Travelling to the Edge of the World - Finally! by Kathleen Jones
As I write this, it’s minus 2̊ C below and snowing outside. If you live in the north of England, it’s been a long, soggy winter and it’s been hard not to get depressed. Particularly as the aftermaths of flood and flu have brought work-in-progress almost to a standstill. I’d hoped to have my Haida Gwaii book out before Christmas - originally to coincide with the Paris Climate Change conference [COP21] - without realising that Nature had other ideas. But this week the book is finally complete, with illustrations, fancy chapter headings and inter-active reference notes, all put together by my in-house book designer and editor at The Book Mill , Neil Ferber. There have been a few hiccups - having an editor who is also a life partner can be tricky at times! Suddenly realising that you’ve got to alter chapter 3 at the very last minute because you’d forgotten something doesn’t go down well. And it can be a delicate matter communicating the fact that you don’t...