Beta Copies and Facebook Page

For those of you who do not know what beta copies are, neither did I (until a few months ago). Essentially it’s an early version of the book prior to publishing. Who knew?

Iris is almost finished and that means lots of proofing. I received my first physical copies of the book in the mail yesterday. Having a physical copy is helpful in many ways. It’s great to see if something wasn’t formatted correctly and you can catch some of the things that look differently on screen vs on paper. I’ve already noticed a few things I want to change about how the cover looks, but those changes are minor.

My next step is to get copies of the book out to people for proofreading. I’ve got a couple of people lined up to help search for bad punctuation, formatting or spelling problems that somehow I and my editors have all missed (believe me, problems are there). I’ve been told from friends that finding these problems is way easier in a physical book than on digital. So the plan is to mail out the copies, get the proofreading done, and have it sent back to me.

In other news, Iris now has its own Facebook page! The cover art for the book has already been revealed on that page as well as the September 15th release date. Check it out: The Color of Water and Sky Facebook Link

There will be lots of new posts coming out on the Facebook page so check there for additional content.

It’s an exciting time! September 15th is soon approaching.