Any day now I should receive the entire book mock up (all pages with text and illustrations) from the publisher. I already okayed the preview (the first few pages) - so now I'm just waiting on seeing the entire thing. I'm beyond excited about our progress.
Now that the illustrations are finished, the process goes pretty quickly. I talk to the publishers, giving them my vision and answering their questions. They work for a few days and then they send me a proof. I either suggest changes or approve what they did. And this just keeps repeating for every aspect of the book.
I do need to note that my brother felt so badly about taking such a long time to get the illustrations finished. However, now that they're done and I can see how beautiful they are, I completely understand. Even though I've assured him it was well worth the wait, he still feels badly. So much so, he asked me to share the following:
To our Family and Friends
On behalf of my wife and myself, we would like to thank everyone for their patience in regards to our illustration work. We did everything by hand and there is very little room for error with our chosen mediums, so this process took much longer than anticipated.
Nash is our nephew and we wanted to do our best in his honor and I feel we accomplished that goal. We felt compelled to give all that have donated to the publication of this book a quality product and we strongly feel we met that end as well. However, I cannot thank you all enough for your patience and your faith in our little team of author and illustrators.
With much love,
Trent and Kara Smith
I'll be sure to let y'all know more details as they come. My goal is to have the book available for purchase by Thanksgiving!!!
Love to y'all,
Tracy
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God has blessed me with an amazing family. I am so proud to be your mom.
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