John Vasco
Senior Airman
Yep. I've proof-read the updated text and loss/damage tables twice. I will do another proof-read when everything else is done.Work on book coming alongJohn Vasco ?
I've selected all of the photos to be included in the updated edition. Put them in month order, and then in date order, as far as that was possible.
Last night, I started on writing the captions for the photos. Only 800+ to get through!
Photo selection is a long-winded process. Deciding what to put in and what to leave out (when there are many photos of the same aircraft). Writing captions is labour-intensive. I do between 5 - 10 at a time then leave the captions for an hour or so. Then go back and read over what I have written on those 5 - 10. Do any changes that I identify, then go on to write a few more. The proverbial 'rinse-and-repeat'.
When the captions are complete, I'll do a final proof-read of text and loss/damage tables, as said above.
In total, when everything is complete, I will have invested north of 1,000 hours. The side of things the public never see when they pick up a book of this type. I should say 'books', as the publisher will split the work into two volumes, separated by months, to make things more 'financially user friendly' for customers.
I met up with Peter Cornwell at the end of August and had a great time reminiscing on the scrapes and adventures we had on our travels through Germany and Austria decades ago. Here's the two pensioner authors now: the Scouser and the Cockney!
