Update on formatting, new logo, covers

Dear Reader,

As I write you today I am just getting over a bad case of poison ivy that I picked up when I did the weeding right after I wrote my last post to you.

I did not, however, let that interfere with the ongoing tasks associated with my publishing house and book launch. Wait - although "ongoing" is true, possibly I should also say "never ending" as that seems to be the reality.

I have been in formatting Hades (a polite substitution for H***) and I can't say with any certainty when it will be over. (This is when I repeatedly realize, Dear Reader, how lucky lucky lucky lucky published authors are who have an editorial and design and layout staff to take care of these steps.)

In spite of the frustration at having to go in and remove the double spaces (throughout over 150 pages) I habitually type after periods they way they taught us back in the dark ages, The Month of Zephram Mondays is just about there and I'm excited at how it is coming to life. (That is if the darn headers and footers aren't the death of it!)

My artist, Kecia, has formatted a logo for me that I can't wait to use. Hopefully you will see it on my next post up at the top of the page instead of where Good Manners Kids Stuff Press appears now in plain old type. (This will entail me changing - or corrupting as usually happens - the html code of my blog site. Wish me luck!)

Kecia and I also made some changes to my non-fiction children's book. Because it is about a timely topic, I hope to have final revisions within the next week so I don't completely miss the season and the relevant news cycles.

Once I have the final cover graphics and new logo I can activate my Good Manners Kids Stuff Press site and start the presses rolling, so to speak.

Oh, Dear Reader, I am almost close enough to taste it. I'm trying to be patient, I really am. Rather than twiddling my thumbs while I'm waiting for the parts over which I have no control, I started putting the second of my Zephram tales in the works so that I don't have too much of a time lag once I've launched.

Also, instead of twiddling, I sent changes to my Harry Potter Fan Fiction to my Beta at Checkmated.com last night. I hope to be able to tell you next time that it has been posted there in case you're a Harry Potter Fan and would like to read it.

(I also stopped at the library and picked up People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks and I'm looking forward to reading it.)

And that's just about it. Until my next post, I hope you enjoy some reading and writing of your own.

Your wannabe publisher and author,

Leslie