I’ve corrected the first proofs of my first poetry collection, ‘The Cellist, a Bellydancer & Other Distractions’ and posted them back to my publisher, Ginninderra Press.

So what are first proofs?

According to Wikipedia:

In printing and publishing, proofs are the preliminary versions of publications meant for review by authors, editors, and proofreaders, often with extra-wide margins.

Proof, in the typographical sense, is a term that dates to around 1600.^[4] The primary goal of proofing is to create a tool for verification that the job is accurate. All needed or suggested changes are physically marked on paper proofs or electronically marked on electronic proofs by the author, editor, and proofreaders. The compositor, typesetter, or printer receives the edited copies, corrects and re-arranges the type or the pagination, and arranges for the press workers to print the final or published copies.

So now I’m waiting for my publisher to send me final proofs. A proofreader will check the final proofs before I post them back.

Also front and back cover images and information are now being finalised.

Then comes printing of my new book. A very exciting time.

It will be about a month until release of ‘The Cellist, a Bellydancer & Other Distractions’. In the collection there is a poem about a cellist, another about a bellydancer, and one about distraction. 45 poems in total.

I’ll let you know when I’ve got a publication date.