Mar 28
Posted: under Collections, Craft, the writing life.
Tags: craft of writing, the writing life March 28th, 2014
Quite often, and especially with long books, writers are up against tight deadlines. Yes, we proofread. Yes, we try to find every continuity error, every awkward phrase, every less than perfect word choice. And we hope Editor and Copy-Editor and eventually the proofreader for the page proofs will find the ones we miss (though sometimes […] [...more]
Quite often, and especially with long books, writers are up against tight deadlines. Yes, we proofread. Yes, we try to find every continuity error, every awkward phrase, every less than perfect word choice. And we hope Editor and Copy-Editor and eventually the proofreader for the page proofs will find the ones we miss (though sometimes we need to correct their corrections. The CE who wanted me to have a ship’s weapons “staffed” instead of “manned,” for instance.) But once a writer is hooked into a traditional publishing workflow, there’s a limit to how many drafts, how many re-readings, how much polishing can be done in the time alloted. Read the rest of this entry »
Mar 28
Posted: under artwork, Life beyond writing, the writing life.
Tags: artwork, Life beyond writing, the writing life March 28th, 2014
This post would have gone up last week, except for a power outage, a stubborn computer, and two speaking gigs for which prep had to be done. Yes! The cover of Shattered Shields in which I have a story, “First Blood.” Those of you who haunt Amazon.com have already seen it, no doubt, but last […] [...more]
This post would have gone up last week, except for a power outage, a stubborn computer, and two speaking gigs for which prep had to be done.
Yes! The cover of Shattered Shields in which I have a story, “First Blood.” Those of you who haunt Amazon.com have already seen it, no doubt, but last week was my first sight of it, when the editor sent it out to all of us. Read the rest of this entry »