I finished chapter 31 on Monday - a short one, with lots of hints about
what happens next, and another unexpected gift for Gwernin from his
prince. That completes the manuscript's first draft. In the intervening
two days I've created a map, updated the appendices, and started the
initial proofreading (I've already found one minor error where someone's
name changed from "Ieuan mab Iago" to "Ieuan mab Pawl" between
chapters, but this was an easy fix, and the chapters were after all
written two or three weeks apart). The book should be ready for the
"first readers" by the end of the month. I've set up a
preorder page
for the ebook version on Smashwords, and will be uploading a rough
version to Lulu soon to check for problems there. This is only part of
the work involved in producing a book like this as a self-publisher!
I
also spent much of yesterday updating this website. Considering I
started it sixteen years ago, and didn't really use it for a couple of
years until I started this regular blogging, I found that a lot of links
were broken or outdated. There are still some things I need to fix, but
I think most of the stuff on the right sidebar is in better shape now.
In
other news, the garden is growing, and as we had a couple of days
without rain, I finally got the grass mowed. And the roses have started
blooming. Summer at last!
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