I am reading a "note" over and over. Editors of text do not use marks which mean things to programmers. It all seems to be about the layout of the frackin' thing.
Lay it out as you will. Just send dollars.
I've got two words that are going to make all the pain go away. Miniature Golf.
Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
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Gus - Feb 26, 2006 8:56:20 pm PST #5602 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Gus - Feb 26, 2006 9:17:45 pm PST #5603 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I am not kidding. I'm staring at these glyphs and thinking ... "Ah! They are dialing a StarGate!"
deborah grabien - Feb 26, 2006 9:58:25 pm PST #5604 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Gus, I feel your pain. I dealt with that crap last year and the guy wrote it all on post-it notes. And 99% of them were layout questions.
I have never written "Not the writer's purview" so many times before, and I'm damned if I ever intend to again.
Volans - Feb 27, 2006 3:37:54 am PST #5605 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Write them back, "I'm the content, you're the CSS, bucko."
He called me "funnier than a monkey in a crack house, and twice as twisted."
Now THIS is a t-shirt!
erikaj - Feb 27, 2006 3:54:22 am PST #5606 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Don't get him started on the T-shirts again.
Nutty - Feb 27, 2006 5:14:14 am PST #5607 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
It's all fun and "why don't we set the whole thing in Lucida Bold!!" until an author gets cranky. Generally speaking, it's safer to ask the author for an opinion, and get none, than not to ask and get lots.
Allyson - Feb 27, 2006 5:20:08 am PST #5608 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I have a ton of edits to do, and everything is feeling unweildy, I'm getting confused between versions. I think I need to break it up into individual essays again or I'll have a meltdown.
How do you all keep your manuscripts organized?
Zenkitty - Feb 27, 2006 6:11:41 am PST #5609 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I do the layout and send the author a galley proof so s/he can see what it looks like. If he complains, I might fix it. Generally, he doesn't.
I have an intricate organization system understandable only to me. It involves color-coded folders.
Steph L. - Feb 27, 2006 6:15:43 am PST #5610 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I do the layout and send the author a galley proof so s/he can see what it looks like. If he complains, I might fix it. Generally, he doesn't.
Yup. Now, granted -- we publish textbooks and pharmacy journals, not fiction or widely read non-fiction. So the authors don't really tend to have an issue with us using Palatino instead of Times, or whatever.
And we do also send galleys to the authors with any corrections/questions/etc. written out in full sentences, because we know that authors are a cranky and curmudgeonly lot who go online and post on message boards about how we send them galleys with scary and arcane markings.
Allyson - Feb 27, 2006 6:17:44 am PST #5611 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
hugs agent