You know one thing I hate about college? The shock that comes right after spring finals (especially your last finals at a particular school). Finals week, you study and study and get all angsty about getting an A on all of your tests or finishing your gargantuan essay or whatever. Then you take the tests. Then, all of a sudden, your life feels like a vacuum, totally hollow inside because your life has been bloated with studying and being a diligent student, and now there is "nothing" more to do for three months. On top of that, if you're unsociable like me and there's suddenly no more, like, tons of people around, you get the feeling you're turned inside-out and kind of really miss the people. It's really, really unpleasant.
However. . .
Now that I've recovered from the shock, I am in the process of formatting my poetry book for self-publishing (via Amazon/Createspace)! My schedule is roughly as follows: Interior - 1 week, Cover Design - 1-2 weeks, Anything Else - 2 weeks, and then publishing, while simultaneously working on the book website. Pretty excited! I was kind of dreading the formatting, but it is actually fun to be working on what the book will really look like. BUT THERE'S TOO MANY CHOICES. What font? What style of page numbers? And again, what font? (I'm leaning towards Georgia).
I don't expect the book to "go viral" by any means--this is just a start, a way to learn about self-publishing and gain some self-confidence by publishing something I'm actually proud of. If that's all I accomplish, I'll be happy. :)
Saturday, 16 June 2012
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