Crank up the time machine

[pbray]

Galleys for THE FIRST BETRAYAL arrived today. The cover letter was dated February 8th and asked that I please return the galleys no later than February 8th.

Now would be a good time to have a TARDIS.

I know what I'm doing this weekend.

Comments

[larryhammer]

I assume you're calling to find the real deadline?

---L.

[kateelliott.livejournal.com]

That's a good one. That's not even a case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing.

[fancythat2.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, I didn't realize the deadlines would be so tight. :-)

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

*laugh* The assistant editor at Harlequin who sends me my galleys and copy edits always puts a note in saying, "I know it's a bit of a short turn-around this time, but we appreciate all the work you do," or words to that effect. Since I don't think I've ever had more than five days between arrival of the manuscript and "it has to be in New York on this date", I teased him about that, and he said it was his way of trying to make us authors think this wasn't usual and that next time we'd have more time. *laugh* I wasn't supposed to call him on it. *laugh*

[scott-lynch.livejournal.com]

HA! Amazing. I got my fist-pass page proofs via FedEx yesterday, the 9th. The cover letter requested that I have them back no later than the 7th.

Apparently, someone put something in the coffee at Bantam... (I have since found out by '7th' they meant '23rd').