Lucy (our old dog) once ate a whole stick when she was a puppy. Butter is GOOD.
Steph, I'm sorry about the sexy publisher. Their loss, to be sure.
And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?
Xander ,'End of Days'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Amy - Sep 25, 2013 4:23:05 pm PDT #5058 of 30002
Because books.
Calli - Sep 25, 2013 4:29:00 pm PDT #5059 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Kate, if your cat has hairball problems, they may abate for a while.
erikaj - Sep 25, 2013 4:32:23 pm PDT #5060 of 30002
Always Anti-fascist!
Tina likes Twinkies. Even though cats aren't supposed to like sweets.
Sue - Sep 25, 2013 4:34:25 pm PDT #5061 of 30002
hip deep in pie
"Butter makes you regular," my French pastry instructor was fond of saying. (Imagine it in a French accent.)
I found my cat licking the outside of a bag of flour the other day. He'd been licking it long enough the bag was damp. Weirdo.
Steph L. - Sep 25, 2013 4:37:46 pm PDT #5062 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Steph, I'm sorry about the sexy publisher. Their loss, to be sure.
Aww, thanks. They specifically said, when I started the testing process, that they cannot give feedback to people who are not asked to continue. So while I'd *really* love to know what I missed, or did "wrong" (they had very specific instructions about thing NEVER to change), I won't be able to find out. Which is going to drive me nuts, because I really felt very good about that test. Bah.
Amy - Sep 25, 2013 4:54:02 pm PDT #5063 of 30002
Because books.
I have to tell you -- I worked with Imogen when she was writing for Drollerie, which was how I got in touch with her. And I took that test -- or, I should say, I got that test from her a few years ago, and then life exploded or whatever and I never got around to it. She gave me another try later, but I looked at it and thought it was a little uptight (to be polite) about what they were asking. So I ditched it.
But I am the original lazy copy editor who taught herself on mass market romance for very little money (via Kensington, of course), so I'm not always the best copy editor for a really picky job. And I didn't really want to have to edit that way, although I was also pretty sure I'd flunk, so.
That was so much more than you wanted to know! Sorry. I'm procrastinating over a piece of freelance book copy!
Steph L. - Sep 25, 2013 5:21:35 pm PDT #5064 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I looked at it and thought it was a little uptight (to be polite) about what they were asking. So I ditched it.
If I had to guess what dinged me, I probably over-edited it. I tried SO hard not to -- honestly, the position description reads very much like a human spellcheck and not much more -- but I probably did more than they wanted.
The pay really is way too low, unless I could edit at the speed of light (like, 12K word count in, say, 2 hours). So it's all probably for the best, but it still hurts my fragile baby ego.
Amy - Sep 25, 2013 5:30:21 pm PDT #5065 of 30002
Because books.
I know! I've been there. But AMA is kickass! And there won't be any ass hooks! Probably.
Steph L. - Sep 25, 2013 5:37:06 pm PDT #5066 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Man, you never can tell with the AMA. They're freaks.
Connie Neil - Sep 25, 2013 5:53:18 pm PDT #5067 of 30002
brillig
The AMA is more likely to deal with asshooks gone bad.