A book comes together

Today’s mail brought the formatted manuscript from my publisher into my inbox. The pictures still have to be frozen. But the finalized manuscript is in my hand and it looks good. As the author, I feel happy to have dedicated the last few years of my life to the making of this book. The moments of deep pain that were sometimes part of this journey seem vindicated.

The most miraculously beautiful part about working on a difficult book is that instant when it occurs to you that you are watching your creative piece finally falling into shape 🙂

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It’s a May title

It’s a big moment for me. I’ll do it my way now has a finalized manuscript. We’ve also almost made up our mind on the picture section. The book will also be a May title.

This means that the first dummy copy of the book would be in my hands in May. I’ll finally see the cover and also get my first glimpse of what the layout would actually like. After this comes the planning for the book’s roll out. 

Currently, the book is expected to go for formatting on Wednesday. We’d then have to run through it with a fine comb to carefully eliminate any proofing mistakes. As I’ve learned in my many years as a Communications professional, the quality of any work of art is finally judged by its details. If we get this bit wrong, all the work that went before this would make little sense. We’d still have to live with the description of a tacky product.

But meanwhile, there is still cause for celebration. Slowly, but surely, our goal seems closer still.

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