Mind the Gap
To-Do Tracker v3 — V69 baseline
28 May 2026
Open — manuscript
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# |
Item |
Description |
Status |
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M1 |
Stanford hallucination case (Ch 8) |
Verify before print. Likely the Jeff Hancock / Minnesota deepfake case. Confirm name, court, year. |
Open — RED |
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M2 |
Ch 2 'Notice what just happened' paragraph |
Restore or leave cut. Paul dropped it on Mac in V61. Decision pending. |
Open |
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M3 |
Tempo folds (optional, not blemishes) |
Ch7 'What fluency feels like'; Ch12 'A few smaller observations on dialect drift' (strongest fold candidate); Ch8 'Notes, citations and a caveat' → footnote. |
Open — optional |
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M4 |
Bold-dialogue device consistency |
Crewe Q&A now bold-question styled. Decide whether Ch5 recap (£16/£18.80) and Ch13 Pret moment match it, or Crewe stays a one-off. |
Open — watch |
Open — production & publication
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# |
Item |
Description |
Status |
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P1 |
ISBN — paperback |
Real Nielsen 978-1-0369-9170-8 allocated + barcode verified (300dpi EAN-13). Swap mock 978-1-915678-15-2 in cover files before KDP. |
Allocated; swap pending — RED |
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P2 |
ISBN — ebook |
Paul ordering a second Nielsen ISBN for the ebook (publisher of record, all formats own ISBN). Add number when received. |
Ordering |
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P3 |
Front/back-matter placement |
New artefacts built, not yet in manuscript: Contents Index, Who's It For (4 rings), Inside Back Cover (photo + Scarborough story), rear-cover copy. |
Built; placement pending |
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P4 |
Author photo |
B&W portrait (4 days before surgery). Decision: silent on cover, story revealed inside-back. Confirm with designer at layout. |
Decided; layout pending |
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P5 |
Contents Index page numbers |
'00' placeholders — real pagination resolves at print layout. |
Pending layout |
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P6 |
Bibliography placement |
Mind_the_Gap_Bibliography_v3.docx held. Position in back matter. |
Open |
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P7 |
Cover wording canonical |
Cover two-tier subtitle now matches title page (V68). Confirm final cover file carries it. |
Aligned; confirm |
Closed this session (V63 → V69)
✓ V63: Ch4 'Its Language' built (Dreams + gender); Ch2 Atomics2 moved out + bridge line; Ch6 Dreaming removed
✓ V64: Ch6 structural rebuild — Timeline cut, parallels merged, Dangerous Zone promoted
✓ V65: Ch4 headings de-numbered
✓ V66: 76m passage relocated Ch6 → Ch9 Room Three; Sizing the Window dissolved
✓ V67: blemishes — Room headings bold, Ch5 Clinical Parallel renamed, numerals → words
✓ V68: title page subtitle matched to cover
✓ V69: Crewe Q&A formatted (bold questions, narration line split)
✓ Ch 6 confirmed gold — no longer a red-flag chapter
✓ ISBN paperback allocated + barcode reconciled
✓ Story essay Part 4 + Part 5 (reflective journal) written
Summary
Manuscript is structurally complete and clean at V69. 4 manuscript items open (1 red: Stanford verify). 7 production items (2 red: ISBN swap). The book itself needs no further structural work — remaining manuscript items are one fact-check, one restore/cut decision, and optional tempo folds. The critical path to launch is now production: ISBN swap, front/back-matter placement, layout, KDP.