From contracting to getting to the galleys and final proofed layouts. A 7 month process of detailed reading, copy editing, more reviewers. Responding to their comments.
I was lucky enough to be at Shelton and have this inspirational view as my editor and I discussed what we needed to focus on next.
Getting to a final version that felt right and then one last huge edit. This time to really prune the book. I wanted wider margins so that there was room for a reader to make notes… yet we didn’t want the book to be too large.
More copy editing, then to layout. And another round of copy editing. It’s amazing that even with this number of eyes on it ( 5 people) numerous times (4 each), it is still possible to pick up typos.
I hope I found my last one today. In all places, on the dust jacket inside cover.