A picture is worth a thousand words. This means my book will be the equivalent of 265,000 + words. Is that long for a book? Normally they are measured in terms of pages. The Cabins of Wilsonia will be about 168 pages long, perhaps a little less.
Here is what words are being written or have been completed:
- dedication
- preface
- introduction
- descriptions of some street names
- editing the quotations (SEND ME YOUR STORIES NOW Time is running out!)
- acknowledgements
- conclusion
Sounds simple enough, but look at the things I have to consider:
- Accuracy of information
- Accurate interpretation of people’s intentions in telling their stories
- Good writing skills (I have an editor, a professional who edits for a living.)
- ZERO tolerance for typos
- Consistent design within the written parts – Oh My Goodness, Adobe InDesign is the most non-intuitive program ever devised. All those options mean there are zillions of ways to make errors of inconsistency within the design and zillions of opportunities to forget how one did a thing so no idea how to undo the thing.
- Proper placement in a book. Did you know that one of the marks of a self-published book is improper placement of information?
The Cabins of Wilsonia may be self-published, but any Joe Average looking through it isn’t going to know that “Cabinart Books” is just little ol’ me.
Perkins tries to sit on my lap when the laptop is there. This hinders my typing. (And this photo was taken last spring – may we PLEASE have some rain NOW, PLEASE??)