Progress on the Book

Finally: something to report. The good news is that my editor at University of Nebraska has a publication date in mind for my book. The bad news is that it isn't slated to come out until Spring of 2010 at the earliest! The press doesn't publish too many books at once, and they do so very carefully, hence the long production time. I have until the end of this December to get all the final edits, photos, thanks, etc. to them, then the experts will work on copy-editing, typesetting, cover design and sales and publicity plans. 

I used to be the most impatient person on earth. I think I've gotten much better in recent years, as age and child-rearing mellow me. Apparently I haven't achieved enough patience. This long publication schedule feels a bit like an exercise from above. Just how patient can I really be? How long can I wait to see beautiful Montana again?

The good news is that I've been planning to take a cross-country college visit road trip with my daughter after her junior year, which is the summer of 2010, so maybe I can drag her to readings along the way.