The Publishing Ice Jam

Forgive my silence. I didn't mean to be rude. But virtually every aspect of producing the 2nd edition of Many Faces 0f Journaling seemed to get jammed up for a while. (I could call it constipation of the book world, but that would be tacky.) Although such small problems are frustrating, they're not unusual.

Today the ice jam cracked and the work started flowing again.

• The cover artist agreed to take the job, and we talked about the modifications to be made from the old cover, namely locating 3 new "people" photos and changing the background to a light pastel.
  
• I converted my remaining 10-digit ISBN numbers to the new, and ever so improved 13-digit versions. (Just as people have social security numbers rather than names, books have ISBN numbers instead of titles.)
  
• Then ordered the new back cover barcode online, and Walla! I've already received the jpg. file.
  
• Shelley, my account exec extraordinaire at Atlas Book distributors, sent me the forms that must be filled out and returned if this 2nd edition is to appear in their fall catalog (which has to be ready for the Spring BEA exhibit).

All of those efforts had been stymied in one way or another for over a month. With them either taken care of, or at the least on someone else's to-do list, I can get back to writing the two new chapters for the book.

Such publishing chores have to be checked off before the writing can morph into a genuine, printed and bound book.

That's my world at the moment.

May your writing ice jams all give way to the magnificient heat of your writing!

~ Linda