Returned to Missouri to work directly with Abby on final reedits of certain spreads, and the necessary renumbering associated therewith; figuring out a picture cover; meeting with David, Rita and Abby over finances; developing and toning a slideshow to show to Arrow Rock; deciding the title of the book and the book sections; creating a schedule of design (that’s insane) so that we can have this thing published by the summer; working out the final grouping of portraits to help accommodate Shane’s text as well as the visual variety; developing and creating a master template of paragraph and character styles. I’m tired of picas, my mind is blown. Sometimes I wonder why we don’t have a designer on this project too, if we’re going to have copyeditors and whatnot. Would be a better product for it…another very important thought for future bookmakers. I wanted to do everything when it started off, but I didn’t realize how big this book would be or how the time put in would spiral out of control – 224 pages is a beast! At least at the end of it, there will be a decent product, even if it’s not the best it could be (since we’re using standard heads instead of art heads, and neither Abby and I is the best or swiftest designer).
We’ve also hashed out the final details of the master template, and I created the portrait one, down to the picas and points. Abby will be creating the story one.
I’ve interviewed John Hansen and Patricia McDaniel for the other half of my master’s project. Previously, though I may not have mentioned it in this journal, I interviewed Jim Curley. I have sent out requests to Rhonda Prast and Tammy Lechner as well. I’m trying to get a hold of Marcia Prouse’s contact info.
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