Hey Deena!
She just... she just did the math.
Kaylee ,'Objects In Space'
The Great Write Way
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David J. Schwartz - Mar 28, 2003 2:11:18 pm PST #1064 of 10001
New, fully poseable Author!Knut.
Connie Neil - Mar 28, 2003 2:12:40 pm PST #1065 of 10001
brillig
Once again, I love you folk, and I have that post marked. Boy, I hope they get the Label Bookmarks feature up soon.
deborah grabien - Mar 28, 2003 2:14:18 pm PST #1066 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Connie, my editor/publisher (Ruth Cavin) has the final say, so I said "sucks-boo to YOU, evil copy-editor-freelance person" and went straight to Ruth, who snorted and said, "tell them to go to hell and stet everything you want kept."
But I still have to go through this and correct everything.
Headache now.
David! 'allo, bebe.
Deena, composing something to you in email as we speak.
David J. Schwartz - Mar 28, 2003 2:21:52 pm PST #1067 of 10001
New, fully poseable Author!Knut.
Deb, I'd offer hugs but it sounds like you need brass-knuckle backup instead. I've heard horror stories like this before, often enough that I fear for my manuscripts if and when they get sold.
victor infante - Mar 28, 2003 2:28:16 pm PST #1068 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Seriously, this is a freelancer picked from a pool of copy editors. Even Ruth says it looks as though I got a crappy one. She doesn't pick the copy editor in pre-production editing; the production department does that, so it's totally luck of the draw.
How do you get that job? I can poorly copyedit as well as the next guy!
deborah grabien - Mar 28, 2003 2:29:44 pm PST #1069 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
David, what's scary is that I've come across far worse editors than this person. And I have my publisher behind me. Nothing will get changed unless I ok it, but crikey, can we stress me any more than we've done already?
deborah grabien - Mar 28, 2003 2:31:03 pm PST #1070 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
How do you get that job? I can poorly copyedit as well as the next guy!
Bwah!
Susan W. - Mar 28, 2003 2:33:38 pm PST #1071 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
How annoying and presumptuous. Admittedly I know very little about copyeditors, but isn't it bizarre to bring something like that up after something has been accepted for publication?
David J. Schwartz - Mar 28, 2003 2:35:13 pm PST #1072 of 10001
New, fully poseable Author!Knut.
David, what's scary is that I've come across far worse editors than this person.
That is scary.
I recall a story about a midlist horror writer whose ms was actually rewritten by a copy editor, to the extent that he couldn't fix it in the galleys. He was no longer midlist after that. The novel tanked and he hasn't been able to make a novel sale since.
victor infante - Mar 28, 2003 2:36:45 pm PST #1073 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
How annoying and presumptuous. Admittedly I know very little about copyeditors, but isn't it bizarre to bring something like that up after something has been accepted for publication?
Well, I'm a copy editor for a newspaper, and Lord knows I've said some nasty things about some of what comes across my desk--including the senior journalist who misspelled "Worcester" in a story--but yeah, there's a big diff between a finished novel and newspaper copy. Still, all editors are opinionated. It's kind of in the evil contract job description.