Indebted publishing updates

Here's the latest progress on Indebted  (For all of you NOT interested in the publishing process that I've outlined below, I will just say that I think we're still on track for Indebted to go live in March of 2012 on Amazon.com.  Yay!  Can't wait for you to read it):

·      I received the LCCN (Library of Congress Control Number) for Indebted on 2/8/12, which opened up the interior design process so that I could then upload my manuscript to CreateSpace.

·      I uploaded the manuscript of Indebted on 2/9/12 to CreateSpace. I had already downloaded the questionnaire for the interior design team, so I just cut and pasted my answers onto the form on their site.  (When I first did this for Inescapable, the online questionnaire was time sensitive and would only remain open for something like 20 minutes before it would "time out" and make you start again.  My advice to anyone publishing is to get the questions in advance and work on them so that when you do it, you won't be pulling your hair out.)

·      I also completed the questionnaire for the book cover design on 2/9/12.  CreateSpace contacted me via email to arrange a consultation with a Designer Manager to go over the questionnaire.  I had my consultation on 12/16/12.  The Design Manager is not the person who will be designing my cover.  Her job is to ensure that the designer assigned to my cover has all the relevant information about the characters and the plot.  (Okay, this conversation is always a little awkward for me; it's not the designer manager's fault either, it's mine.  I provide a brief synopsis of each of my manuscripts: Inescapable, Intuition, & Indebted, so that they know the plot, progression, and characters—new and old.  But, invariably, there are those questions about the characters that sound absolutely absurd when one says them out loud.  Case in point:

Designer:  So this Brennus is a...

Me:  He's an undead, evil faerie.

Designer: *Small exhaled laugh* Ooo-Kaaayy...

It gets more awkward from there but I won't bore you with the details.  I'll just say that one can tell right away if someone is NOT into the fantasy genre.  This is not a criticism of her.  If someone were to describe his idea for worm farming in the Arctic, I would probably roll my eyes.  I'm not into worms, farming, or the Arctic, so I see it as a completely human reaction.  But, like I said: awkward. )

·      I'm hoping that the interior format sample chapters are ready by 2/20/12 or 2/21/12 (Monday or Tuesday).  The sample chapters are a PDF file that consists of Chapter 1 of the manuscript and any other formatting from chapters that were specifically mentioned prior to formatting the interior.  For mine, I expect to see a sample from Chapter 2 because I have an "email exchange" that I want formatted to look like computer writing and indented to offset it.  Once I get it and approve it, they will format the entire book and then send the entire PDF file to me for review and approval. 

So, just like in this song by Kasabian:  I'M WAITIN'

P.S. This song reminds me of Brennus and the fellas