Tell them you will still edit, but will no longer proofread? If it passes MS word spellcheck, it is all good. I strongly suspect the Washington Post of using this work process.
We're in love. We're ... lovers. We're lesbian, gay-type lovers.
Willow ,'Potential'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Typo Boy - Oct 17, 2012 10:00:27 am PDT #26070 of 30001
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.
§ ita § - Oct 17, 2012 10:01:35 am PDT #26071 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have at least worked out how I will renew my registration having left my docs in JA (don't ask) where they've surely been tossed. The CA DMV has a service where they'll call you back. It saves a crick neck and sitting in one place--I was on the phone when they called back the first time, and the robot tried again a couple minutes later.
My dash is creeping me out right now. I swear one person said lustful things about a wolf, and another just posted a (real) picture of CPR because it looks like boykissing (it's not like they have a history of posting life-saving methods, even aerial ones as nifty as this).
I SUSPECT EVERYONE.
§ ita § - Oct 17, 2012 10:02:00 am PDT #26072 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I strongly suspect the Washington Post of using this work process.
Use the gawker method: crowdsource. And then ignore the crowd.
DavidS - Oct 17, 2012 10:05:32 am PDT #26073 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
and [link] because David with that face looking at him = COMEDY GOLD!
Kitten trolling - a new low.
Zenkitty - Oct 17, 2012 10:07:14 am PDT #26074 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Typo, I have resorted to the run-spellcheck method of "editing" before, and will probably be doing exactly that from now on. Check the legal things that have to be right, fix anything that looks obviously wrong in the references, run spellcheck, and let it go. If the author is happy, I'm happy. Nobody cares anymore, they just want it published FAST.
lisah - Oct 17, 2012 10:14:44 am PDT #26075 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
msbelle!! We are totally going to be in the market for dogs when we get back from CA in two weeks! Looking for a youngish, Beagle-ish dog who gets along with cats, other dogs, and young children.
Tom Scola - Oct 17, 2012 10:16:02 am PDT #26076 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
young children.
?!?!?!?
§ ita § - Oct 17, 2012 10:22:58 am PDT #26077 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They have to eat something.
Steph L. - Oct 17, 2012 10:24:00 am PDT #26078 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Nobody cares anymore, they just want it published FAST.
True 'dat.
And also, I work in academic publishing, which makes me the motherfucking DEVIL, apparently (because we don't give away our journal for free, and "information should be free," and editors don't really edit anyway).
t /more than slightly bitter
tommyrot - Oct 17, 2012 10:27:23 am PDT #26079 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Shrimp Vomits to Escape Predators - Neatorama
Some animals spew black ink to escape predators, whereas others squirt blood from their eyes or hack off their own body parts. The deep-sea Parapandalus shrimp has got its own unusual defense mechanism to help it escape from predators: bioluminescent vomit.
Bioluminescent vomit!
Animals are awesome.