Used lulu.com for the working draft of The Money Spinner and it was a happier experience in that its text handling seems to be better than blurb.com. Trying to flow large amounts of text with blurb was a hideous experience which actually made me angry. Shame, though, because lulu doesn't offer the 5"x8" format, which is much the same as the mass paperback format used by Vintage (my publishers), but the format I used with lulu is the same as the trade paperback, which was used by Jonathan Cape for the 1st edition of Martin Martin. Swings and witches hats. Print and paper quality is good with both.
By the way, the cover image is taken from an illustration by Steve Appleton.
As for Jefferson Greenspan, I'm looking at two pieces of A4, taped to the wall in front of me, with the title: NOTES FOR SEPTEMBER PUSH TO FINISH 1ST DRAFT. So yes, let's see where we are in 30 days time, but I'm hoping to be close to having a 1st draft ready to send to my agent. About time. Am also considering a title change to An American Solution.
My second daughter, Emma, was born on August 11th.
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