Almost there...

Posted by Simon on 1st, August 2009 at 17:03:08

Not in life, that would be far too philosophical for me - no, I'm talking about The Judgement Book.

The letterbox creaked and the doorstep thudded with the final version of the manuscript earlier this week.  My poor postman must hate me, with all the weight he has to lug around on my behalf, but that's by and by.  The important thing is that we're almost there with having it ready for publication.

I'm about half way through this last read through, and still finding the odd little typo, spelling or punctuation error. I was thinking how remarkable/annoying that is following so much work - after writing the book, I usually go back over it four or five times myself to tighten it up or amend the odd bit or two.  Then it goes to the publishers for their scrutiny, read throughs and suggested amendments - then back to me for the final read throughs and signing off.

And after all that, I'm still finding little mistakes!  Mind, I was wondering if any book had ever been published without at least one little error in there, be it a missing speech mark, or missing or repeated word, or whatever - perhaps not so surprising when you consider most books are over a hundred thousand words - but I'm meandering againg, so back to the point.

The Judgement Book is nearly done and ready for publication!  Just five weeks now... I'm very pleased with how it's all shaping up, and looking forward greatly to my little tour of the libraries and literary festivals which have been kind enough to invite me along.

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