We have a book in the oven!

       Below is the final cover (except to the ISBN number and bar code, which hasn't been assigned to the book yet) for Murder by Dewey Decimal. I transmitted the book to Lulu today. Woohoo! In about two weeks, I'll have a printed proof copy. If everything looks good, I will approve it, and a book will be born.
      The uploading process to Lulu took most of yesterday and today. It wasn't the simple process that they make it out to be on the website. Nowhere close to simple. I will know better how to do it next time. I'll write a post later telling what I learned about the process should any of you want to attempt it. (One tip: Think very hard about whether you want the trouble of creating your own cover. Lulu has many good looking covers you can use, and it's a lot easier than using one of your own.) We'll see if all the effort was worth it when I have the proof copy in hand.
      I feel very relieved. And excited. I'm going to be looking eagerly for the mail for the next couple of weeks.
      How have you been doing? What exciting things are going on in your world? I hope you have a great day tomorrow. Next week we'll be posting photos of my lovely niece at her prom and photos of Mikey's new baby brother Jay as well as photos of Mikey himself.
      My plan for this coming week is to publish two family newsletters (Hey, it's possible if unlikely) and get them mailed out. I'll also be reading Darkness, Oklahoma to start getting some wordage on it.
      My secretary is still doing well. I'm hoping she will continue to improve and will eventually be able to do many of the things I'm doing now. I have several work projects that I'd like to get started on, but I haven't been able to.
      And now I'm going to figure out some diabetic acceptable way to celebrate uploading the book. Good night!