December 10th, 2008

Thunder Over the Prairie came back from the editors with a few changes they would like to see made. Most of the comments center on bibliography and additional fact checking. It’s tedious, but necessary. I want to make sure everything is as accurate as I can get for this book so I don’t mind the effort. It is the less attractive aspect of the job however. The book is more than 40,000 word, but it still seems thin to me. The cover art looks great! Globe always does such a good job. I hope to finish the sample chapter for the book proposal I’m doing for Bethany House publishing this week as well as the last chapter of the Cody tome. It would be nice to have a few days off over the holidays and I don’t just mean from work. I’d like to take a trip from me. If worry and guilt were Olympic sports I’d win the gold every time. I once wanted to save the world – now I just want to leave the room with some dignity. It’s holiday time and it seems like everyone is having an office Christmas party. I’m a staff of one so an office party would just be pathetic. They’re not in existence anymore, but I always wondered where those people who worked in those Photo-Mat booths took their breaks or had their Christmas parties. Did they just duck down on the floor out of sight? Enough! I’ve got to get back to work. I’ll be with Bill Cody if anyone asks.