As a quick followup to my previous post (http://michaelkimsal.com/blog/six-week-test-followup-custom-business-cards/) I wanted to drop a quick update here. Six weeks isn’t too long if it’s your only activity. Trying to fit in a six week project in the midst of other projects and deadlines is hard, but you already knew that!. I’m 4.5 weeks in, and have a basic site template up, and am working on the info gathering portion (nearly done, but can be improved) and then paypal and google checkout integration. Given my current workload, hitting Sept 28 is still possible, but it’ll be tight!
re: timing – the designer I worked with had me on somewhat lower priority than I’d hoped, which ate up a lot of the 4.5 weeks – I was hoping to be where I’m at now about 1.5 weeks ago. However, I did not convey any sense of urgency to him, nor give him a deadline, so that rests entirely with me. I satisfied with the first round of design that we did, so I can’t complain (about anyone except me, anyway!) Lesson learned: have hard deadlines in place with people you work with 
If you’d like to be involved in testing or giving feedback, give me a shout or leave contact information. I’m specifically looking for feedback and testing from self-published authors (of any genre).
