Back to what this was conceived as...

This blog was supposed to give a glimpse of what the process of manuscript-to-finished-book entailed. Without going into some of the drama of personal life, there's quite a bit of drama involved in the mechanics of publishing, and I'm not even on the inside edge of the publishing house.

For some time now, Michael Lister has been building a new Web presence for Pottersville Press, trying out various covers for books in the line and uploading information about authors and upcoming conferences. Meanwhile, my novel has been converted to a PDF file for proofing, a sort of electronic galley, that I went over with a fine-tooth electronic comb and sent back a list of "fixes" I spotted. The next post will be a foreshortened version of that seven-page (often redundant) list of mostly formatting problems created when the manuscript was converted for the PDF, apparently.

After that, I'll be posting what may be an early version of the inside cover flap copy -- the "teaser" stuff you might read in the dust jacket, as well as the info you might find under the author's photo on the inside back flap of the dust jacket. And I've found a photo that we might be using on the back cover. It's from a parade in Century and involves a man dressed as a giant pig in a white grocer's suit. Look for it. Soon.