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It’s official. I proofread the page proofs (the book in layout) of my novel over the least couple of weeks and submitted the final corrections last Friday. Today I can say (with a great sense of liberation) that the project is finally finished, and the book is done. The only thing I have yet to see is the back cover; I should see that in a couple of weeks. Praise the Lord! What a journey!

So what’s next? Promotion, promotion, promotion—as much as my schedule allows. More on that soon. And the next novel, of course.

Today, my editor at Kregel e-mailed me the page proofs of my novel. What are page proofs? They allow me to  see my novel in layout for the first time. With fonts and graphics, the project finally looks like a book, and it looks amazing! After the many stage of revisions and the long wait, this is the payoff. I’m very excited and pleased by Kregel’s hard work. Glory be to God!

December 16, 2008

Dear Reader,

Welcome to my December newsletter. Snow has blanketed the ground here, reminding me that Christmas and New Year’s are just around the corner. Because I know everybody, including yours truly, is insanely busy this time of year, I’ll keep this letter brief.

Publication of Fatal Illusions is moving forward. Up to nine established novelists are reading the suspense novel now and will turn in endorsements by the end of January. I’m waiting to do one more read, this time only for typos and other glaring errors. After that, the novel goes to press and should be available sometime in March, the Lord willing. more…

I’m thrilled to report that Kregel has scheduled Fatal Illusions for a blog tour at the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance, of which I’m a member. The blog tour will be July 6-8, 2009.

In other news, the novel arrived in my mailbox today. I have two weeks to read it again and make any last changes. We’re getting closer to the end! After this stage, I will read the novel one more time—this time checking only for glaring errors.

November 8, 2008

Dear Reader,

Do you ever wish life would slow down? It’s almost mid-November, and here I am working on my second newsletter already. What’s the status of Fatal Illusions? Kregel has said that the novel will be their “lead fiction title of the season,” so I’m getting excited. Right now, a copyeditor is fixing typos and other mistakes. I will have two more opportunities to read the novel: once after Thanksgiving (I can make minor changes) and around Christmastime (I’ll be checking page proofs only for mistakes). The novel goes to the printer at the end of January, and Kregel’s official release is sometime in March.

What else is there to do? I need to finish writing my dedication, acknowledgments, and the Reading Group Guide (discussion questions for reading groups). Several “endorsers” (established novelists) will read the novel and hopefully write positive reviews and recommendations. Review snippets of Kregel’s choosing will appear in promotional materials and somewhere in the novel. A Kregel publicist plans to discuss a marketing plan with me soon. Book signings? Radio interviews? Blog tours? I’m not exactly sure, but I guess I’ll find out. more…