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NRaleighLiberal

(59,940 posts)
Wed Jun 12, 2013, 05:05 PM Jun 2013

It's nearly done!...edited on July 21 - it is essentially done!

Last edited Sun Jul 21, 2013, 12:25 PM - Edit history (1)

Book text, first draft, due June 30.

As of 5 minutes ago - 92,300 words written (target 90K)
206 pg Word doc
On page 135 of the first pass to completion
Wife and daughter are both reading from pg 1 and giving me their suggestions/comments.

When I push the send button on June 30....relief!

of course, then starts the process of back and forth request for changes, edits, etc......but....

I can sense the relief of having sent in that first draft already!

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It's nearly done!...edited on July 21 - it is essentially done! (Original Post) NRaleighLiberal Jun 2013 OP
Congratulations! classof56 Jun 2013 #1
well, we just had a harrowing week of photography.... NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #2
progress report - the initial edit is nearly complete! NRaleighLiberal Jan 2014 #3
Congratulations marions ghost Feb 2014 #4

NRaleighLiberal

(59,940 posts)
2. well, we just had a harrowing week of photography....
Sun Jul 21, 2013, 12:27 PM
Jul 2013

but now the publisher has my first text draft, and essentially all of the needed pics....

So I guess it is time for the to and fro of my editor forming that big mess of mine she now has into a book that people will really want to read - and also reflect my intent and passion for the topic.

Quite an exhausting process, but.....whew! Glad that is behind me!

NRaleighLiberal

(59,940 posts)
3. progress report - the initial edit is nearly complete!
Thu Jan 9, 2014, 11:25 PM
Jan 2014

My editor is sending me my book back in chapter chunks, in Word, tracking changes. so, I've spent the last month dealing with suggestions, corrections, additions and responding to comment bubbles.

But it is nearly there - just a bit of one chapter, one other full chapter, and a few appendices and lists. Then the pictures get added, it all gets laid out - then I guess another full read through. (my wife and daughter will get that assignment as well as me).

Working title - Epic Tomatoes. Release date - December 2014. Then...?????

What an ordeal...mostly fun!

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