Outward Bound: My Early Years
Mary H. Sherwood with Philip Sherwood. 2012. 8 x 10 inches, 148 pages, soft cover, 90 images. Book and cover design by William Glasgow. Printed by Island Blue / Printorium Bookworks. 50 copies
lifewriters.ca managed this project from concept to publication. It is the second of a three-volume set (It’s Not the Ships and People Will Say We’re in Love). Our services included:
- conducting 15 hours of audio-recorded interviews
- researching the client’s family archives and public background material. Extensive fact-checking
- selecting material from the client’s diaries and voluminous wartime correspondence and integrating it into the manuscript
- transcribing the interviews and additional written material
- crafting the transcripts, letters, and other material into an engaging first-person narrative. Ghostwriting
- researching and identifying the images to be included from a vast collection
- taking additional photographs and the author’s back cover photo
- scanning and retouching photos and memorabilia
- designing the book and cover. Writing the back cover promotional copy
- contracting and liaising with a printer on behalf of the client
- designing a promotional poster
