Just got the March of the Cogsmen proof

I get a kick out of it whenever I get a printer’s proof of a paperback in the main. Don’t get me wrong, ebooks are great, but they don’t feel as official as holding that slick cover and cream-colored paper in your hands. It’s more tangible. More real. Makes me feel like more of an author.

March of the Cogsmen is my longest title to date, clocking in at a hefty 190 pages. It feels good, holding it, feeling its weight. Its heft. Its gravitas.

For once there weren’t any huge errors in its layout. The pages are aligned correctly. I have blank pages where I need them to be. The scene-dividing flourishes are the right size. I must be getting better at this, or worse at noticing my mistakes.

Collette J Ellis’s cover is, of course, gorgeous., and it rendered to print perfectly. I like the wrap-around effect onto the back. It looks a lot more professional than my earlier efforts.

I’m also loving that the spine is thick enough for lettering. That was my only misgiving that the novelettes; at 50-80 pages, they didn’t really give me a lot of room to work there. I’d love to offer them as a boxed set, but alas, CreateSpace doesn’t provide the option.

At 190 pages, March of the Cogsmen is available through CreateSpace for $12.99, and will soon be available in paperback through Amazon.com.

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