Friday, December 19, 2008

Can the end be in sight?

Tomorrow, Friday, is the last day that I can submit this photobook (by 4 p.m. PST) and still have it arrive for Christmas--assuming I am understanding the website information. It is nearly 2 a.m. and I have not been able to be "finished" until I was "finished"--it was important to me to put in my best effort clear to the end, if I'm going to do this at all. I have finalized everything but about three loose ends (although they are not important). I'll try tying those up tomorrow. I have worked on this since Sunday evening, Dec. 7, until today, going all day and often late into the night. It has driven me crazy. I love this type of project but not in an insanely condensed period of time, at Christmas time and under great pressure. I feel welded to my computer chair. I hardly know what to do with myself if I'm not sitting here, so detached from reality have I become.
I started innocently on this project, not at all estimating its problems and time requirements.
It is so hard to proof read my own material when everything is so fresh. I like to let things sit and then proof when I've forgotten a bit about things that I've written. Plus, there is no way to see all the text without clicking on each little individual text box (probably about 72 x 3 text boxes if not more). I think this has redefined the word tedious. I was dismayed at the number of typos or "unsmooth" :-) sentences this last go-round. I even spell checked all the boxes BEFORE I proof read them tonight. But I can't do it again tonight. I'm getting a bit foggy-headed and I need to quit for the night. Say a prayer for me. I desperately want this to be a quality product.

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