Interview Stories
And a submission!
This past week has been full of challenges. But — I’m going to concentrate and reflect on the positives. After working since the summer of 2021 on a book project with another local author, we finally submitted the manuscript on our deadline — January 15th! There will still be a round of editing after the publisher’s editor goes through it, and then final proofing before the book is published. We are hoping that it will be out by this summer. It’s usually 3–4 months after submission, but that all depends on a lot of other things.
I spent the better part of this past year and a half visiting breweries and conducting interviews with my co-writer. Then I spent a ton of time revisiting those breweries, talking with the bartenders, brewers, taproom managers, etc… I drank a ton of amazing beer along the way. I formed connections with some wonderful people. I made friends and got out of the house!
Just because I’m done with the initial writing process doesn’t mean that I’m going to be leaving this obsession anytime soon. I will definitely continue to visit all of these breweries. I will also continue to do research in this field because it’s become a passion. I interviewed for a related position today.
I totally dropped the f-bomb during the interview. Well, in all fairness, he asked me if I liked craft beer…
