Book One Is Done
- Aug 11, 2025
- 2 min read
As I promised in my last post, this one has the best news: I've finished with the Ivy edit. Also as I mentioned, it wasn't difficult. There were a few grammar things and a few inconsistencies with how I type that got ironed out. No big deal. The only real issue was finding the time to get it done.
The biggest changes are actually my Author Bio, which looks more like what I have here on the site now. (Along with my site being correct now, since I bought my own domain and all that jazz.) And the acknowledgements. Now, honestly, I could have left the acknowledgments alone. The people originally mentioned are still all important and were critical for the first release of Ivy. That said, this version is being carried almost entirely by my wife, and she deserved more of a spotlight. I also added more family members and my spouse. Because no one respects the work you do like the people who had to sit through you doing it.
In my last post I mentioned how I was going to have a really busy week from here on out. Well, make that two weeks. The vacation time is longer than I originally thought, which means a lot more responsibility on my end, and my hours are still unknown. Yay. That said, I'm still going to give it a fair shot of getting Oleander done in a week. Time is moving too quickly and I'm ready to get this nailed down.
So, yeah, that's all I have for now. Except, of course, the picture you first see. That was fun because I'd never encountered a quote that made me actually stop what I was doing so I could go create an image for it. I'm really hoping and looking forward to making more of those as each book progresses.
Now I'm off to do more admin things and maybe get a little writing done.
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