First Proofs

It’s a strange term, because first proofs are the final chance I have to review the manuscript for the Darkening Archipelago before it goes to the printer on January 25^th.

I’ve been holed up in Banff, Alberta this week, staying at a friend’s condo while she is away over the New Year. Jenn and I have been skiing every day, and I’ve been rising early to work on a new book called The End of the Line, and to review the D.A. It’s a little nerve wracking; of course I’m finding mistakes, and there are sections of the book that I might change a few words in if I had the opportunity to write them over, but otherwise, I’m reasonably happy with the manuscript as it stands.

It’s hard to believe that the story that I laid out on a 20 foot long roll of butcher paper in the tiny library at Hollyhock almost four years ago is finally going to see the light of day in less than two months.