy™, focuses on bringing fashion, beauty, inspiration, and entertainment to millions of people. Whether he is offering style advice or chatting with stars on the red carpet, Stephen lives by his values of professionalism, respect, and passion for his work. Stephen reaches his millions of followers through television, internet and radio. His highly viewed YouTube channel, ( www.youtube.com/TheSalonGuy ) features styling tutorials, motivational tools, and special-event coverage. His channel just broke 21 million views, and is currently ...

3L Publishing is proud to announce the signing of Stephen Marinaro , known to millions around the world as "TheSalonGuy™," to a book deal. His yet "untitled" book will be released in the Summer of 2016 and will chronicle the rise of his empire to inspire and motivate entrepreneurs to chase their dreams. With 20-plus years of experience as a hairstylist and media personality, Stephen Marinaro, TheSalonGuy™, focuses on bringing fashion, beauty, inspiration, and entertainment to millions of people. Whether he is offering style advice or chatting with stars on the red carpet, Stephen lives by his values of professionalism, respect, and passion for his work. Stephen reaches his millions of followers through television, internet and radio. His highly viewed YouTube channel, ( www.youtube.com/ TheSalonGuy ) features styling tutorials, motivational tools, and special-event coverage. His channel just broke 8 million views, and is currently averaging 900...

Every time you shift and change your life, you create what I call the new normal. I feel really fantastic today. I am in the middle of my new normal. I'm adjusting to my life as a single parent. My kids are here. My eldest climbed in my spare walk-in closet and organized all of the boxes. We have a new bed being delivered today for him to sleep on, which completes the office/spare bedroom. Why does this matter? It's really about finally settling in and accepting and adjusting to my life as it is. I have so much to look forward to at this point, too. California Girl Chronicles script polish wrapped up yesterday (pretty much), and this process coming to an end with an important step forward. The script is why I'm here. I am moving it forward with my producer to pitch to TV executives. The experience of working with someone of his experience and caliber has been rewarding. He's teaching me a lot even if he doesn't know it yet. I've been watching with a keen eye ...

New authors are often shocked when they discover that the final proofing process is often the hardest part of the publishing experience. You have to keep in mind that you sometimes have between 50,000 and 100,000 words and phrases -- and these words all have to be correct. Let's break that down: that's 100,000 words spelled right and grammatically correct. Oh! And don't forget the right style needs to be applied. Are you suddenly cringing? Copy editors are often the lowest paid editor on the rung. A truly gifted copy editor is priceless. A thorough copy editor not only knows her grammar rules backwards and forwards, she also knows something super critical. She knows when she doesn't know -- and she looks it up. I've now worked with several authors who have come up for air after the final proofing process to admit it was harder than writing the actual book. So, next time you spot a minor error in a book, give the poor copy editor a break before you decide to pull ou...