I’m glad at the beginning of this blog I said don’t expect me to keep it updated. Becuase now for the first time returning back to a blog I haven’t updated in a long time I don’t feel guilty. I’m eating some blog win cake right now.

1001 First Lines is in the last half of the project. Have I even mentioned it here? I’m putting together a book called 1001 First Lines- it’s exactly how it sounds. I thought the hard part was over- finding the lines and going through second and third draft to make sure the first lines were correct, formatting and laying it out.

I’m designing the front cover at the moment and after that I’m a bit loss. I’ve got a book about self publishing which will hopefully guide me and I know a lot of writers who have taken the jump so I’m wondering if they’ll be open to me and my mountainous avalanche of questions. I would love to have it printed but I don’t want to use Amazon’s POD because I’m a pedantic designer and I have a very clear vision as to the quality I want for my book. I think it’s a curse being a writer and designer because it makes it so much more challenging just to get a book printed. I have to ensure I’m happy with the quality of the paper, the printing, the colour, the layout. I was looking at the books in the bookstore today and noted all the gold foil or the letterpress appearance, the different textures of paper, the printing techniques used. I wonder how I can do this myself.

Whatever happens I’m beginning with ebook publishing. And then I’ll print one paperback copy for myself, I think through blurb.com and see how it looks and then if it takes off I’ll print off a batch of paperbacks and offer them up for sale.

But first… ISBN and all that stuff!