I was puzzled by mention of a metadata survey I must have ready for the publisher by the end of September. he online definition-- "a set of data that gives information about other data"-- didn't clear it up much but a look at the actual survey told the story. They want information about my past publishing history, my plans to travel promoting the coming book, my bio, successful books from the past five years that I think have similarities to my book, a one sentence pitch, a couple of paragraphs of back cover copy, (these last two are fiendishly difficult stuff that I often assign to folks in my writing classes. I feel their pain . . .) I took advantage of a quiet yesterday to make major inroads on this survey. Yes, it's a month away that it's due, but my classes begin mid September-- just at the time I'll be getting the first round of edits on the novel which I will have to deal with, along with editing sixty pages a week for the folks in my class. And taking care of Josie two or three days a week. Do-able but right now is the time to get this metadata thing out of the way. My eyes are crossing . . .
