Zanski: Blog

Now comes the period of trying to clean up formatting errors. They look fine in the file I upload, but the transfer to a different system can be a leap of fate. My last posting queue submission was an attempt to re-format the chapter sub-heads in Bootleg Justice, e.g., "1866: THE BORDER" instead of "1866: THE border." And a few other things like that.

Depending how it comes out will inform what furthe format chages I'll have to make to Book 3: Nuevo Mexico, which is otherwise ready to go.

I have just now submitted Bootleg Justice to the posting queue. Next, I plan to repost a slightly more correct edition of War Party. Mea culpa.

I have just submitted Book 1 of the Seneca Series: War Party. Provided I haven't fouled up the transfer -- which is far from guaranteed -- it should be posted tout de suite.

Book 2, Bootleg Justice, is about ready to go, and Book 3, Nuevo Mexico, is a few days from final polish, so, lord willing and the creeks don't rise, here we go again.

I have, within the hour, finished the third book of my Seneca series.

Now each book needs a final run through, each story usually requiring a week to ten days. During the course of that review I insert typos, scramble a few sentences, and add a few other errors simply for the reader to find and report to me, allowing him to feel smug and superior, while I pretend to have missed them, despite having gone over everything at least a dozen times. But it's all in good fun.

Hopefully the first book, War Party, might be posted by the New Year -- but no promises.

At 194k words, I just began the last chapter of Nuevo Mexico.

For some reason, I've been struck with a self-destructive urge to predict when I might be finished. I'll just teeter along this slippery, narrow ledge and say, "By Christmas."

Be forewarned, I'll need a final polish on each book before I submit it to the powers that be. That usually takes a week or two per book. Then everyone can start finding all the errors I've missed.

Ah, well. Home stretch.