A strange feeling to send an email saying thank you for the layout and formatting, it’s all done. Since the first keystroke three years ago it’s been hard to imagine ever saying, “That’s it, no more writing or editing.” And yet here we are. There’s still a little more work to be done on the cover, but we’re running out of things to do before just going ahead and publishing.
Author: Howard (Page 2 of 2)
Soon after finishing the first draft (which is much longer ago than expected!) we commissioned cover art and started working on the book’s cover. This turned out to be almost as complicated as writing the book, needing to think about page size and thickness and color. A valuable lesson is to not spend hours working on it until you have your final formatting, because word processor page counts are not likely to match up with the final manuscript. It was fun to see the artist’s interpretation of the characters, we started seeing them that way once we saw the art.
The final text has been locked in and the Kindle version seems to be done. Now we are working on the paperback layout and then we will be finishing the cover.