It’s been feeling very September-ish for the last couple of days, cool and breezy and lovely. I love September and even October (when it’s mild). It’s the whole November through March thing I don’t particularly care for. This is, not coincidentally, when we’re on standard time. Honestly, I always feel like I should be hibernating.
This week, I completed the interior layout, which in turn gave me page counts so I could download templates for the print covers. I assigned some ISBNs, and essentially, I’m at the point of final page proofs.
The plan is to use text-to-speech to listen to the text while reviewing the PDF. I’ve already charged my noise-canceling headphones. Still, nearly 170,000 words between both the novel and novella?
That’s a lot of listening.
I may need to break it up with some other activities. I don’t want to zone out and miss something. After all, the whole point is to not miss something. But if the weather stays September-ish, I’ll probably spend some of my breaks outside.
Writing Wrongs 
What a beautiful photograph! Do you know what those spires of pink flowers are? (Besides gorgeous, that is.)
And congratulations on all the progress you’ve made — it sounds like you’re nearly done. Except for, of course, the 170,00 words requiring your close attention. That sounds hard! Sure hope you don’t let it interfere with any autumnal pleasures (cider! donuts! hikes in the woods!)… best wishes!
I have no idea what those flowers are. There are so many lovely autumn blooms around here: pink, purple, yellow, and gold. I do wish I could name them all.