Hurrah and, Whee and wow and whew…..
copyright Noreen Crone-Findlay ww.tottietalkscrafts.com
I am such a happy and rather exhausted bunny.
A couple of days before my actual deadline, I finished the manuscript, photos, diagrams and photo coding for my new book: Peg Looms & Weaving Sticks: Woven Projects & Techniques, Basics & Beyond.
Wow. BEFORE deadline. Wow.
My lovely editor is off in Scotland perusing fibery goodness there, so bless her heart, she has said to me to take a week or so to do the proofreading. I love my editor.
Taking a week or so to do the proofreading is the most sanity saving way of doing the slow and essential plod plod plod through the manuscript, so I am eternally grateful that she has suggested this. Like I said. I. Love. My. Editor.
The final couple of weeks of finishing the book were grindingly intense and the last few days were proper pinchers, so I have been having some delicious recovery naps in the last couple of days.
Changing gears and shifting back into ‘real life’ is a quietly satisfying process.
I got explosively inspired for the ~NEXT~ book, so have been galloping into it, being incredibly inspired and feeling all excited and delighted and then taking another recovery nap.
Wow.
And, now…. for a few hours of sipping tea and sending my eyeballs on a mission across the screen:
Must. Find. All. The. Errors.
Must. Polish. Any. Clumsiness.
And, then…. I’ll take another lovely nap.
I love this book.
I love the next one.
Wheeeeeeeeee………..
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I’m right with you! “Hurrah and, Whee and wow and whew…..”
I love you can have a little nap now and then. You earned the naps. I am very excited and thrilled for you. I’m excited for me too. I can’t wait to get my hands on this book.
Marilou
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Thank you so much, Marilou! I have loved writing this book and am feeling very happy about it. Very tired, but oh so happy 🙂
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Congratulations!!! All will be well!
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Thank you so much, Kjerstin! 🙂
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Oh my Goodness—you have clearly earned your nap!. It must feel like an anvil has been lifted from your head. I am so so proud of you—congratulations!!!!!
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Thank you so much, Donna 🙂 Yes, the last push to the finish line was incredibly grueling, but so worth it. I am filled with joy and delight. And, once I have completed the proof reading, I will feel another level of contentment! 🙂
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Congratulations! When is the book out? Now go have another delicious nap.
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June 2016 and Thank you 😀 Actually, I have fallen under the spell of the Next new book and I am headed off to the woodworking room to build some new little looms that I have designed for the Next New book 🙂
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Noreen, Congratulations. I’m ready to get my hands on it now, Irene
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Thank you, Irene! There’s still a year of work that the lovely folks at Stackpole Books have to do before it can be in your hands, but I hope that once it is, that you will enjoy it mightily! 🙂
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Does it give uses for the stick weaving? I’m looking forward to ordering it
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:11:35 +0000 To: patriciakpope@hotmail.com
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Yes, indeed! Lots! And, while you’re waiting for the book to come out, I do have patterns and eBooks in my etsy shop….
https://www.etsy.com/shop/NCroneFindlay?section_id=16079467&ref=shopsection_leftnav_2
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Weeee I am soooooo excited I’m bouncing for you squeezy hug!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thank you so much, Caroline! And big squeezy hugs right back atcha! 🙂
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Has this book been released yet? Just wondering because it’s on Amazon for over $600.
Kelly
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Hi Kelly
No, the book won’t be released until Sept 2017. When Stackpole books was sold to another publisher, the book was delayed for more than a year.
I am so happy that it will actually be released!
Hmmm…. people have been telling me that they have been pre-ordering it from Amazon, but I am not sure why it’s only showing up with a crazy $660 price tag. Hopefully, this will get sorted asap.
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Okay! My editors have talked to the people who deal with amazon, and it’s all sorted now. Thank you for the heads up!
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