The big map is complete and print-ready! I had to stop myself from ordering it immediately – it’ll be better value to order in a complete set along with all the parts for the old and new guidebooks from my printer – but I’m excited, clearly.
I haven’t sat down and begun the corrections yet: on the one hand, there’s been an awful lot of other work to do, and on the other, I must admit I’m a little daunted. But once I’m working through them, I won’t easily be able to stop. The allure of a fourth printed volume is strong… And I might have that precious printed proof in my hands in a matter of weeks now.
I’ve done a little more work on the guidebook, including rearranging maps for the scenic routes and some work on the pub list. This isn’t yet finished, however.
The 100 Endings Playthrough month is going well: there are more than a dozen contributors on Reddit and Discord sharing their ideas about the books, with fresh posts most days. A couple of potential readers have become late-stage backers as a result and there have also been a flurry of map and book orders to dispatch.
I’ll be away at a church conference for part of next week, so there won’t be a large amount of time for more work, but the week following should be a good chance to get down to some of these: I’ve been instructed to turn up for Jury duty at the start of July, so ideally I’ll have the corrections and internals completed by then. It makes a good deadline, eh?
Not much other news: a few bits of family business have needed my attention this week, but I won’t detail them here. I also addressed an online entrepreneurs group last weekend about the lessons drawn from crowdfunding – and noted the importance of creator credibility and communication! And then there’s a friend’s book of poems I’m publishing, with a book launch in London on 23rd of this month.
Thanks for your patience over all this time. Next update due: 22.5.26