OK. Now it can be said. My publisher is Oxford University Press. I finally signed the contract after a lot of going back and forth with my editor and consultation with two lawyers and a lot of friends. There is a book which I finally got out of the library about Legal aspects that authors need to know. That is not the exact title but I am writing while on vacation and the book is home. Yes retirees go on vacation, especially this one who is now working for Oxford Press on this book.
But having said that, I took the book with me. I have a deadline which is now December 2010. You might think that is a lot of time, but remember that I am a new writer so it will take time for me to write and then edit what I write and then have personal editors edit what I write and etc etc etc.
I have found out that I fall in love with the lives of these women so I write a lot. In my book contract I have word limit and a page limit so I really need to edit to get it down to the bare facts for the book. But having said that, my editor and I agree there will be a longer web version so I can say all I want to say about these women. As much as I would like to, nothing will be posted on the web until Oxford obtains the copy write
OK. Yes Oxford will hold my copy write which is why I say I am working for them. That's OK it seems that Google (the host for this blog) is going out and posting books without permission, I believe and there was a settlement. Oxford feels they are in a better position to defend my copy write than I would be. That's OK with me as I am a new writer and I am being published by this prestigious publisher so I am happy.
More later. It is late at night and I need to get up early as I am leaving San Diego, where I am now for Arizona tomorrow.
Jeannette Brown
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