Almost looks professional! Good work, FriesenPress.com
The corrected galley proof .pdf for The Mirror, Book One – Welcome to the Evil Sisterhood is back in my hands after having been emailed to me moments ago by my FriesenPress.com account manager. My decision to bring in a elance.com proofreader late in the game has delayed things, and, while I do not regret his involvement, in retrospect I should have done this much earlier in the process.
Amazing what one learns by self-publishing your first book.
My proof reader was a stickler for especially punctuation, so there were a fairly high number of tiny changes–curse those commas!–in this last and final revision round. What I have to do now is to compare the marked up version that I sent back to FP with this corrected version that I’ve just received from them, to verify that all the corrections have been properly implemented.
After this gets confirmed, we’re off to the races for a May-June release.
For those who’ve been waiting for this corrected version of the galley proof to have a coveted pre-release read of this riveting tale of scandal and intrigue, please fire me a reminder email at themirrorbooks@gmail.com or gently give me a prod here, just to ensure that I haven’t missed anyone.
I’m happy for followers to have a no-strings, IN CONFIDENCE, pre-release read. If you’re not already on the list, you have but to ask.
Cheers, everyone.
Nav
The Mirror 
Wonderful! Almost there! 😀
Thanks, Linda. Yes, not much farther to go.
Congratulations, you’re almost there! Let us know how to help with reviews, blog promotions, whatever you need.
Thanks for the kind offer of support. I’ll certainly take you up on it when the time comes.
Yes, getting closer. Not long now.
I don’t have your email address. Did you still want to have a read? If so, please fire me that email at themirrorbooks@gmail.com. No worries if things have changed.
Cheers.
I’m still quite interested in reading your book. You have a pleasant way with words and the subject matter is something that interests me. I sent you an email. Once again, congratulations.
Thank you, ib22, for both your interest and your kind words. Book galley proof and an advanced peek at the cover await you in your inbox.
Cool 🙂 Congratulations Nav.
Thanks, KG. How was/is your vacation?
Starting today 🙂 Will be back by mid april
Have fun, but not too much fun. };-)>
Sure 🙂 thank you.
Did any of my ‘catches’ make it past your proofreader? LOL
Congratulations on making it one step closer!
Thanks, KraftedK. I started the first draft in earnest in August 2012. Before that, it was getting the proposal done right. Before that, research and activism dating back to summer 2008.
Six years worth of work and unpleasantness forms the basis to this book, plus the preceding 19 years of life experience.
I’ll have to go back and check on the typos/errors.
Things are progressing!
Sent from my iPad
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They are, indeed. Thanks for stopping by, 66.
YAY…I sense the excitement!! I hope I am on the list. It is a good read for certain. 🙂
Check your inbox, LG53. Appreciate your kind comments–thank you.
Good luck with it! It’s been a lot of life experience for you, and cathartic too, I hope. 🙂
Thanks, Susan. Yes, deciding to write the book will certainly go down in history as one of my better decisions. It has positively impacted my life in many regards, other than finances, given the costs of self-publishing.
Unless, of course, it makes it to the NY Time bestseller list. };-)> A fellow can dream, I suppose.
Dreams make things happen, don’t they?
Indeed, they can, Susan. (Note my diligent attention to the correct usage of the comma, just in case my Irish proof reader is checking up on me.) And I have dreamed big, with this one. (Oops, started a sentence with a conjunction.)
If I do find commercial success with the book, I can see a fact-finding expedition to Down-Under in my future. I’d have to visit a number of fellow blogger/writers, of course.
Purely for business reasons, of course.
We could do combined author talks, ha ha.
Entertainment plus when I tell the audience what you wrote on one of my posts, how you earnt yourself a complimentary copy of Arafura.
My dream would be to visit you in your neck of the woods first on MY commercially successful fact-finding expedition. Big dreams indeed…
If either one of our books do remarkably well, it’s always within the realm of possibility.
Awesome Nav- and now I finally am work free so I have time to finish reading…. 😉
Check your inbox, Mich. I just sent you the latest corrected galley proof. Should be a better e-book to read.
Yay me! And now I will not be getting an early night tonight… 😀
WARNING: Some readers have been unable to put the book down, and have read it in an entire day.
Have to run. Have fun with the book, Mich.
😉