Writing is the Easy Part!

I never thought I would say that the actual writing of a book is the easy part. But when it comes to just getting your thoughts out and typed in a readable format it just kind of flows. Then comes the hard stuff. 
First you have to go back and fill in things that you left blank because you didn't want to stop writing to look something up. (the distance between horseshoe pegs).

Then you have to go over and over and over the entire book with spelling and grammar checkers. That's frustrating in itself because when you use words like y'all and ain't in your book, the checkers flag each one of them. 

The next step is spacing and alignment configuration, for both print and ebooks. And yes, they are different. 

I collected several beta reader's edits and notes then went through the book line by line for each one of those. Seriously, y'all I can probably recite the whole damn book at this point. I'm so tired of looking at it.
But then, after all of that, I had to do one last read through of the book, and I gotta tell ya, I love it more now than when I first finished it. The input from my betas really helped fill in any holes in the storyline and clean up my punctuation. 

So, I just submitted the absolute, final, not looking at it again version of the ebook for Out of the Box. I have a few more things to adjust for the print version and it will be ready to go by tonight. 

 Publishing companies have people to handle various tasks. But as an indie author I am responsible for everything from the cover to the missing comma, and it's a lot to take on.
 
I'll be so happy tonight when I can go back to just writing Book 2, knowing that Out of the Box is finished!