In the last seven days, the stack of Wax Bullet War galleys we have sitting in the office went from one hundred to just about half of that. On Monday, we packaged up and mailed copies to each of the reps at Ingram. I have also started fielding requests from booksellers (at Big Name places) who are interested in Sean’s book. It’s encouraging to receive these emails, not only because it’s exciting to see other people get behind a book that I really care about, but also because it confirms that the sales kits we put together months ago are making the rounds and doing their job of building interest in the book.

Paul, who is designing the book’s interior, is wrapping up the design process. Sarah, our fearless Editing Lead, has assembled her team of proofreaders, who are waiting in the wings. Once the design is complete they will go through and do this very last stage of editing.

Meanwhile, Sean is starting to make plans for what is shaping up to be a pretty amazing book tour. He is very well connected in pretty much every sphere that matters with a book like this: military and veterans' communities, educators, artists, writers, and the local literary community. He wrote about some of these plans on his blog. While you’re there, check out the rest of Sean’s blog and website, and be sure to check back right here for another update next week.

Until then,

Laurel