Two Weeks and Counting

Finding Angel will release in exactly two weeks. That's fourteen days. In other words--really soon! I promised myself that this site would be centered around all things related to the book, and I'm trying desperately to keep that promise. Ironically, it is the book that has kept me from posting here.

Things involved in publishing a novel that you might not have thought about:

Reading the book over and over, looking for typos "one last time," until you become completely sick of it.

Chapter header images and scene break images. In my case, I'm the artist for my book as well as the author, so those images have been my responsibility. Well, technically, my publisher cut out the keyhole from the cover image to use as chapter headers--but I'm helping :P. And the scene break image is an original drawing.

Reading the book over and over, looking for typos "one last time," until you become completely sick of it.

Dedication page and acknowledgments page. Those are not as easy to write as you think! Making sure you mention all the people who helped you, knowing darn well you should probably be saying more about this person or that person...

Reading the book over and over, looking for typos "one last time," until you become completely sick of it.

Typesetting and formatting, spine and back cover design. Those are in the hands of my publisher right now, but I feel like a mama bear with someone else holding my baby. Luckily, I have a lot of faith in the one holding her ;).

Reading the book over and over, looking for typos "one last time," until you become completely sick of it.

Worry, worry, worry that there is something you are missing. A plot hole, a detail you got wrong. Is someone who is an expert on something you make one tiny statement about going to go "No way! That's not right!"?

Oh, and did I mention...Reading the book over and over, looking for typos "one last time," until you become completely sick of it...