Progress Report, 17 April

Hi supporters! I thought I should let you know that I've received my copy-editing back. Apart from an explosion of red commas waiting to be inserted, there aren't too many glaring errors, and the editor has made many useful suggestions. Basically I'm very pleased. My arms and wrists have been complaining a bit so I'm having to limit myself to five pages a day which has been frustrating but with lots of TLC (targeted exercise, cold packs and anti-inflammatory cream) it's getting better.

With the wonderfully steady way you have been supporting me, I'm trusting that the target amount of NZ$2000 will soon be reached, and so will send off the second half of Blue Creek Bride for copy-editing next week. After that, only the book design will remain!

Chris White, a friend of mine and Phil's, is continuing to work on the photos, ensuring they make a quality transition from colour to black and white - sadly it costs too much to have colour within the book, the only colour photos will be on the front and back cover.

Thanks for your support - I can't express how grateful I am!

 

7/8 of the way there!

Had to do a little maths to figure out what fraction the new donations brought us to - don't ask me to give it to you in decimals though! Thank you everyone who is part of this amazing journey.

Wow! So close!

I'm rapidly running out of ways to say thank you! I wonder if other languages have more words to choose from. Anyway, I continue to be very grateful for your contributions, whatever size they come in! I'd love to acknowledge the two recent Canadian contributors so please send me an email - you'll know who you are! :)

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...