I AM PUBLISHING MY BOOK

Four days ago I made a commitment to deliver a clean manuscript of my Memoir about growing up in Austria before, during, and after World War II to my newly found publishing consultan in two weeks. Day one of the fourteen I started putting all my annotated manuscript copies, accunulated notes and critiques in one place - a large surface in my workroom - then looked at photographs which I had earmarked for possible inclusion in the book, original letters sent by my father from the Russian front yet to be translated --- and then I panicked! There is no way that I can finish in time!

And that is where I am today, still, four days later. I am putting away everything in my workroom which has nothing to do with the book. No distractions. Marcia, my wife, is helping me to find places where I can store these distraction AND find them again, should I need them. Wish me luck. I shall report on my progress daily.

My Motto

"Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer."Barbara Kingsolver