My Last WRITES
Ave mundi spes Maria, ave mitis, ave pia, ave plena gratia--the reverberating Latin lyrics from a Gregorian chant accompany my adieu as I conduct the third and last read-through of the final eProof for my upcoming Women’s Fiction novel, ,An Enlightening Quiche.'
A perfectionist who has never claimed holier-than-thou status, “My Last WRITES” is a euphemistic blog title at this stage of production. Meaning, any picayune peccadillo pertaining to punctuation or hyphenation will remain intact posthumously for all eternity. Even though I’ve unearthed a case scenario for a comma being neither here nor there, I will not hold up publication for two weeks just because I’d feel better if the correction team removed a comma after “plaid” in this sentence:
I placed all of my eggs in one basket, ultimately basing my decision on an opinion rendered by the man clad in a plaid, flannel shirt.
Anticipating the final send-off, and a waiting period of approximately four weeks for eBook and Print conversions, I’ll soon send out an open invitation on social media asking for a few volunteers to read the PDF file and write a review ready for posting at Amazon on the date of my book release.
Meantime, in support of kindred indie authors, I’m reading and reviewing books written by those I’ve befriended or interact with in my groups at Facebook. Likewise, I’m hitting the “like” button, commenting, and even better—sharing posts on my wall to celebrate a cover reveal, new release, author interview, book review, giveaway, or other milestone event.
To all other indie authors immersed in the proofing process, may you minister the last WRITES through pragmatic editing short of overkill.
A perfectionist who has never claimed holier-than-thou status, “My Last WRITES” is a euphemistic blog title at this stage of production. Meaning, any picayune peccadillo pertaining to punctuation or hyphenation will remain intact posthumously for all eternity. Even though I’ve unearthed a case scenario for a comma being neither here nor there, I will not hold up publication for two weeks just because I’d feel better if the correction team removed a comma after “plaid” in this sentence:
I placed all of my eggs in one basket, ultimately basing my decision on an opinion rendered by the man clad in a plaid, flannel shirt.
Anticipating the final send-off, and a waiting period of approximately four weeks for eBook and Print conversions, I’ll soon send out an open invitation on social media asking for a few volunteers to read the PDF file and write a review ready for posting at Amazon on the date of my book release.
Meantime, in support of kindred indie authors, I’m reading and reviewing books written by those I’ve befriended or interact with in my groups at Facebook. Likewise, I’m hitting the “like” button, commenting, and even better—sharing posts on my wall to celebrate a cover reveal, new release, author interview, book review, giveaway, or other milestone event.
To all other indie authors immersed in the proofing process, may you minister the last WRITES through pragmatic editing short of overkill.
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