Thanks to a tip I got yesterday from my blog mentor Helen, (see comments on last post), I printed off a hard copy of the galley for Caring Lessons. It is much easier to spot things like uneven paragraph indents on the printout. So I'm thankful for the hint to print and for the advice …
Proofing the Galley!
Being new to the process of publishing, I didn't know (or didn't remember) that I'd get the galley to proof. But I did and now I'm working on it. Caring Lessons is now typeset, and I'm very happy with how it looks. My publisher, Deep River Books, has done everything I've suggested. Imagine my grin …
Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup Parade #2
Lining up for duty: The parade highlight: After the parade:
Stanley Cup Parade — About to Start
Randolph and Michigan!
Countdown — 16 Weeks Until Publication!
If all goes as planned, Caring Lessons will come out on October 1, 2010, 16 weeks from today. (It may even come out a little sooner, but I'm doing my countdown on the original projection.) I've added another excerpt. See "Chapter 6 - Time-out" under Pages.
The Greatest of These is Love – A Memory
Among the boxes I am sorting, I came upon memorabilia from my childhood that reminded me of when I was six, a tow-headed preacher’s kid riding my two-wheeler down the side walk of Montauk Highway on Long Island. In my right hand, I clutched a five-cent chocolate ice cream cone from The Dugout, a soda …
Countdown – 17 Weeks Until Publication!
If all goes as planned, Caring Lessons will come out on October 1, 2010, 17 weeks from today. (It may even come out a little sooner, but I'll do my countdown on the original projection.) So each Friday from now on, I'll be adding another excerpt from one or two chapters. See today's excerpt from …
Marrying John Deere
In my current sort-the-stored-boxes life, I found an official note on a 5 ½” x 8 ½” sheet of slightly yellowed paper: "YOUR WEIGHT at the 1975 ILLINOIS STATE FAIR 001190 11:15AM Au 09 75 Compliments of the Department of Agriculture." So in 35 years, I've gained 35 pounds. A pound a year. A pound …
A Bird-licious Day in Chicago
Outside cafes are finally open in Chicago. That must mean summer is around the corner. Here I share lunch with a friend and a bird who loves the crusty, yeasty, yummy rolls under the awesome white awning at Smith & Wollensky on the Chicago River. A tour boat on the Chicago River. A favorite summer …
Give Up Engagement Gift???
As I recall, my husband couldn’t afford a diamond when he proposed to me a year before marriage. Instead, for an engagement present, he gave me a set of Noritake china. That was in 1961, 49 years ago. I used it for a few years after our marriage when we had “company.” When the kids …
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