Mark McClelland's Blog - Posts Tagged "joys-of-publishing"
Publication Omens
Beautiful post by friend Lesley Hazleton on the joy of receiving a copy of her new book, The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad, direct from the printer. In particular, she was moved by the final cover art, which had been tweaked in a way that took her by surprise -- in a good way.
"So I'm still kind of amazed at the physical existence of my own book. Is this stunning production really the same creature as the innumerable drafts of much-scrawled-on typescript pages strewn around my study for years? It's as though with publication it's achieved a separate existence. Like a teenager leaving home, it will now make its way in the world on its own terms, an independent agent only tangentially related to me. All I can do is wish it well, cheer it on, defend it when it needs defense — and trust that others will agree that it lives up to the sheer elegance of its cover."
For anyone who loves books, I strongly recommend reading the original blog post in its entirety, on her blog, The Accidental Theologist.
"So I'm still kind of amazed at the physical existence of my own book. Is this stunning production really the same creature as the innumerable drafts of much-scrawled-on typescript pages strewn around my study for years? It's as though with publication it's achieved a separate existence. Like a teenager leaving home, it will now make its way in the world on its own terms, an independent agent only tangentially related to me. All I can do is wish it well, cheer it on, defend it when it needs defense — and trust that others will agree that it lives up to the sheer elegance of its cover."
For anyone who loves books, I strongly recommend reading the original blog post in its entirety, on her blog, The Accidental Theologist.
