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Accession 2012.095 is composed of working drafts, annotated copies, and proofs used during Baker's writing process for the novel The Sound of One Horse Dancing and for various short stories. Some drafts are annotated by individuals who read the drafts on Baker's behalf; the only named editor is Brenda Koplin, a freelance copy editor. The material of this accession provides insight into the writing process which Baker employed to create the final product of The Sound of One Horse Dancing as well as the ways in which the novel evolved across iterations. Additionally, the accession provides Baker's perspective during the final edit process with the publisher, iUniverse, and the steps to bring a work into published print.

Accession 2012.421 is composed of working drafts Full Frontal and additional drafts of The Sound of One Horse Dancing. The drafts of Full Frontal are primarily revisions with no examples of annotation, while he drafts of The Sound of One Horse Dancing include annotations broken down by chapter by an unnamed reviewer. The drafts provide insight into the evolution of Full Frontal as well as additional insight into the production of The Sound of One Horse Dancing.

Accession 2017.174 comprises the bulk of the collection, consisting of drafts and working material for all four of Tom Baker's novels, Full Frontal, Green, Paperwhite Narcissus, and The Sound of One Horse Dancing. The drafts include multiple revisions of the novel Green, primarily the first draft and revisions 3, 6, and 7. While other revisions were not included in this accession, the existing progression provides insight into the changes the novel advanced through during the writing process. Multiple annotated drafts for the novel Paperwhite Narcissus are also included, with apparent annotations from different unnamed editors.