Well, I started typesetting A Rumor of Real Irish Tea yesterday. My first time around, with A Boy Called Hawk, I think it took a couple of weeks to get everything right the way I wanted it. (That book is by no means perfect, either - every time I glance through my proof copy, it seems like I find some new little mistake I made. I'm looking at you, Capitalized-preposition-in-a-chapter-title. You gunky.)
I'm starting to get worried about this time around, though. Today is Day 2, and all I have left is widow-and-orphan control, TOC page numbers (which can't be added until widow-and-orphan control is done), and the About the Author at the end.
Seriously?
I must be forgetting something. I must be. Either that, or I'm a whole lot better at this than I thought I was (and I really don't think I am). But I've already formatted the chapter titles, put in the drop-capitals, set up all my headers and footers (I swear that alone took me three days last time, because the stupid things kept linking to one another behind my back), and inserted the front matter for the book. That last item was actually pretty easy, though, since I just pulled the copyright page straight from ABCH and changed out the three items that needed it.
I guess all the work I put into the first book is paying off. And I do have its file right there to use as a reference. It's rather nice.
Right now the page count is ~340, which puts the book probably in the $13-14 range. Maybe more, maybe less. I haven't pinpointed a final list price yet. And my deadline is still June-ish. No point in getting overly excited and moving it up, right?
:P
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