Birthing a Book

Okay, okay. It is all true. Writing a book is like birthing a baby. First forming the creative idea =getting pregnant, going through the nine month gestation (which takes a lot longer with a manuscript) =actually writing, finding just the right name =then exploding into labor =which is the last step of editing, proof reading and all that goes with it; egads, pulling out the hair and all =before holding that little creation in your hands =The Book.

Whew! I’ve had the heartburn, the indigestion, the tossing and turning during the sleepless nights when my characters drove me a bit nutty, the aches, the pains and the final push which brings it all together and comes into a form. Major Fraser's is coming soon, it is in the hands of the printer.

But it is looking good even though the planned photos did not get into the book. Two are posted. And already I am seeing things that I should have done differently……….just like raising kids.