The 3/4 mark has just been reached!

Thank you so much to those last couple of people who brought the total to just over the 3/4 mark. Only $490 or 49 donations of $10 each to go! Thank you everyone who is helping make my long held dream a reality. It's amazing!

I get my first copy-editing back on or before 10 April so that will be revealing - will I have to start a Bloopers page on the blogsite? While waiting for that I'm making my own final edit of the second half, and then will work on which photos to include in the book - sadly all black and white apart from the front & back covers but after the book is published I'm thinking of including more photos on the blogsite for readers - let me know if anyone would be interested.

Almost 3/4 of the way there!

Mistakes are being sorted and it's only 3 weeks til I get my first copy-editing results! A personalised fleuron has been made with the creative talents of Demelza Neame - thank you, Demelza. (Check your dictionary for fleuron and put it in the memory banks for scrabble!) I also have the promise of photographic help from Chris White - thanks, Chris.

The publishing process has started and the mistakes with it!

Due to the generosity shown so far, I've decided to start the publishing process, gulp! I've sent off half the book to start being copy-edited. I wonder how many typos they find?

I've already messed up, having uploaded my document into the wrong place and have made work for people to sort it out... still, there's a first time for everything and hopefully they are used to dealing with plonkers like me.

However, it's underway and that's VERY exciting. Thank you so much for being a part of the process and enabling it to get so far so soon! Will keep you posted!

Well over half way - very exciting!!

After a brief lull, the total has now jumped to $1145.00 - thanks so much everyone! Publishing is getting so much closer...