I’ve managed enough baby steps that now half the stories are in the “Done” folder, along with all the shorter texts, like “About the Artists” and “Acknowledgements”. So the book won’t be going to the printer’s while I’m away, and I’ll be astonished if it goes to layout, but it is at least moving.
And now I’m busy dealing with all the little jobs I’ve been putting off, trying to get as many as possible done before I leave. Things like helping prepare a press release for an upcoming anthology I’m in, and shortening the straps on my sun-dresses and getting posts for http://lapalma-island.com scheduled for while I’m away, and paying my accountant.