Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Deep in the trenches
It's been an eon since my last post and there is much to report. We are digging down deep trying to finish the book while still maintaining all of our other work (and our sanities). The book progresses but not nearly at the pace that we originally had anticipated. Ours is the perfect story of on-the-job training as we need to put on a different hat everyday. Both of us need to be authors, publishers, publicists, marketers, bookkeepers, administrative assistants and every other role involved with running a publishing business. Wow, it really is a lot.
The good news is that we are getting better at it. Everyday brings a new challenge but proves us to be more adept at the skills that were required from previous days. Soon all of these small tasks will become routine and I foresee that with each new book we will be better prepared. One thing that we have been neglecting is to keep up with the posts here on the blog. If you have been following our progress I apologize and promise to provide more frequent updates.
One major distraction that we face is that the weather has turned so beautiful (finally!) that it is hard to spend all day in the office writing. I must remember to take a pen and a pad outside so I can enjoy the sunshine. Yesterday was up in the 80's which was absolutely balmy. Good for us, but not so great for those folks that were running the Boston Marathon. There was some serious dehydration along the route.
Anyhow, that is it for now. Check back soon and as always feel free to contact us with any questions or comments at info@whatsromantic.com
It's been an eon since my last post and there is much to report. We are digging down deep trying to finish the book while still maintaining all of our other work (and our sanities). The book progresses but not nearly at the pace that we originally had anticipated. Ours is the perfect story of on-the-job training as we need to put on a different hat everyday. Both of us need to be authors, publishers, publicists, marketers, bookkeepers, administrative assistants and every other role involved with running a publishing business. Wow, it really is a lot.
The good news is that we are getting better at it. Everyday brings a new challenge but proves us to be more adept at the skills that were required from previous days. Soon all of these small tasks will become routine and I foresee that with each new book we will be better prepared. One thing that we have been neglecting is to keep up with the posts here on the blog. If you have been following our progress I apologize and promise to provide more frequent updates.
One major distraction that we face is that the weather has turned so beautiful (finally!) that it is hard to spend all day in the office writing. I must remember to take a pen and a pad outside so I can enjoy the sunshine. Yesterday was up in the 80's which was absolutely balmy. Good for us, but not so great for those folks that were running the Boston Marathon. There was some serious dehydration along the route.
Anyhow, that is it for now. Check back soon and as always feel free to contact us with any questions or comments at info@whatsromantic.com
