The last few months have
been a blur as I put the finishing touches on the second Caitlyn Jamison
Mystery series, Fatal Dose.
As an author, whether you
are published or self-published, it is your
responsibility to put out the best product possible. To accomplish that I
paid close attention to what each of my seven beta readers said. I took their
comments seriously, and made adjustments to the story in order to address their
concerns.
When I was sure the
manuscript was as clean as I could get it, I loaded it and the cover into
CreateSpace, and ordered three proof copies. I read one, my husband read one,
and a colleague who is a grammarian, read the third. We each found things to
address, which proves that editing is never done.
Having said that, there
comes a time when the author has to decide the book is done. We have to let it
go.
I reloaded the corrected manuscript
and the tweaked cover into Createspace at eight o’clock Tuesday morning.
The book was approved by five o’clock Tuesday afternoon and I ordered one more
proof copy. I am a firm believer in “Murphy’s Law.” As soon as this last proof
copy arrives, I will not read it again, but instead will check the cover, and
make sure no formatting issues have popped up.
Fingers crossed that my
second book will be available by mid-next week. Whew!
