And there you have it: the very first actual hardcopy print of Fugitives from Earth. With this printing, we enter phase two of the revision. As I mentioned in the last post, I need to re-read it for continuity and plot tweaking (in some cases, more than a little tweaking) before it goes out to the beta readers. This will, I hope, be a little easier than phase one turned out to be; a four-week project turned into ten somehow. Funny how that works with books.
But I’m still making progress, and that’s what counts. It’s very gratifying to see this hefty thing that I’ve constructed entirely out of my imagination. There’s an entire universe between those pages.
The Tenth Word 
Hey, congrats. Do you reckon you could kill a man with the printed manuscript?
“That’s a very nice paragraphs you have there.”
“There’s an entire universe between those pages.”
Incredible to think about that.
I’m glad to hear about your progress. Like I said before, let me know if you need one more beta reader when the time comes.
You’re on the beta-reading shortlist. I’m really hoping to have it ready to send out in a few weeks, but frankly, who knows? Every time I’ve made a prediction like that I’ve been wrong by half, so take it as you will.