thank you for being excited abt it! im v scared honestly... haha but ok to answer, it is a very long and humbling process. im quite used to getting feedback, getting my work TORN APART in workshops, etc. but the experience of having multiple editors on your manuscript correcting everything is very very humbling. i'm learning a lot-- about writing, about language, and also publishing, marketing a book to an audience, etc. and really just the discovery that a book is not just the output of a writer, but a whole team-- some of whom i dont even interact with but they are there! my thread with my designer for the book itself is now running on 60+ emails. there's so much work that go into having a book out its just mindblowing? and the fact that soon it is going to be in the hands of strangers and friends. WOW!!!!!!!!!! THATS AMAZING... and also terrifying. like, can you believe it?!??? i cant!!!! sorry i wish i was more coherent abt this lol but i really still cant wrap my head around it even though i've been working on the whole thing since apr 2023 hehee so yup. its long and humbling and hard work!