It has arrived.

Yes, after a long wait, Pleiades has arrived.

I was immediately disappointed to see that it needed another correction.

I was also so displeased with the quality of one of the illustrations, that I intended to remove both of them. My editor disagreed with me on this one, and we debated on it for a while. I acknowledge that I might have a more critical eye than anyone reading it, but said that I'd never be able to rest easy knowing that 'poor quality' image was included. I argued that it didn't look like something that would come from a proper publisher (though in hindsight, I take that back). Finally he said, "don't let perfection be the enemy of good."
He really liked the illustrations, and thought I'd be diminishing the quality of the book by removing them, not improving it.

So I conceded, provided I could put a frame around the image to seperate the illustration's "white" background from the white of the page.

So here's hoping the next "final test" will be the last one, and that it won't take 52 days to get here.

Pleiades Illustrations

The publication of Pleiades: Seven Stories of Unhurried Solitude, is still on schedule, but the parts I thought would take the most time have been the fastest to complete, and the parts I thought would be a breeze have taken me the longest. The audiobook still isn't finished and available, but the final editing took very little time at all. In fact, what ended up slowing down the book's release (though not beyond the expected date) was the insertion of the illustrations.

Although I originally planned to have a total of five, for various reasons I ended up having to cut the number. I chose the two I liked best, and, unless I'm absolutely unable to put them in the book without distorting them, the following two images will be the final illustrations.

Pleiades, chapter 7 illustration

Pleiades, chapter 1 illustration

Hope you like. :)