Volume III is starting to arrive - I got mine today.
Volume IV is 99% done. The next step is the finishing editor. The art by Norma Boeckler has been placed. I expect to DropBox it to Janie Sullivan tomorrow.
I had a lot of fun editing part of Volume V today. It will not take that long to finish, I believe. This is one goal met, God willing - to have all the Gospel volumes done (1-5) before the Reformation.
That makes it possible to finish 1-8 for Christmas. The last volume will be the Gems, some of the best sections from all 8 volumes.
This is like a dissertation, where the author/victim is pretty good at it by the time the effort is finished, but that is a bit late. I have heard of professors getting a second doctorate to protect their position. That would be boring - this is really exciting.
Some things we eliminate - with the help of various readers:
- Strange and random punctuation marks.
- Wrong citations for Biblical passages.
- Outbursts of odd words - like "Renee" - in the middle of a passage.
- Odd spellings, odd hyphenations, unsolved mysteries.
- Some irritations are found in large amounts, like Strong's numbers, which were quite an achievement in his time. <123382> Like that.
- Also - can not, some one, any one - trivial, but trying to be consistent.
