Today I finished formatting the pages of my book making sure all my margins are correct. I checked each page [two at a time] to see if the paragraph indention is correct for each paragraph. The right and left page margin are such the all sentences [except new paragraphs] go from one side of the page to the other.
I had some special formatting to do, where I had my characters chat on a computer. I did this by double-spacing between each character’s chat entry, i also intend the chats more and ended each line when it reach a certain point before the end of a regular line of text for the book. The overall look of doing this works, you can clearly see what each of the characters is chatting about.
So right now I’ve printed out the entire manuscript [2 pages at a time] so I verify how each page of my book will look when it’s finally printed. Time consuming YES, but the end product is worth it.
Once this step is completed, it’s time to format all this work as a PDF.file for submission to CreateSpace.com. It is here, I’m also going to submit my bio for the book’s back cover, as well as a brieft synopsis.
Right now I’m still waiting to receive two concepts for the book’s front cover.
Hopefully, if all goes well, I should have a PROOF COPY of my book in my hands by the end of next week, with the final release of I Kissed a Ghost, a few days later.
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Congratulations!! Exciting times :) I'm still in the second draft (first draft cuz I through away the entire real first draft) stage. Sound very exciting for you :)
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It definitely is an exciting time for me and I can almost smell the ink on the PROOF COPY of my book. I had to do a few drafts before I started sending chapters to my editor. Even when I had gotten back her edits [which were great] I still wound up tweaking it a few times [read some of the entries in my blog to see what I actually did.]
DeleteWOW, Robin! Almost at the end of an arduous journey! Hugs and smiles your way!
ReplyDeleteIt definitely has been an arduous journey with a lot of ups and downs along with periods of total stagnation caused by writer's block, all of which I've described in this blog.
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