There have been so many stages at which I thought I was done with the book. Obviously there was the momentous day I completed the manuscript and that exhilarating, terrifying moment I hit the "send" button. Then there was the day I completed the revisions which the editor requested and sent that version in. There was of course, the marathon of finishing up the endnotes, at which point I figured I was really, really done. But now I am in my final two days before the copy edited version is due back.
This is an important step because it it the last one where I can really alter the book substantially - add and subtract paragraphs, introduce a new study I found, etc. Once the book is put in galley form, changes become far more problematic, not to mention expensive.
The deadline to return the copy edited manuscript is Tuesday, and then I have a few more days to write the acknowledgments and dedication.
In the words of every kid who has ever been on a long car trip, "Are we there yet?"
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