The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Deb, here's the Scot play link, but it also is the RSC homepage. Check it out!
Looks like they aren't touring at the moment, but they frequently do. I saw their MND last year when they came through CT.
In terms of who's running it...
Her Majesty the Queen is Patron and His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales is President of the Royal Shakespeare Company. The Company is governed by the Board of Governors led by the Chairman, Lord Alexander of Weedon QC and is directed by an Executive Management, which includes the Artistic Director, Michael Boyd and the Interim Managing Director, Vikki Heywood.
The Executive group receives important support from a group of Advisory Directors, Emeritus Directors and Associate Directors. The latter, Gregory Doran and Dominic Cooke, work closely with Michael Boyd in developing the artistic vision for the company.
So Michael Boyd is the main man.
WOOT! Fed Ex just walked up the stairs and delivered FFoSM edits. They're tiny. Plus, I've been given a wonderful copy editor, a Brit this time. YAY!
Damned good thing, since there's a note saying they need it back by the 14th for the second pass.
Looking through it, there are maybe three hours of work here, going page by page. And a hive mind question: do we have any experts in medieval French lurking? I'm fine with the French, but there's one detail, and that's the familiar "tu" - did that exist in the 14th century, or would it have been "vous", mother speaking to daughter?
What a relief that the ms finally showed, and that the edits are minor.
Still eagerly awaiting a copy in my sweaty little hands. This one kicks noncorporeal ass.
No expertise in medieval French, Deb. But a big woohoo! for the dearth of necessary edits.
Need to call my sister. She's the one with the PhD in French, but somehow, I don't think she'll know the answer. She's can speedread Proust, but the historical, not her thing.
Damn. Must find source...
Which makes me wonder...
We have Buffistas in Germany, in Scotland, in England and Australia, in Egypt and Spain. Why are there no French Buffistas? Is BtVS not shown in France?
Not sure a modern Frenchman or Frenchwoman (hereby known as Frankistas) would know anyway. After all, how many modern English speakers are experts in 14th century English?
look at the gorgeous medieval woodcut Nic found!
I am in love with the copy editor they gave me this time. He's brilliant, he's English (Thank you, Jebus!) and we are moment for moment in synch on corrections. I've done a third of them already - not actually a lot of changes, but doing a page by page read.
Know what? Famous Flower of Serving Men is a fucking brilliant book. I'm a damned good writer, but I can't believe I pulled this one off. It's making me very very happy.
It's making me very very happy.
Yay for the edits, yay for the happy, and it definitely is brilliant.
Do you have plans already for the cover?
(nodding furiously) Oh yes. Brilliant, definitely.
Ooh, what Nilly said. (Hi, Nilly!) Do you know what the cover will look like?
