I just finished the edits requested by the development editor. This included my bio, acknowledgements, and preface.
The acknowledgements were not easy. As usual, I started out with 50% more than I should have, and had to edit edit edit. But I think I have all the main players' names in there at least once. Two people were listed in different sections THREE TIMES! I didn't want that to go to their heads. ;-)
The only thing missing is the Foreword, which will be from a popular author and old friend of mine. I'd tell you who but I don't want anyone pestering him! 🤣 We've given him to the end of September to finish. Pretty sure I know what he'll say about TDD (and it will be compelling!) and hope he'll include something nice about moi.
The draft goes back to the dev editor now, and I think (unless he finds more stuff for me to fix) it goes to production next. They may request changes, but I think the files will be in a different format at that point.
I'm looking forward to *not* using MS Word to write a book.
