{"id":47,"date":"2008-05-15T21:38:48","date_gmt":"2008-05-15T21:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/forestforthetrees\/2008\/05\/15\/its-done-and-now-the-real-work-begins\/"},"modified":"2008-05-15T21:38:48","modified_gmt":"2008-05-15T21:38:48","slug":"its-done-and-now-the-real-work-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/forestforthetrees\/2008\/05\/15\/its-done-and-now-the-real-work-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s done … and now the real work begins …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before heading off to work this morning I finished off MAD, Cracked and Silly Bonds<\/span>, the last section to be written for JAMES BOND: A History of the Illustrated 007.<\/span><\/p>\n

So the first "Rough Draft" of the book is now complete and came in at 69,898 words – not too far off my initial "gut feel" estimate to the publisher of 70,000.<\/p>\n

This evening I’m taking some time off to hit the gym, and take my ever patient, and supportive, wife out to dinner.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow I start the real work of starting at Page One and working my way through revising and rewriting as I go. The aim is to spend the next two weeks revising and have it ready by May 31st for editorial review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before heading off to work this morning I finished off MAD, Cracked and Silly Bonds, the last section to be written for JAMES BOND: A History of the Illustrated 007. So the first "Rough Draft" of the book is now … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n