My book is done but for the next to last chapter. I have been working on it for ten years and I still have to look up the spelling of every big word. Is the preface the correct place to put a sample of ten year old, early writings which were done right out of the Hospital by a former coma patient? I want to show how badly I was hurt and how far I have come since then. But the sample paragraph doesn't belong in the book, it is almost unreadable. The preface is an introduction by the author. I can't think where else to put it. Thank you... J. Winters von Knife
You could have it in a preface, if that's what you wanted to do. Or have an 'about the author page' if your extract is fairly short.
Cogito, If the appendix is the proper place for supplimental information which does not belong in the text like samples of early work, then should letters that I wrote to the two cities, District Attorney, Texas Rangers, Attorney General, and FBI be included in the appendix? I thought they were important enough to include in the text of the book but is that the case? Thank you very much! Jack the Knife
This is something you could discuss with your publisher when you get accepted. Using in-line illustrations of documents would be a publisher's ultimate decision, but in a book like that you could certainly dfiscuss it. You can also include in-line excerpts in block quotes,
