Paksworld

Copy edit checking is under way.  There is muttering, mumbling, and thoughtful staring.    Marking, leaving alone, and changing.

And so on.   The copy edits were crammed into a box a little too flat and far too long,  so they were/are mussed and rumpled, but I’m smoothing and flattening and will send them back in a box that fits.

There will be a few things to talk to Editor about.   (Have I mentioned here how nice it was to meet Editor at WorldCon?  Lovely.    If I had to change Editors mid-series, and I did, I was certainly on the lucky side of the street with this one.)

There’s this maintenance thing with older bodies.   And one thing my mother told me years ago that’s both true and useful (only one? I hear a mutter from overhead.)   It’s about feet.  Unhappy feet make for unhappy cranky people.   I’ve now been to three conventions wearing only handknit socks.   For A-Kon I had only three pair.   For ArmadilloCon I had four pair.  For WorldCon I had five pair.   It made a huge difference.  Even though my feet swelled badly on a couple of days (hard floors, lots of standing, etc.)  the socks didn’t dig in and make things worse.   I’m hoping to get the sixth pair finished by NYCC, as that will be a longer trip, with fewer opportunities to wash & dry wool socks.  (These are not machine-washable wool socks.)

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