"The notion that such persons are gay of heart and carefree is curiously untrue. They lead, as a matter of fact, an existence of jumpiness and apprehension. They sit on the edge of the chair of Literature. In the house of Life they have the feeling that they have never taken off their overcoats."
- James Thurber, My Life and Hard Times

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

The Choice is made!

Extra points if you know what movie that quote is from.

After tallying all the comments, the cover art selected is: Cover 2!



Which is, coincidentally, the cover I liked best, too.

So now what happens? The manuscript is in its final edits, which means I am reading it aloud one more time. After that, I will begin the formatting. One format for the Kindle, one for the paperback, and possibly one more for the hardcover. My manuscript will be a book.

With each platform, I will re-read the book (yes, cover-to-cover), looking for errors. For these re-reads, I will read the actual medium. The e-book will be downloaded to my Kindle. I will order a proof copy of the paperback, and the hardcover. Any changes I make will now have to be made in all the formats, plus the original Word file. 

It's all painstaking, but IMHO, all worth it. Is perfection too much to ask for?

My little author's heart would love to publish it as soon as I get this all finished, but my publisher's head says no. We need to elicit reviews. We need to set up book signings. We need to engage potential readers and build excitement.

What do we want? The 5th Peri Minneopa Mystery!
When do we want it? NOW!
When will we get it?

FEBRUARY 21, 2020. 

2 comments:

kabell4 said...

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