Book progress
Dec. 29th, 2020 09:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soniaI asked a friend for help with choosing a photo for the back cover of Embodying Hope, and we looked at the options together over Zoom. Once she indicated her preference, it settled in as the obvious choice, which is a relief.
I integrated one person's copy edits and comments into the text. Definitely helpful toward making it a better book. I'm at the point where I don't want to look at it anymore, so it's useful to have fresh eyes on it to direct my attention.
She also agreed to write a blurb for the back cover, yay!
The official copy editor is working much more slowly than I expected. Perhaps that will shift as the holidays recede.
It's harder to take in feedback than I thought it would be, even though I'm grateful for it at the same time. There's a raw, tender feeling that I don't remember as much from the first two books. My first internal response is, "It's already exactly the way I want it!" Fortunately I can also take a step back and make changes that clarify what I'm trying to say. Sometimes I do think, "Oh yeah, this paragraph still needs work."
I think I need to edit the anatomical illustrations and make each text label larger. I'll have to print out individual pages and see if the labels are at all readable. Illustrations always end up being a hassle and a half!
I realized recently that a muscle in my Jaw illustration was mislabeled in the last book, and no one has ever said anything to me. I fixed the one in the online article, but I don't know if anyone is looking at them!
Once I finish fussing with the illustrations, I should probably get the whole book printed out at a copy shop and read it through one more time.
I'm holding this double view of the whole project: "No one else cares," and, "I want each detail to be carefully crafted and polished." It really is embodying hope in itself to make a physical book when I'm not seeing physical clients!
I'd like to be done with the book by the end of January: uploaded to LightningSource, physical proof received and approved, and available for sale. I don't think the copy editing schedule will allow for that, though. Maybe I can target end of February instead. Aside from just wanting to be done, I don't think there's any scheduling pressure. I suppose it does talk a fair amount about the pandemic, so I want to publish it while that's still current.
I integrated one person's copy edits and comments into the text. Definitely helpful toward making it a better book. I'm at the point where I don't want to look at it anymore, so it's useful to have fresh eyes on it to direct my attention.
She also agreed to write a blurb for the back cover, yay!
The official copy editor is working much more slowly than I expected. Perhaps that will shift as the holidays recede.
It's harder to take in feedback than I thought it would be, even though I'm grateful for it at the same time. There's a raw, tender feeling that I don't remember as much from the first two books. My first internal response is, "It's already exactly the way I want it!" Fortunately I can also take a step back and make changes that clarify what I'm trying to say. Sometimes I do think, "Oh yeah, this paragraph still needs work."
I think I need to edit the anatomical illustrations and make each text label larger. I'll have to print out individual pages and see if the labels are at all readable. Illustrations always end up being a hassle and a half!
I realized recently that a muscle in my Jaw illustration was mislabeled in the last book, and no one has ever said anything to me. I fixed the one in the online article, but I don't know if anyone is looking at them!
Once I finish fussing with the illustrations, I should probably get the whole book printed out at a copy shop and read it through one more time.
I'm holding this double view of the whole project: "No one else cares," and, "I want each detail to be carefully crafted and polished." It really is embodying hope in itself to make a physical book when I'm not seeing physical clients!
I'd like to be done with the book by the end of January: uploaded to LightningSource, physical proof received and approved, and available for sale. I don't think the copy editing schedule will allow for that, though. Maybe I can target end of February instead. Aside from just wanting to be done, I don't think there's any scheduling pressure. I suppose it does talk a fair amount about the pandemic, so I want to publish it while that's still current.
