My father has always told my sisters and me, "Remember your Five Ps: Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance!"
But not everything goes as planned. In fact, at the end of a book cycle, very little goes as planned.
I understand the special challenges that come with sending a book to print. In the past fifteen years I have worn many hats in the book publishing industry -- as an author, a project editor, a copyeditor, and an indexer.
Manuscript quirks, rush jobs, and last minute changes are facts of life. Haven't you invested too much time in your project to drop the ball in the last quarter?
What I'm Reading: Alice Notley, Grave of Light: New and Selected Poems, 1970-2005