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Tour dates
Here are the final tour dates for SF Now thru May 20th The Well: Online interview with Scott Berkun…
Mysteries of book publishing, part 1
The transport of books from the publisher, to actual stores, is something of a mystery. It’s supposed to take…
Planning a book tour
Read half a dozen books about PR, marketing and book publicity. As expected there’s as many number of strategies…
London book update
To date, I’ve sent the book proposal to 13 publishers and editors. Current success rate: 0%. This isn’t a…
QC1 / QC2
Each of these QC reviews took an enormous amount of time. I sat down and read through the entire…
The book index
Good day. Happy Day. Marlowe sent me the index for my book – MY BOOK HAS AN INDEX. SOME…
Nothing is happening
Blah. Woke up this morning expecting some email from various people about various things – and there is nothing.…
Slow, slow, slow
The revision and review process is slow. Molasses slow. It seems so trivial, all these little details with words…
The waiting
Somehow i expected when the draft finished, things would take off. Teams of copyeditors and illustrators would arrive, pick…
Draft 2 finished
Draft 2 is now complete. I told Mike, my editor, I thought i was done. He didn’t disagree. According…
The passing of Butch
Butch died a week ago today. I found him lying on the floor in the kitchen, still alive. His…
Half ideas and stumbling over them
A funny thing I just realized. Sometimes I sit here stumbling over half-ideas, and then finally connect with one…
Draft 2 – Chapter 4
Working on draft 2 – Currently on Chapter 4. The problem with feedback on draft 1 is that I…
Draft v2
Still not over the hump. Poking at it. Calling it names. Had yoga class this morning. Was relaxing in…
Finished Draft V1
First: Woohoo! (big long pause) Second: There is a big psychological hump on starting this second draft. Do I…
Chapter 12 & Charleston chews
Ha. Ha ha ha. I am on chapter 12. What would you be doing right now had you stayed…
Interviewing PMs
I’m at 2/3rds mark and it seemed smart to go talk to people – interview people – and get…
Struggling to write this sentence
Struggling all day to write. Little bits of nothing. It feels like I’m reaching into a bag looking for…
Break: denver road trip
I’m on schedule. At around the half way mark. Part of my schedule was to take a week or…