You *can* judge a book by its cover!
May. 4th, 2010 08:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gilanaA book is an inherently satisfying object to hold in your hands, at least to me. But to be holding a book that I actually designed myself -- well, believe it or not, it's actually even more exciting than holding one that I was published in. (Of course, they misspelled my name that time; at least this time, I can make sure it's right!)
This is my first book, and it's a bound copy of the script for The Margaret Ghost, so the fact that it's a T@F project makes it even more special. The ever-patient![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lillibet and I have spent a more hours than I care to count going over and over and over it, eleven rounds of revisions at last count, but I think it's really paid off -- it looks, well, professional! I wish I could do more books, but sadly, breaking into publishing is really tough. Still, having a sample to show off is a good start.
This is just the sample copy, the test pancake so to speak, so I have a few tweaks to make, but by the time the show rolls around, if not before, we should have copies for sale. I can't wait for everyone to see them! And the contents are pretty great, too; in addition to the script, the book contains an introduction and postscript bylillibet , and a paper by the playwright. I think we're planning to sell them for $15, so bring money to the show! :) And we'll probably also be selling them directly through lulu.com, although that will add some shipping costs.
This is my first book, and it's a bound copy of the script for The Margaret Ghost, so the fact that it's a T@F project makes it even more special. The ever-patient
lillibet and I have spent a more hours than I care to count going over and over and over it, eleven rounds of revisions at last count, but I think it's really paid off -- it looks, well, professional! I wish I could do more books, but sadly, breaking into publishing is really tough. Still, having a sample to show off is a good start.This is just the sample copy, the test pancake so to speak, so I have a few tweaks to make, but by the time the show rolls around, if not before, we should have copies for sale. I can't wait for everyone to see them! And the contents are pretty great, too; in addition to the script, the book contains an introduction and postscript by
lillibet , and a paper by the playwright. I think we're planning to sell them for $15, so bring money to the show! :) And we'll probably also be selling them directly through lulu.com, although that will add some shipping costs.
