Book Season, Like Tax Season

If you have anything to do with book design, editing or publishing, this is the busiest time of the year. BookExpo is on the horizon and every book that has been put on the back burner by publishers all year long suddenly HAS to be finished for galleys in the next three days.

I’ve gotten about 12 hours sleep in the last 72 hours, which IS NOT ENOUGH! And yes, I am up now, Saturday morning at 4:00am, because after catching a couple of hours of rest, I’ve got to get back at it.

The good news is, the book I’ve been editing, which BTW happens to be one of the funniest, most heartwarming, well-written books I’ve ever read, is just about finished. It’ll go to galley next week and we’ll take it to BEA in June. And that is very exciting.

Also on deck for today is design and layout of a poetry book entitled She, with some amazing artwork in it. And an etiquette book written for men. That one oughta be interesting, I have only skimmed through it, but so far it looks like something maybe everyone could use.

There is no excuse for scoffing food into your mouth (with or without a fork), talking with your mouth open, and smacking like a hog, hunching over your food, pawing your utensils, and dripping sauce down your chin. Get the picture? Knuckle draggers are an embarrassment.

I’m looking forward to this one. I’ll probably be laughing hysterically through the whole thing. And keeping a list of everyone I’m going to give it to for Christmas.