RotB Update
Apologies in advance.
Long and short of things:
I and my family are moving. Over the next two days, as a matter of fact. Into a home that three weeks ago we didn't know if we had; two weeks ago we didn't know if we had; one week ago we didn't know if we had. All this after losing out on 2 previous homes. Due to some very lazy and unpro behavior of several other people, things have been pushed to the uttermost limits of sanity. Last-minute work had to be done on the home; last-minute inspections, certifications, appraisals, and lending approval. The last still isn't confirmed yet...and we're supposed to close at 3pm Thursday. I'm told we'll still get the house, perhaps on a 'post-occupancy rental' status until a real closing can happen, but nothing guarantees that. So that means we still don't know if we have a house less than a day before we're supposed to. Once we do move into it, I have rebuilding and repairing to do before I can even do the remodeling that I planned to do (as in fencing for the dogs, etc.). During all this we've had both cars break down, go into the shop, and every single person who was at one point or another planning on helping us move has had to cancel due to you-name-it-it's-happened reasons. So my wife and I will be the only ones loading a 26' u-haul with all our stuff. Yada-yada, I know.
I say all this to say that I've worked on the RotB layout almost none-stop during and around all the above. Something is drastically wrong with it, I've tried every way possible to work around it or in spite of it - all to no avail. In order to meet the printing requirements I have to rebuild the entire manuscript from the ground up. Okay, a day's worth of work. Maybe. Negative here is that from pretty much right now till Saturday night I don't have that time. I won't have internet access during some of it, nor even computer access. SO my day of work can't even start to Sunday night, after I return to my bill-paying job. Which means it will be June 1st before I can even remotely send the new file to the printer...get the new proof 3-5 days later...and then okay it for immediate release - if it passes inspection.
So, I profoundly apologize for this, but I have tried. On this schedule of events, the limited cover editions should start shipping by the middle of next week and the regular cover editions by next week's end. And that is being very optimistic and tying my fingers crossed.
I will not be posting this information on the RBE website. I only extend all this info here on the SFReader forum because of all my faithful fans and friends who frequent here. Again, I apologize wholeheartedly.
(I probably will not be responding to any posts here until next week.)
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Jason M. Waltz
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