I Am In the Process of Writing a Book

Today, after about two months of daily effort (about 4-6 hours a day with Sundays off) I completed the short (118 pages) book I wrote at the request of long time friend. It is a series of true short stories that comprise a memoir of my 10 years working as a teacher in a public mental hospital for the criminally insane.

Today was frustrating. I just spent 6 days editing and correcting it. Today's job was going to be relatively simple and my last day of working on it. The plan was to enlarge the type font from 12 to 14 pt., print out a copy, then go get several copies made, go to the bank and get a money order for the copyright fee, go to the post office and mail a copy to my long time friend and one with fee to the Library of Congress copyright office.

Instead, I got into a war with the computer and the printer. It took many hours and the help of a friend to get the printer to accept the "simple" type change and to manage to print out one clear 14 pt.type copy. By that time I was exhausted and both the bank and the post office had closed.

Since tomorrow is Sunday and I have a dentist appointment on Monday...it's looking like I won't be winding up this project until Tuesday.

I am exhausted and frustrated and wish I could have this book project wrapped up so I could rest and then celebrate.