Cockadoodledooooo!

We're there, we've arrived - nearly!

The book is finally complete and is almost ready for sale.

After some minor technical problems (major to me, but I am not too bright with these things - I'm a writer, not a computer geek!!!), the manuscript and the cover art were uploaded to Lulu early this week. I've ordered the proof copy which will allow me to ensure that everything is hunkey dory.

All being well, I should receive this over the coming weekend and then we shall hopefully be cooking with gas!

Published and on sale. What a relief!

It's taken me a very long time and has cost me a huge amount of labour to get there, and I must, here and now, pay tribute to all those who have helped and guided me through the intric - intriss- intrick - tricky parts of using MS Word and Adobe Photoshop. And of course, those wonderful ladies and gentlemen who very kindly read the early scripts - how their brains must have boiled!

However, their encouragement and kind words boosted my flagging ego no end, so that I was able to fight my way through. The end result will be very soon be out there for all to see.

So, what have we got? Being of 'that age' where I need help in reading etc, I decided that the book should make allowances for such as myself, that is, less than perfect eyesight and less than perfect agility.

I wanted a book that people such as I could handle, hold and manipulate so to read. To that end, I chose Royal size (9x6) with 12 point Palatino which is a nice, open and easy viewing typeface.

There are 30 separate tales in there, totalling 44 thousand words over 182 actual pages, with an introduction.

I haven't yet fixed the selling price but again, I have tried to be fair. There are certain costs related to the printing etc which I cannot control, but my wages I can control. I didn't want to be extortionate, nor did I want to give my labours away, so my part of the selling price will be something reasonable. I need to get some recompense for all those years of work, don't I?

I have to say, and I cannot be more certain - it will be extremely good value! 30 stories, 182 pages, 44000 words plus Mikal's magnificent cover work! That's got to be good value. I'm not the only one to say that, by the way!

As soon as I have more detail, I'll post it up.