As you can see from the gap in posting, it's been quiet at my end as the Teddy Roosevelt book goes through edits. At this point, the book is off to the designer. I had a glimpse of the layout -- it has a nice look about it -- both western and "presidential." My publisher does 2-color interiors, and the designer chose a warm brown and pretty soft blue color.
The copy editor had a chance to get his/her (I don't know who that is) questions to me about a month ago and I spent a few days double checking on facts, figures, and images. Here's what the process can look like. My original work is in black, followed by the copy editor's queries, the development editor's comments, and my answers back. You get the idea!
Here are two -- I was amused by the second question but of course not at all surprised. I've been spending so much time in the 18th century I figured everybody knew this stuff about little kids.
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Very interesting! Thanks for taking us along on your journey!
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