What? Two posts in one day ( Read more... )

People often complain about books having a zillion errors in them. "This author is terrible," some people think. "Did the publisher even hire a copyeditor?" others think ( Read more... )

Because it was getting too long for Twitter ( Read more... )

Golly, I think I've posted 3 days in a row ( Read more... )

Folks have been discussing this article ( Read more... )

Typing this on my iPad mini without my glasses on. Prepare for high error rate ( Read more... )

Or not ( Read more... )

Designing a book where the author has a block of text like a really long epigraph at the start of each section. This text is supposed to begin on a right-hand page. It can go to the left hand ( Read more... )

Just wrote a breakup letter for a longstanding vendor. I'm sure it sucks worse for them, but wow, that was no fun to write ( Read more... )

One of my favorite things to do is spec a book, by which I mean "define all the parts and materials of the physical object." It combines so many things that I enjoy, from the technical details to the sensuous effect of the paper stock. It's extra fun when it's not a routine book--I can spec routine books in my sleep at this point, since the choices ( Read more... )