D'Philip Chalmers's Blog – April 2010 Archive (3)

I am on the second set of proofs for my new book, “SCHLEP” and we’re almost done with the re-writes and proofing process. I ordered three copies of the proof and presently have three copy-editors reading through the book looking for any and all mistakes, inconsistencies and other errors. I want this, my first published book, to be as perfect as possible. I motivate myself by thinkg of The Beatles and would they have let an album come out if every track was not absolutely the best perfect they… Continue

Chicago. That’s where this road begins, that’s where my story starts, Chicago, Illinois. The city dangles on the lower neck of the Great Lakes like a glorious shining jewel. Its magnificent mile of towering steel and glass, the mix of concrete, green space and the lakefront make Chicago a Mecca on the Midwestern plains. Rising from the cornfields to the west, rising from the ashes of the past, this 21st century city is constantly reinventing, rebuilding, redoing itself until, someday, it will… Continue

This is the hardest part, I swear, the wait. More difficult than writing the book, more tedious than editing it, there is more anxiety for me now while I wait, do nothing but wait for the second set of proofs to come back. I received notice on Tuesday that the books were shipped, but I have not received them yet. Once they come back, we go through another round of proofing, looking for any and all errors; if there are none (which I hope), the book will go into production immediately and be… Continue