Cool.
Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don't care where you're going? Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.
'Serenity'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Gudanov - Nov 29, 2011 5:59:39 am PST #4968 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Strix - Nov 29, 2011 6:14:39 am PST #4969 of 6690
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Awesome!
Allyson - Nov 29, 2011 7:50:04 am PST #4970 of 6690
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'm looking for a beta for a 4000 word essay that feels sort of wooden and disconnected to me. I think I just sound like a smug asshole, which is usually fine, but then I kind of want the reader to be on my side, so :/
If anyone's available and feels like a few lines of feedback, that would be great! Email is Allyson dot Beatrice at gmail.
erikaj - Nov 29, 2011 9:26:26 am PST #4971 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
I could do it, Allyson. Send it to my profile address.
erikaj - Nov 29, 2011 11:04:37 am PST #4972 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
insent, Allyson.
I don't get to pee for another hour...and yet? Still beats Rock Class.
Although the one that broke my junior Poindexter brain, um, more than it was already, was when adults tried to motivate me with "Can't isn't a word," Which it obviously was in sentences like:
Erika can't walk.
Erika can't stand unassisted.
Now, what I think they meant is that it shouldn't be the *final* word in regards to things like fractions and try harder,but you know.
Allyson - Nov 29, 2011 12:23:28 pm PST #4973 of 6690
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
Thanks a ton, erika!
Typo Boy - Nov 29, 2011 1:07:22 pm PST #4974 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Minor grumble. If you are copy-editing a manuscript which is required to to conform with Chicago Style Manual, you should not have to put in an author query asking what 4(4) in a citation of a journal is. Chicago standard for Volume 4 Issue 4.
erikaj - Nov 29, 2011 2:28:02 pm PST #4975 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
Any time!(French toast during the Renaissance)
Typo Boy - Nov 30, 2011 9:19:18 pm PST #4976 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Belated congrats to Holli.
Just finished finished first round of going over the copy-edited version of the global warming book. Because of this being kind of complicated non-fiction, had to check very carefully. They had copy-edited around 80,000 words using track changes, and I to look over every change, and If I want to reverse a change or make a further one, I had to leave track changes on, and add a comment to tell them why. So basically the last week or so has been onerous task day. I still have to do a second round, printing it out with track changes hidden, and just make one last check for clumsiness - something much easier to do in printed form.
Before I get to the second round (which I have till 7th to complete) I think I will reward myself by writing a post on Grist about the original "Miracle on 34th Street" and efficient market theory. Then I totally will be able to say I did something geeky recently.
erikaj - Dec 01, 2011 6:02:49 am PST #4977 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
Good for you...hope the book does great.