I’m often asked how long it takes to make a book. I know authors can take anywhere from 1 month to 10 years to write a manuscript. Then an author who wants to be traditionally published might take 1 to 2 years to sign with a literary agent, plus it can take 6 months to 2+ years to sell the manuscript to a publishing house, and finally another 1 to 2 years to get the manuscript illustrated plus waiting on printing in China and marketing. Green With Envy took just over a year from idea conception to print.

Of course, this isn’t the only author-related thing I did in that year. I released two Oscar and Emmy Books, finalized another Oscar and Emmy manuscript #5 and delivered that to the illustrator, wrote a new draft for the 6th Oscar and Emmy book, tweaked my 1st Oscar and Emmy book to flow better and match the font to the rest of the series, wrote about six other manuscripts that are in various stages of revision, attended many conferences, watched hundreds of hours of webinars, read a couple hundred children’s books for research, revamped my website, was active on social media and sent out newsletters, and many, many other things.

This will be my final Book Launch post for Green With Envy. I hope you enjoyed this look behind the scenes about my whole book-making process.