I’m getting excited! My illustrator and I have been skyping once a week for the past three weeks, and yesterday, she gave me a sneak preview of the drafts for my book When Freedom Came. I can’t wait to see the completed product and share with you how those pictures came about.
When Freedom Came is a chapter book that carries a montage sequence – where the narrator, nine-year-old Boshigo, is looking at the current result of freedom from the lens of 3 generations (her, her mother and her grandmother). When her Gran’mama went blind, Boshigoi became her eyes; and for years, her Gran’mama spoke of Freedom as if she were an old friend of the people of South Africa. Boshigo shares the fear and anticipation, and the joy she feels as she helps her 96-year-old grandmother vote for the first time in South Africa. Boshigo has helped to make history, but more importantly, she was there the day when Freedom came to her people in South Africa.
There you have it. Okay, so the story has been written, I’ve had two different editors review for 1) historical facts and accuracy, and 2) grammar, spelling, consistency of voice, etc. So what do I do in the meantime while the illustrations are in progress? I’m heading over to CreateSpace community to research all that good stuff that self-publishing authors need to know about such as; what trim size to use for the book, font, font-size, white or cream-colored paper–all the fun–I think. So if anyone out there has gone through this, I would love to get some tips and advice.
Stay Blessed,
~Arama Christiana
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