Friday 15 March 2024

AN UPDATE SONNET ON THE PROGRESS OF 'WRITE-ON'


That Magical Moment

 

That Magical Moment will be if … if …

The proof of our book comes back just perfect.

The first copy’s printing and getting checked

Though our typeface got changed to fonts ‘serif’

Which shook up the layout. We felt quite miffed.

It had taken an age, and all seemed wrecked

But ‘twas not so bad: just minor corrects,

Print turn out wonky? – more hitches to fix.

 

It’s taking a while but magic shines through

Though we’ve not crossed the finishing line yet

Much had been written; it took time to choose,

Spoilt for choice, but the deadline’s just met -

Ten years of writing from Peepo’s top room

Spelled ‘magic’ and ‘Write-On’ from High Town's write-set. 

6 comments:

Ann Reader said...

Great stuff

Liz said...

I had hoped to have the first copy by this weekend to check and re-order some more - but Bookmundo yesterday altered their ‘estimated despatch’ dates from 13 - 15th March to 15 - 19th March 😠 Seems we need to allow for at least a fortnight between order and despatch - and then delivery, which will be in the hands of the Royal Mail. The draft was sent off on the 8th March. So it’s taking a bit longer than I first thought it would.

Anonymous said...

Well done Liz, you are getting us there. Can’t wait to see /read it. A big thank you!! xx

Jennie said...

That was Jennnie!

Anonymous said...

Today the date for shipping got extended again! To the 21st March. VERY frustrating 😖

Irena Szirtes said...

So much work Liz, and very much appreciated by us all 🙂