Wednesday, January 28, 2015

More Book Editing

I am so excited to have received a closer view of my upcoming book! 

Yesterday I received a package full of pages, with pictures this time, to look over and edit anything that may or may not make sense to the reader.  This is such an interesting process to me and to have so many talented people all doing their part to make this a great book to have in your library.

I can't show too much as far as pictures, but let's see if I can show you the process of the last year, so far. (In the least amount of words)

  
When I was asked to submit a proposal for the book, it seemed like a fun project.  I was looking forward to getting some more of these designs out of my head!  So I submitted a rough idea, a table of contents, and my drawings of all the projects.



This was submitted to the board and they loved the idea and we were a go!  The first order of business was to try and breathe and get my stress under control.  All of a sudden it hit me of my pending and looming deadlines and would I be able to draw, write, and sew everything in time.  Wow! How much pressure do we put on ourselves.  So my solution was to break apart each task, write it down in my To-Do Journal, and as each little step was complete....check it off.  That worked wonders.


First deadline - write one project's complete instructions, audition fabrics, and sew the project up to give them an idea of what direction and flavor the book would take.    Done! 


Second deadline - write all the instruction and sew the projects.  Took a while, but Done!

Third deadline - visit with different editors, especially my technical editor, to insure everything makes sense and flows nicely.  I cannot  say enough wonderful things about the editors at Martingale & Company.  I felt as though I had control, but always someone willing to help make it sound better, less confusing, and fun.

This brings us to this deadline - next to the last editing, complete with pictures this time.  I loved seeing my drawn illustrations come to life by the hands of a graphic/computer person.  This is amazing to me!  We all have our special talents, don't we?  So this week, I will be going through all the pages and will be making any final notes for changes, etc..


In a month or two, I will get the final edit pages to review and approve, and then we'll be done.  The publisher will print it, hopefully all of you will love it and buy it, and I will start this process all over again.  I have another 12-14 projects drawn on paper - and thankfully out of my head - that with any luck, make it into another book.

Wow! What an exciting ride this has been so far.  I will post updates as the dates get closer and I hope I will be able to share some pictures soon.  I cannot wait for you to see the cover!

As always, Happy Stitching!

Kathleen





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