Man, it took a lot of pushing and some deep-breathing exercises, but the baby is out of my body and in the doctor's hands.
It wasn't pretty, let me tell ya. If I'd co-authored the thing, I woulda told the daddy to stay in the waiting room rather than scrub up and film the process. Here's what happened:
I THOUGHT I delivered the baby last week. It came in PDF form. Paginated. Drop-capped. ISBN'd.
I nearly barfed. I broke out in a cold-sweat as I started reading those too-familiar first paragraphs. My baby was UGLY!! Hideous. And I was supposed to be sending her out to some famous authors for endorsement. I literally had the first full-blown panic attack of my life.
Later, I found out that almost all new parents of baby books go through this. Still, I abused my ability to make changes to the PDF by finding at least one thing on every page. My publisher was kind enough to allow me to do another full edit, baking that thing in the oven a tad more, and we are both thrilled with the extra effort.
She's purty, now. Must've gotten it from her daddy.
It wasn't pretty, let me tell ya. If I'd co-authored the thing, I woulda told the daddy to stay in the waiting room rather than scrub up and film the process. Here's what happened:
I THOUGHT I delivered the baby last week. It came in PDF form. Paginated. Drop-capped. ISBN'd.
I nearly barfed. I broke out in a cold-sweat as I started reading those too-familiar first paragraphs. My baby was UGLY!! Hideous. And I was supposed to be sending her out to some famous authors for endorsement. I literally had the first full-blown panic attack of my life.
Later, I found out that almost all new parents of baby books go through this. Still, I abused my ability to make changes to the PDF by finding at least one thing on every page. My publisher was kind enough to allow me to do another full edit, baking that thing in the oven a tad more, and we are both thrilled with the extra effort.
She's purty, now. Must've gotten it from her daddy.