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Nick's intro video for "Slip & Fall"
Because I’m a film and television
writer in Hollywood, my friends can’t understand why I keep saying
my novel, “Slip & Fall”, being published is the most exciting
thing that’s happened in my professional career. They all assume
that after writing for iconic shows like Prison Break, Law & Order
and The Sopranos, traveling to produce filming “on location”, hearing
your dialogue spoken by some of our country’s most talented actors,
having your words printed on a few hundred pages and bound in a book
would be almost anticlimactic. They couldn’t be more wrong.

Since I was seven years old
I knew that I wanted to be a writer. I would walk through the
library as a kid and just stare at all the books on the shelves, run
my fingers over the names of the authors, read an entire book in one
sitting and then deferentially place the book back in its shelf so others
could have the same magical experience I just had. I so badly
wanted a story of mine to be on one of those shelves one day.
My writing journey first took
me to the world of television and film, and I thank God that it did.
I’ve collaborated with some of the most wonderful and talented people
I’ll ever meet – from Emmy winners to fresh-faced, first-year staff
writers and I’ve learned something from all of them.
However, I always wanted to
write books. As much as I love writing for the entertainment industry,
and hope to do so forever, I’ve always wanted to tell a story that
was completely mine. You see, in film and tv, even if the script
is yours, the final product is an amalgam of your vision and the actors’
interpretation and the director’s thought process and at the end of
the day you get this wonderful product that is the result of pure collaboration.
And though you are proud of yourself and of the whole team that made
that film, the product isn’t 100% yours.
But novels are different.
Novels are purer story-telling, simpler story-telling. There are
no filters, no middle-men, between writer and audience. The writer
simply hands the story over to the reader and says: “Here. I
wrote this for you. I truly hope you enjoy it.”
I can’t express how thrilled
I am that I have been given this wonderful opportunity by Borders to
be the debut author of their brand new publishing arm. They could
have picked any author, any book, but for whatever reason they chose
“Slip & Fall” to be their first novel and it is an understatement
to say that I am honored.
I’m just a guy from New York
who has loved to write his entire life – and now I get to do that
for a living. I’ve done nothing to deserve such good fortune
… but I’ll take it gladly and humbly.
Every day that I get to write
is a joy for me. And being able to share “Slip & Fall”
with you … well, I can’t find the words to describe how great that
makes me feel. Remember, I’ve been hoping for this moment since
I was 7 years old.
So, here goes nothing … “Here.
I wrote this for you. I truly hope
you enjoy it.”