And it's done

The book. And the author. 

Okay, so it's not quite done. I still have to listen to the computer read it to me, and I have to send advance copies to a few trusted readers/friends to find all the typos hiding on plain sight that I'm no longer capable of seeing, but that's minor stuff, really. 

The words and the big edit are over. It's a book now. Champagne has been drunk, notes for that book cleared off my phone, desk tidied. Nap taken. Long walk taken. Another nap. 

A brief rest (otherwise known as a custom sewing project) and onward.