I always forget about this stuff when I’m writing the novel. It’s only when I get to the point where it’s ready to convert that I remember that I have to put this stuff in. That would be things like the copyright notice and the acknowledgements in the front of the book, and the more personal stuff at the back. Then there’s the blurb. So I’ll get this done, then I can finish up, right? Oh, yeah, wait. The cover. I have to create the cover, then it’ll be ready. And the ISBN. Mustn’t forget the ISBN. Nobody will take a book seriously if it doesn’t have one of those.

Okay. I’ll be right back. Just need to do a few things …

rjb

I have finished the epilogue to the novel, Sunward, and stitched it onto the end of the book. That completes the Plainsrunner trilogy, comprising the novels The Plainsrunner, The Prime, and finally, Sunward. I’ll spend the rest of this week editing and polishing the epilogue before beginning the process of conversion into ebook forms.

This one comes in at over seventy-five thousand words. I was aiming for seventy thousand, so I guess that’s not bad. The next one will be shorter, I promise.

rjb

The proofreading and editing is done and now comes the scary part, when I declare it ready for conversion to ebook form. That means I have to feel sure that it is well-polished enough to release into the world where everyone can see it. You just have to tell yourself that it’s fine and you haven’t left anything that will cause the world to point at you and laugh.

Next week I will complete the epilogue and tack it on, then convert it to PDF, ePub and Mobi, with an appropriate cover image of course. Once that’s done, it will be on to the audio recording.

Some time before the end of the year I will take some time off.

rjb

I’ve written the final chapter of my current novel, Sunward. Now it’s time for proofreading, first this final section, then the book as a whole. After that I’ll complete the epilogue and then head on to formatting and other presentation matters. Writing the story is only step one. Let me think. Do I remember how to get an ISBN? What about the cover image? Wish me luck.-)

rjb