Row, row, row your manuscript

The galleys have rowed off--or rather in this case they are heading by plane/truck down to NYC.

A few thoughts on the process. First, for those who remember my whining about the copy-edits, I was pleased to see that all of my STET's were honored. It's a nice sign of respect, and also a reflection of the fact that I pick my battles carefully.

In my first look at the galleys I had a brief anxiety attack because the page count appeared too short and I was certain that they'd left out entire chapters. This novel is longer than DEVLIN'S LUCK, yet the page count for the galleys was significantly shorter, and by significantly I mean 35 pages. Comparing the galleys to the printed paperback for DL, I can see that they are now squeezing in two extra lines per page, and the font may be fractionally smaller though it's hard to tell with the naked eye.

I still can't tell if this is a good book or not. I'm too emotionally close to it. There were a few lines that made me laugh, and one scene that gets me in the gut every time, but other than that, I don't know. As truepenny said today in her LJ I'm sure someone would have said something to me before now if the book truly sucked. Pretty sure, anyway.

Pretty

My new icon is from the title page for the new book. Very pretty.

Finished up the project box by tossing in the photocopy of the galleys, and writing today's date. For those keeping score at home, the project box for THE FIRST BETRAYAL consists of:
- Original Proposal
- Interim outline (shown only to arcaedia)
- Revised proposal (version that sold)
- Submitted manuscript
- Revised manuscript
- Copy-edits
- Galleys