The Goings-On
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lydamorehouseWell, there's a bunch of things going on in my life right now. In about 15 minutes, I'm off to hang out with Eleanor and Naomi (and possibly my friend Rosanne) for our writing "date." So, I have to make this kind of quick.
First, we woke up this morning to the sound of Mason barfing. I would be more worried about him, but he seems to do this on ocassion. He's sick for part of the morning, and then he completely rebounds. So, though he's missing the half day of school today, I'm going to bring him along on the writing date because I'm quite confident he'll be fine.
Yesterday I discovered that Tate's last Garnet Lacey novel, HONEYMOON OF THE DEAD, is already available for pre-order on Amazon.com. Get 'em while they're hot! They're pretty confident I'm not a slacker, though, because I got the copyedited manuscript for this book on Monday. I've got a two week turn around, but I guess they figure even if I don't get it back to them on time, I just don't get a say in what gets changed. I have to say in addition to having my cover art completely switcherooed on me, I also apparently got assigned a copy-editor whose questions, while valid, are driving me to an insane (and possibly less than career-healthy) desire toward snark. For instance, s/he probably would have looked at the sentence I just wrote here in this blog and say that it should be written in more correct English (ie, "replace, "desire toward snark" with "a desire to reply in a mean and scarcastic way.") A valid point, perhaps. However, his/her replacement would completely strip that line of its quirky narrative voice. And I've been hovering over the comments feel temped to write, "sorry, but Garnet is not Spock. Correct English usage be damned!" And then put a smily face. A career killer? Hard to say.
Also, Google Alerts found a YouTube video wherein local author Rob Callahan talks about the "joys" of being mistaken for me. (He's such a good sport.) I'm attempting to attach it here. Let me know if it doesn't work. (Here's the direct link at any rate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z-QAC4xexs
First, we woke up this morning to the sound of Mason barfing. I would be more worried about him, but he seems to do this on ocassion. He's sick for part of the morning, and then he completely rebounds. So, though he's missing the half day of school today, I'm going to bring him along on the writing date because I'm quite confident he'll be fine.
Yesterday I discovered that Tate's last Garnet Lacey novel, HONEYMOON OF THE DEAD, is already available for pre-order on Amazon.com. Get 'em while they're hot! They're pretty confident I'm not a slacker, though, because I got the copyedited manuscript for this book on Monday. I've got a two week turn around, but I guess they figure even if I don't get it back to them on time, I just don't get a say in what gets changed. I have to say in addition to having my cover art completely switcherooed on me, I also apparently got assigned a copy-editor whose questions, while valid, are driving me to an insane (and possibly less than career-healthy) desire toward snark. For instance, s/he probably would have looked at the sentence I just wrote here in this blog and say that it should be written in more correct English (ie, "replace, "desire toward snark" with "a desire to reply in a mean and scarcastic way.") A valid point, perhaps. However, his/her replacement would completely strip that line of its quirky narrative voice. And I've been hovering over the comments feel temped to write, "sorry, but Garnet is not Spock. Correct English usage be damned!" And then put a smily face. A career killer? Hard to say.
Also, Google Alerts found a YouTube video wherein local author Rob Callahan talks about the "joys" of being mistaken for me. (He's such a good sport.) I'm attempting to attach it here. Let me know if it doesn't work. (Here's the direct link at any rate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z-QAC4xexs
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Date: 2009-12-03 07:59 pm (UTC)Oops?
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Date: 2009-12-04 01:08 am (UTC)Lyda/Lyta and the Swan is pronounced differently, and probably more correctly.