Progress Reports

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The printer has set up a direct order page. To order the book, just go to http://CreateSpace.com/3495999

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Well, OK, I was a bit premature on the last posting. Another reading of the proof uncovered a handful of minor punctuation and grammar changes, so here we go again. I am now estimating that the book will be published and orderable but Friday. Maybe that’s optimistic, but that’s me, Jason Optimistic.

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We found a bunch of corrections that needed to be made, so we made them and ordered another proof copy which arrived this morning. If all looks OK, I will push the publish button Sunday night and you all will be able to order copies on Amazon by Tuesday. Stay tuned for more developments. If you sign up for email notifications (above), you will be notified as soon as I post it.

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I have here in my not so grubby paws, two proof copies of the book. It looks wonderful!

It is really an amazing feeling to have a physical copy of a book I have been working on for all these years actually in my hand. Now comes the last part of the production process, actually reading it, one more time, to make sure everything is the way it ought to be. Once that is done, I will push the button and it will be available on Amazon, immediately.

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The proof copies were printed today and are in the mail to me. I ought to get them on Sat. As soon as I make sure that they are correct and give the publishers the OK, they will be in Amazon’s catalog and Kindle’s catalog.

It’s a bit exciting!

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I first started writing this book in 1983. I have been writing it, on and off, ever since. I found it very hard to write during the times when I was actively out on the streets working with kids. It kept looking like case notes rather than the semi-fictional novel I was wanting to write. The last couple of years has been the steadiest writing and it’s done!

I want to thank all the slow waiters in various restaurants. Lots of this novel was written waiting for food to be served. The rest was written in laundromats waiting for clothes to finish drying.

So all that needs doing now is to read the galleys when they arrive. Hopefully there will be no corrections to make so that the book will be available at Amazon.com by the first of December.