Maybe Santa was bringing you new socks and underwear, but at my house he dropped off page proofs for S. Sylvan Simon, Moviemaker: Adventures with Lucy, Red Skelton and Harry Cohn in the Golden Age of Hollywood, due out early next year from McFarland.
Over the next 2-3 weeks, I'll have my final opportunity to keep typos, misspellings, and general boo-boos from finding their way into print. It's a bit of a nervewracking procress, because I always want my books to be as close to flawless as possible.
Another not-terribly fun task is the compilation of the book's index. It's a tedious chore, but it usually pays off in terms of finding at least a few changes I want to make.
The final result, hopefully, will be a book readers will find helpful and interesting, one that gives my subject the credit he deserves for his many accomplishments. And, hey, I might even make a few bucks.
Here's hoping.
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