Imagine you’ve just walked into Powell’s; the tables of books stand before you, as does a maze of shelves beyond shelves filled with potential rainy-day material. A cover with interesting lines and a clever title catches your eye. You walk over and pick it up, naturally flipping the book to the back cover. Blurbs. Now, […]
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Waiting for Books
By Meagan Lobnitz
A great deal has happened with Untangling the Knot in the past several weeks. The project team received and sent out galleys, and we were thrilled to receive blurbs from Andrew Solomon, Amy Hoffman, Abigail Garner, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, and Ryan Sallans; we are so grateful for their time and that they have lent their […]
Last Chance
By Meagan Lobnitz
The Untangling the Knot interior design is complete, and the project team is collaborating with the editorial department to proofread the manuscript. This is the team’s last chance to catch any errors that have survived previous rounds of editing. The goal is to complete the proofreading by December 1, when the manuscript will be returned […]
Sharing the Collection
By Meagan LobnitzNow that the Untangling the Knot manuscript is under the care of the interior designer, the team has been working on creating interest in the book. We are building lists of upcoming events at which we would like the title to have a presence, and we are working on ways to make sure that the […]
A Complete Manuscript
By Meagan LobnitzThe biggest piece of progress since the last update is that we finally have a full and complete manuscript. All of the essays have been type coded and compiled into one document, and that document is now in the capable hands of the interior designer. Now that the manuscript is finished, the project team can […]
Busy Times.
By Stephanie Podmore
It’s safe to say things have been pretty busy in the Forgive Me world. We closed out the summer with some big news and exciting plans. Team member Ellie’s hard work, personalizing letters and digging for blurbers, paid off with three amazing, heartfelt quotes for our cover: Young-adult author Ruth Tenzer Feldman said the story […]