Playing hooky while I should be working

[pbray]

Writing retreat going well-- I accomplished much this morning, until I found that there was wireless internet :-)

One of the other authors also brought her copyedits, so we are commiserating together. I've made a complete first pass through the manuscript and am overall extremely happy. The copyedits were light and the author queries will be fairly easy to handle.

I believe I get special bonus points for misspelling the very first word on the very first page. Though in my defense, that word was Acknowledgments, which I spelled as Acknowledgements, and that page was hastily added to the bundle right before I mailed it.

In other writing news, yesterday's mail brought the royalty check for the The Sword of Change series. DEVLIN'S LUCK was released five years ago this month. I'm humbled by the fact that it's still in print, still generating cash.

It's a nice reminder that I do know how to write, as I prepare to plunge back into the second pass of the copyedits.

Comments

[davidkeck.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on being treated with royalties. (May we all be so fortunate).

And, as far as "acknowledgements" is concerned, well, where I grew up (and in much of the rest of the world), you were right.

~Dave

[pbray.livejournal.com]

I still have a tendency toward the random Brit-spelling, from my years of writing Regencies. Honor/honour is pretty obvious, but sometimes I'll find myself staring at something like defense/defence, wondering which one to pick.

[sylvia-rachel.livejournal.com]

That's what copy editors are for :^)

You can drive yourself crazy with spelling choices, and I sometimes do. I'm currently responsible for seven journals (eight, if you count the freelance one). Three use American spelling; the other five use Canadian spelling, which is almost British but not quite. Since these decisions reflect the pedigree of the journal and not necessarily the nationalities or habits of the contributors, and I'm often editing one in the morning and a different one in the afternoon just to keep up, I live in fear of picking the wrong thing.

And that's what style sheets are for ;^)

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Wow, I can see where that would make you schizophrenic.

[sylvia-rachel.livejournal.com]

I prefer to think of myself as, em, versatile. ;)

Easter Traditions

[robinowenswrite.livejournal.com]

Yup, I'm an ear nibbler, too, and was known to sneak out younger bros' bunnies and munch their's too.

But our family (not a drop of Irish), has a tradition of making "nests" of the clothes the night before (children), where Easter Bunny knows to leave the basket of goodies.

Woops

[robinowenswrite.livejournal.com]

Posted to the wrong topic. Sigh.

Re: Woops

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's always appropriate to talk about how you devour a chocolate bunny :-)