{"id":6008,"date":"2010-07-18T04:37:46","date_gmt":"2010-07-18T09:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2010\/07\/18\/my-first-copy-of-merlin-s-blade-arrived\/"},"modified":"2010-07-18T04:37:46","modified_gmt":"2010-07-18T09:37:46","slug":"my-first-copy-of-merlin-s-blade-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2010\/07\/18\/my-first-copy-of-merlin-s-blade-arrived\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Copy of Merlin’s Blade Arrived!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes it’s true. <\/strong><\/p>\n

I had just finished entering all the (beyond-excellent) edits that Tegid had given me for Merlin’s Blade, when the mailman dropped off the last 125 pages sent by Tegid (thanks!) … and the first professionally printed copy of Merlin’s Blade!<\/strong><\/p>\n

And no … for those of you new here … I am not self-publishing<\/strong>. This is a proof copy for the sake of verifying my formatting and cover prior to printing up copies to send out for endorsement.<\/p>\n

And no … I don’t have a publisher<\/strong> … yet. My hope is that the endorsements will help in that process. <\/p>\n

Anyway … here are the pictures!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Merlin's<\/p>\n

\"Merlin's<\/p>\n

Printed in 6×9 format<\/strong>, the book is officially 423 pages, not including the three maps. <\/p>\n

Most of the endorsement copies will be softcover<\/strong>, but I printed up a hardcover for my own personal proof copy. <\/p>\n

And its good I printed a proof copy<\/strong> because the background graphic of the cover turned out too dark. I need to figure out a way to lighten it up. It’s possible that the gloss coating made it darker.<\/p>\n

Also… the endorsement copies I print will<\/em> have Tegid’s edits.<\/strong> Thanks for helping Merlin’s Blade be the cleanest it has ever been, Tegid! Which means the copy that arrived today has many mistakes in it. <\/p>\n

But despite that, this is still a historic moment<\/strong> in my four-year odyssey writing this book. Thank you, Lord!<\/p>\n

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