Kieran Mulvaney

It seems to take forever for a book to come together, for the research to fall into place, for the writing to be completed, and then the editing, and then more editing ... but you know it's the real thing when the page proofs arrive, as did the proofs for "The Great White Bear" the other day. (more…)

Finally. Three weeks late - but 15,000 words longer - I have submitted the draft manuscript for my polar bear book. Publication date: Fall 2010. Greater specificity to follow. Now, I must sleep.

My book deadline is one week from today. Last night I went to bed feeling moderately certain that I would at least be OK on quantity, if not the quality - I reckoned I could deliver the entire manuscript, but I wasn't confident that the most recently and hurriedly written chapters would be of sufficient quality. (more…)