#29 is the final...

but I'm uploading a test file...just to see...

Proof #5...

Recieved it today...looks good. Need to mull it over before pulling the trigger.

Proof #5...

Just submitted Proof #5...version/draft #37!! Damn a lot of work for a goofy little book for my boy!

A few more...

...poems revised. Still waiting to see proof #4...but it's already obsolete...

Ordered...

Proof #4 today. Minor changes to the preface and the style notes and also three haiku slightly edited for clarity and brevity. The more I reread the more caught up I get in "perfection." Editing is hard...and brain consuming (which isn't too bad right now...I need the focus).

Additional content from the book...

September 8, 2005

For just a moment
your eyes convey
the wisdom of a sage

Waiting...

for the 3rd proof...

A few small changes. Six small errors with tab settings (had to get out a ruler to line up the first letter of stanza lines to spot these) and a bit of a rewrite in the Preface for clarity.

There's a poem I struggled with...maybe rewrite maybe not....decided (for now) not to rewrite.

Pins and needles....

2nd proof...

I ordered the second proof on monday...recieved a package from CreateSpace on wednesday...turns out it was a different book (Sudan's painful road to peace...by Arop Madut-Arop). Sent CreateSpace a message on their website (they don't provide a phone number)....waiting for their reply. I want to finish this so I can release the book for complete publication.

I have a few ideas about adding and/or changing a few minor details...but I want to see what I have so far before I start changing things!

Editing this collection has given me the haiku bug...again. Starting to think like a haiku poet again.

Grego

August 20, 2005

A boyhood friend
visits from afar
you stare and stare and stare