I just got the copyedited manuscript of my book back from my publisher. I’m ecstatic!!! I love having my writing critiqued. If you’re a writer at heart, you understand the thrill. The red track changes are music to my eyes–as long as they’re not taking over the whole page!
So, I have 5 days to review the copyedits and make any changes to the manuscript that are needed. It’s not a lot of time and I work 4 of those days, so I asked my publisher (Chicago Review Press/Lawrence Hill) if I could have a little more time. We’ll see.
(Good news: as I was writing this post, I got an email from my publisher and they gave me 3 more days!)
I also have a book cover photo update. Thanks to all of you who sent in suggestions about which photo I should use. The most votes were for #3398 and #3401. (#3398 is the photo with this blog post, but here’s the link if you want to see them on the web site again: www.imaginephoto.printroom.com/byanygreensnecessary.
As it turns out, these are the same two photos the publisher and I had narrowed it down to. (Ya’ll have great taste.) So by last Thursday, we made a decision to go with #3401, even though I like #3398 the best. But sometimes you gotta be willing to compromise (especially me).
Then I got an email from my publisher on Monday saying that when the sales and marketing team saw the photos–and these are the folks that have 30 seconds to convince the buyers for national bookstores to actually carry the book–they decided we should go with #3398, instead. So, things worked out!
More updates coming soon. For now, I got some reading to do…
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Congratulations!! So excited for you. What a wonderful time in the world when we can proudly await the publication of a book that provides healthy lifestyle info and yummy recipes to boot!! Absolutely thrilled! Let’s do a book signing with my VSG.
thank you. sounds great!