Thicker Than Blood

Thicker Than Blood
M. A. Newhall

Version
The latest version can always be found at http://www.thickerthanbloodthebook.com This is version 0.91 of this book.
v0.91 4/8/2007 -- Fought with automatic for a .pdf pane with the TOC ala latex hyperref. It turns out the sffms syntax for non enumerated chapters means do not index for hyperref's interpretation of chapter directives. I could have lived with that if it where not for the fact that SFFMS insists on setting up chapter headings. Rather than fight with it I used pdfbookmark directives and quietly pointed to each chapter. What a hack, blech. Anyway the book now has a TOC pane for quick jumps to chapters. Thanks for the idea Wes, it looks great. A few awkward sentence edits from JK.
v0.90 4/7/2007 -- This is it folks the big final push. I am once again out of edits. As far as I can tell this book is COMPLETE and ready to print. Please read over it and look for ANY errors. On May 7th I am going 1.0 unless I have additional edits to commit. That means two things. I will send it agents and publishers with the hope of making a deal for the exclusive right to print and sell the book, and I will be able to continue work on book 2 in the series. For those folks waiting for the edited version, this is it. Print it, read it, send me edits ASAP, and I will add them.
v0.68 3/26/2007 -- Just got back from ICON 26 at SUNY Stonybrook. I had a blast talking to people about this book and future books. This update includes the latest pass of edits through chapter 45.
v0.67 3/18/2007 -- Continuing my editing efforts. To reiterate I am focused on thought, and emphasis italics, bad quote structure, and repeating character names where 'he' or 'she' would do. I made it to chapter 40. Only 15 to go.
v0.66 3/11/2007 -- Slightly revised cover. Repaired a couple of errors in my artwork. In case you are wondering I am not overly attached to this cover. I'd accept a good professional cover in a heartbeat. It just sucks less than my original attempt. I have completed more edits through chapter 37.
v0.65 2/17/2007 -- More edits. This covers a couple more corrections in chapter 32, and edits up through chapter 34. It's going quicker now. Less corrections to make.
v0.64 2/14/2007 -- Looks like someone (thank you Carl) helped me catch a noticeable science error. Turns out I did not think through the reception and even worse the transmission of ultrasound waves. I feel I must mention the appearance of strange latticework structures in the samples they viewed from Joe's blood in chapter 14 and 31. These structures are source of strange blinking grains that initially look like static in the ultrasound readout. I'll spare you the details I've worked out for now lets just say they work vaguely like tiny ear drums. Also repaired quotes, thoughts and grammar in chapter 25.
v0.63 12/17/2006 -- Just plugging away at the chapters looking for reoccurring errors. Mostly grammar and putting thoughts in italics. I'll catch an awkward sentence here and there, but they are getting less frequent as the book progresses. I am receiving zero edits and no bad reviews, so I'm guessing that's all the creative commons open editing has to offer. Thanks everyone for your help. I'll be going to .90 after this final pass. Up through chapter 23 is complete.
v0.62 12/8/2006 -- Wow. A baby and a promotion later, I'm finally dragging myself back to edits. Editing your own work is hard! The inclination is to study the story and characters ignoring the syntax. I have created a new cover and figured out how embed it in the .pdf. Let me know what you think. I have finished editing through chapter 18. If you find any errors before chapter 19 please email them to me. [email protected].
v0.61 6/16/2006 -- Major change here. I wrote a new chapter 1 or a chapter 0 if you like. Did a pile of detailed edits on the early chapters. I am in the process of typesetting all the thoughts into italics, I finished up through chapter 15. Thanks Jen. In addition I cleaned up the .tex file enough that the title now appears on the first page of the PDF not the second.
v0.52 5/31/2006 -- Some light edits.
v0.51 4/8/2006 -- Switched the pre-story stuff back to double space.
v0.50 4/2/2006 -- I have finally parsed a substantial pile of edits (thousands). Made further improvements in the weaker early chapters. Set up TeX to generate single spaced .pdfs for easier printing so page numbers have now radically changed -33 percent. In hoping the book is in decent shape, I am announcing version .5. I have no edits pending now so feel