A new Alizée documentary, and some more news

[Marshal Davout]

Originally Posted by Samuel Victor

Hi Marshall

"Bidou" is a French word that originally was used as the equivalent to "tummy" - like a childish/cutesy way to say stomach. However, because of this, pregnant parents often refer to their baby bump as "bidou", and over time this lead to the children being affectionately nicknamed "bidou" even after they are born, and after even more time this just lead to some people using it in the same way English speaking people use "baby" as a affectionate term for a romantic partner.

I know Annily is very pretty and that's distracting, but any thoughts on the documentary or other potential projects? lol

Thank You Sam ! You are very knowlegible ! I am still working on my book; which I will get on, say, Amazon ( if it's the last thing I do ! ). It will tie into Alizee in some ways, so perhaps it will be a hit ?

It must be nice to live in France part of the time; as you get to see all of the sights ! Although I am remiss in the States; as I haven't seen all the sights; except for Niagara Falls ( slowly I turned, step by step ? ! ) and the Mississippi River at one point, and several Civil war Battlefields ( as I was a Buff ! ); so even in my own country I am a stick in the mud, as it were !

[Samuel Victor]

Thank you Marshal. Yes I love France, I'm happy to be able to spend so much time there. I want to be someone that fully understands and respects the culture and is a true part of the community, rather than just a foreigner who buys property for holidays and drives the house prices up! haha As you can tell by the fact that I'm starting to move into producing French language movies, documentaries and music, its my hope to one day be as accepted and connected in French media circles as I am in Britain and America. For now though its baby steps in the right direction and dipping my toes into that water.

I'm very lucky that over the years my job has allowed me to travel a lot, though of course mostly only to big cities where movies are produced or promoted. For example I spend a lot of time in the States, but only really know NYC, LA and Orlando/Tampa (I have worked freelance for Disney/Marvel/Star Wars a lot, and done some indie stuff via Universal, and both have Studio Backlots in Florida for filming cheap recreations of streets in New York without having to pay to shut down the real ones!).

As for getting your book on Amazon, that's very possible - if you don't know already, I'd point you towards Amazon's KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) service, its perfect for getting your books both available on Kindle devices digitally, but also physical paperback and hardback editions available on Amazon in multiple countries!

When I was growing up in the 80s and early 90s, my Mum was a very well respected writer of short stories and poems in the UK, often on TV, radio, newspapers and magazines. I've recently helped her to collate 40+ years of her work into 4 collections for Amazon! The Collective Works of Ann Leyfield I found the process very easy and straightforward and Amazon are very helpful if you come across any issues. There are basically no startup costs and you can even get your books available to bookstores and libraries in the US and UK too. Its also pretty easy to get Audible versions of your books available too, as long as you can pay for voice acting.

[Marshal Davout]

I like the French, their customes, etc. and their audiences seem very nice ! As you can see in lots of Alizee's videos; they are dancing with Alizee !
Maybe I can visit someday ( if I hit the lottery ) Ha ! Right now my finances are tight !
Scruffydog777 has traveled extensively there and other places in europe !
Thank You for the Info I have a couple of Phamplets already on Amazon; but nobody reads me ! Ha ! This will be my first book, per se, so maybe that will change !

My problem was that my hard drive failed on my old computer and took out a lot of my stuff; so I had to rebuild it on a new computer ! Luckily I had an old backup, I found. It means you should back up your computer at least once a year !
I even had a plane video, I copyrighted; but I lost my work on that, so I would have to re-build it ! I am kind of a secretive guy; but when I publish the book, I might send author's copies to selected Alizeeamerica members; as my "cover" will be blown !

It sound like you are very experienced in the media ! That must be Great ! I always had a hankering to be a Directer ! Ha ! But perhaps my book will be made into a movie ! I try to write it that way !

[Samuel Victor]

Yes the French people are wonderful. Once I realised I loved France and wanted to settle there more permanently I've stayed all over the country exploring everywhere trying to find where I'd best like to settle down. No matter where I've been the people have always been extremely welcoming to me and instantly made me feel part of the community.

Also, yeah I'm very lucky to have a cool, fun and creative job. Its hard work of course and certainly not all sunshine and rainbows but I'm glad I took the path I did.

As for backup, yes they are extremely important! Nowadays for important things like your book I'd highly recommend using a cloud backup too, just incase.