Busy, busy day. A lot of thinking, a lot of ideas, a lot of writing. Invaluable to be texting back and forth between my dear friend and editor and also the contributor, the mother of the son we’re writing about. Could not do this without them. Thankful six eyes are on the team. Think at last count, in its first draft being created, we’re at 150 pages and 34,000 words. (I believe my debut book was something like 23,000 words.) But that is WITHOUT James’ mother, Debby, having giving me too much information yet. So a lot of editing and additions down the road. Looking forward to meeting them soon. Many big stages in book production: researching, composing, editing, verifying and confirming EVERY source (as with all books, one chance to get it right), submission, copyright permission, brief/basic editorial review from the publishing staff, resubmission, creating the book cover, publisher sample book to us, one last check of the manuscript, authorization for the release of the final product, creation of a book trailer YouTube video, learning how to access the social media package, potentially creating a website for the Clary’s. So….a long road ahead. Glad we are excited and motivated and committed to turning my friend’s life into a story….who said movie? The sky is the limit.