Doug Kerr
Well-known member
I'm pleased and proud to announced that Carla's first book, her memoir, entitled The Cherokee Advantage, will soon be published by Lulu Press. We are awaiting the proof copy. (It got trapped in Rochester, N.Y. as a result of the snow there.)
The book is written under her maiden name, C. C. Crittenden.
Here we see the proud author with a mockup (run here from the actual final cover file):
Douglas A. Kerr: Pride of Authorship
Carla has worked on the book for nine years as she studied technique at various seminars and extensive online courses. She had wonderful help from teachers and other authors (both published and not yet published).
All editing, formatting, and prepress work was done here. Carla commissioned the cover illustration (done in oils) from a well-known local artist, and it was digitized here. We did the front and back cover design.
A complete "ready to print" PDF file of the interior was uploaded last week to the publisher, as well as "camera-ready" image files for the front and back covers.
The ease of the mechanics of publishing today is astounding. Lulu (they often go by the name "Lulu.com", but you know how I hate names that are Internet addresses) prints the books "as required". If one is ordered, they print, bind, and ship one, forthwith. Then process is essentially fully automated. Of course it's only as "easy" as it was here after all the preparations are made!
We hope that one round of "adjustment" will suffice, and that the book will be ready to order within about a week. It will be available directly from the publisher. I'll provide a specific link when that is in place.
You can get some idea of the nature of the book from the "blurb":
The front cover illustration is intended to be evocative of the "Trail of Tears", the sad march of the Cherokee when they were relocated from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern U.S. to Missouri and (mostly) to what we know today as Oklahoma.
It was Oklahoma's gain, as the most civilized of the "Five Civilized Tribes" brought to that developing prairie area their culture and their skill with literature, government, journalism, and law. And those Cherokee girls were way cute (still are)!
Needless to say, I am thrilled at this milestone by this amazing woman.
The book is written under her maiden name, C. C. Crittenden.
Here we see the proud author with a mockup (run here from the actual final cover file):
Douglas A. Kerr: Pride of Authorship
Carla has worked on the book for nine years as she studied technique at various seminars and extensive online courses. She had wonderful help from teachers and other authors (both published and not yet published).
All editing, formatting, and prepress work was done here. Carla commissioned the cover illustration (done in oils) from a well-known local artist, and it was digitized here. We did the front and back cover design.
A complete "ready to print" PDF file of the interior was uploaded last week to the publisher, as well as "camera-ready" image files for the front and back covers.
The ease of the mechanics of publishing today is astounding. Lulu (they often go by the name "Lulu.com", but you know how I hate names that are Internet addresses) prints the books "as required". If one is ordered, they print, bind, and ship one, forthwith. Then process is essentially fully automated. Of course it's only as "easy" as it was here after all the preparations are made!
We hope that one round of "adjustment" will suffice, and that the book will be ready to order within about a week. It will be available directly from the publisher. I'll provide a specific link when that is in place.
You can get some idea of the nature of the book from the "blurb":
At first glance, you may think this is just another sad tale of molestation and neglect, but it is not. You will marvel at the courage and ingenuity of this human being as she struggles through adversity and survives in great style. Time after time she reaches deep into her soul for the wisdom and courage of her Cherokee ancestors in solving her dilemmas. Read and be amazed.
The front cover illustration is intended to be evocative of the "Trail of Tears", the sad march of the Cherokee when they were relocated from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern U.S. to Missouri and (mostly) to what we know today as Oklahoma.
It was Oklahoma's gain, as the most civilized of the "Five Civilized Tribes" brought to that developing prairie area their culture and their skill with literature, government, journalism, and law. And those Cherokee girls were way cute (still are)!
Needless to say, I am thrilled at this milestone by this amazing woman.
