I received, today, from the publisher of Night School the page proofs for the book. I only have 48 hours to review, so I better get off here, fire up my printer and start reading!
After I review and send any corrections back to them, I will be sent a final set of proofs to sign off on and then it’s time for cover design. I’ll just keep my fingers crossed that they accept the cover art that Jaime Ortiz did for the book.
We’re getting closer…
Thank you to those of you that have recently visited my page and have left comments and/or asked a question. Having said that, I have included some more answers in the FAQs section, to your right.
One of the things I pondered when writing Night School, was what the cover of the book was going to look like if it went to print. Since starting this website a little over a week ago, it has also been on my mind about what sort of graphic/art I would put at the top of the home page.
One week ago, I began working with Jaime Ortiz of Trippy Tease Productions, on ideas for the cover of the book and graphic that would go at the top of this page.
As of yesterday, Jaime completed the artwork for the cover of the book (which will be sent to the publisher, today) and will begin shortly working on the graphic for the top of the page. I can’t share this coverwork with you, until it has been approved by the publisher, as they have final say on the cover of the book.
Although, if you have any ideas, thoughts, comments, about what should be at the top of this page, leave them below now or forever hold your peace!
Here is a small interview I did with allthesebooks.com, you can read it here. Their home page is also under my Links section.
I figured it was about time to tell a little more about my upcoming novel, Night School, and what it will be about.
Check out the Freebies section for the back cover text and an excerpt from the book.
I’ve added some content to the FAQs page. Feel free to check it out.
Many, many years ago (back in the day of high school), I was into writing poems. I was searching over the web today and found one of my poems, ‘Holocaust’s Fear’, is still floating around out there in cyberspace. I thought I would share it with you. It can be found under Freebies to your right.
As this is only the beginning of the publishing process, I don’t have an official release date, though I do have a fairly good idea of how the process will work from this point foward.
– Publisher will receive and process the counter signed contract
– Publisher will contact me to submit the entire edited mss
– Manuscript will go into Pre-Production (editing on their end)
– I will be sent Page Proofs, review and edit, again, as needed and send back to them.
– I will be sent back the Page Proofs with any suggestions or edits I have made for review and final sign-off.
– Book will go into Cover Design
– I will be sent the Cover to review and approve
– Book will enter Production stage and I will be informed of the official release date
That’s pretty much it, in a nutshell. Lot’s to do, but fun all at the same time.
Also, Thank You to all those that have already visited my site and left encouraging comments. I appreciate it, very much!
‘Gnomus’, was the second short story I wrote but the first to be published. It can be checked out here in the August 2008 edition of Orion’s Child Magazine. Truth be told, these little things scare the jeepers outta me.
Ty Schwamberger 