.
Got the all clear from my biopsy today, so that was a relief.
And I received the copy edit back from Harper Collins for Book 2, Stormlord Rising.
As usual, the copy editor remarks that wasn't anything much to do.
As usual, I then glance at the text. It's covered in red.
As usual, I wonder how something I thought was well-nigh perfect can come back looking like it has the pox.
As usual, I start to wonder about other writers - if this is a light edit, what on earth are all the other authors doing????
And I know that, as I begin, also as usual, I shall look at the proposed corrections and blush, slap a hand to my forehead, wonder just how many times I typed 'of' when I meant 'on', or 'that' when I meant 'than'. Or why I didn't pick up that grammatical error, or the fact that I used the word 'effort' four times in two paragraphs, or misspelled a character's name.
Thank the Big Publisher in Teh Sky for copy editors.
About Me
- Glenda Larke
- Malaysia
- My life has been described by one of my editors as “impossibly exotic” – although really it is not my life, but me, that’s the exotic. I’m the uprooted plant, the exotic who doesn’t belong, always living in someone else’s backyard...
An Australian living in Malaysia. Writer, traveler, environmentalist. Author of The Isles of Glory trilogy (The Aware, Gilfeather, The Tainted); The Mirage Makers trilogy (Heart of the Mirage, The Shadow of Tyr, Song of the Shiver Barrens) and, writing as Glenda Noramly, a stand-alone book Havenstar. The latest trilogy is called The Watergivers in Australia and the Stormlord trilogy elsewhere: THE LAST STORMLORD, STORMLORD RISING, STORMLORD'S EXILE
Havenstar
You can buy my first published book (now out of print) as an eBook for your kindle, most ereaders, iPad etc.
CLICK ON THE COVER for the link to buy.
7 comments:
Glad about the biopsy results, such good news is always great to have.
I think I would have been a good copy editor, I seem to see every single typo there is in a book. Matt thinks he would have been good with movies as he spots everything wrong there, drives me batty actually, LOL
Great news!!! And yes, God bless the copy editor ...
Open ID is playing up!
Karen
If you see any typos, Jo, do tell me because I can tell them to fix them for the next printing.
Pleased to hear the good news about the biopsy - and I hope there isn't too much work to be done.
OK Glenda, will do.
Hi Glenda,
Glad the biopsy results are good! yay!
Wow, this whole copy-editing process is so interesting. I can't wait to go through it myself, even though it seems scary also *laughs*.
I'm reading The Last Stormlord now! :D So coool!
best,
Ika Vanderkoeck
Yep, copyediting is scary. Well, more embarrassing, I think. And a salutary lesson on why one should never self-publish without a professional edit.
Post a Comment