Well, it is done. You may be asking what is done. The book. And the website–well, nearly.
With regard to the book, I am Meta: Growing up in the Occupied Netherlands, I wrote stories I remembered my mother telling me while I was growing up. Then, Mom (Meta Evenbly) wrote what she remembered. Then, I put it all together. Then she edited and reorganized. Then I edited and added some history. Then she added a bit, corrected mistakes, and edited. Then I filled that story out, edited, and, well…so it has been going on for over a year. But, now it’s more or less done. The book, that is.
The next job on the book is to find a publisher. We’ve decided that the book is both too historically important and too relevant to current events to self-publish. But, apparently, traditional publication is not an easy or quick process. As the song says, “We’ve only just begun.”
Meanwhile, we are finding that there is much interest in I am Meta. People are asking when they can get a copy. Thus, the opportunity to preorder and get 25% off the first printing. And, this website, where you can follow progress and read some of Meta’s thoughts (yes, she is going to blog!).
Enjoy! And be sure to preorder…
My Opa told me about buying tulip bulbs on the black market during that time, they lived in Katwjk aan Zee during the wartime. This book will be a good one for gradeschool social studies classes especially in our “Dutch” community!
Thanks Barb, I hope that it will be picked up for that purpose.