After working like a maniac for weeks, I just uploaded the files of my forthcoming book, The Creative Sandbox Way: Your Path to a Full-Color Life, to CreateSpace!
I’m headed out to dinner with my husband to celebrate, but thought it would be fun to record an excerpt from the book for the podcast.
Have a listen, and stay tuned for a downloadable sample of the book — coming soon!
In case you haven’t heard, I’ve got a book coming out soon! As in, my book is launching on November 15th!
My subscribers voted on the title last week, and the winning title is The Creative Sandbox Way: Cultivating Happiness Through Creative Play.
The manuscript is so close to being ready to format — I hand in the most recent revision to my editor on Thursday, we’ll meet on Friday, I’ll implement whatever final feedback she has for me over the weekend and get a final draft to her by Monday, October 3rd, and she’ll have line edits back to me by Friday, October 7th!
Then it will be a matter of formatting the text and illustrations (of which there are many) in Adobe InDesign. This will be a huge job in its own right, and I’ll only have a week to do it, because my deadline to upload the file for printing is October 15th!
I’m not leaving all the design til then, though. I’ve been making headway on making all the interior design decisions (font choices, margin widths, etc.), scanning artwork, and for the past several days I’ve been knee-deep in cover designs.
I’ve spent close to ten hours playing with different cover design ideas and coming up with concept mockups. Soon I’m going to put the best three on a private page for my subscribers to vote on to help me decide on a winner.
Want a chance to vote on the cover? Click here and sign up now!
What’s really involved in writing, designing, and publishing a book? It’s Week 1 of my “Get the #@&% Book Done” initiative! Go behind the scenes with me as I tell all!
