Mind the Gap
To-Do Tracker v3 — V69 baseline
28 May 2026

Open — manuscript
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Item
Description
Status
M1
Stanford hallucination case (Ch 8)
Verify before print. Likely the Jeff Hancock / Minnesota deepfake case. Confirm name, court, year.
Open — RED
M2
Ch 2 'Notice what just happened' paragraph
Restore or leave cut. Paul dropped it on Mac in V61. Decision pending.
Open
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
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
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
P2
ISBN — ebook
Paul ordering a second Nielsen ISBN for the ebook (publisher of record, all formats own ISBN). Add number when received.
Ordering
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
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
P5
Contents Index page numbers
'00' placeholders — real pagination resolves at print layout.
Pending layout
P6
Bibliography placement
Mind_the_Gap_Bibliography_v3.docx held. Position in back matter.
Open
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.