I've taken steps to reintroduce myself to some of the managing editors/production editors I worked with and for over the years (30 years in the business), and only three of them seem to still be actively at their original jobs or at least at their publishing houses ( Read more... )

I'm getting too old to stay up all night -- that trick on Tues. has meant I was dizzy and nauseated (to the point of vomiting) all of Wed., which I think was a migraine that wouldn't go away even with Maxalt. Bah. But I had to get more chapters done and do that doctor's appointment with E on Wed., so I soldiered on. And for my pains slept badly on ( Read more... )

Another all-nighter, still working on proofreading the computer programming language book for Wiley (chapter 1 is finally in -- clocking in at over 160 page, alone!), as this is due tomorrow. Whee!

Help keep me awake, guys. I'm dyin' here. Radio Paradise can only keep my eyes open so long ( Read more... )

Another late-nighter with Wiley. The book I'm currently proofreading has apparently just gone into Scheduling Hell: it was a fast turnaround. Now it's a "work 'round the clock" turnaround. At least it'll be done fast and out of here. But it could have come at a better time ( Read more... )

Done with the Wiley book and can invoice that puppy later tonight. Thank goodness. Not only will it be some income for this month (only one other book this whole month, for proofreading, other than the Heinlein project, which is damned scary), but it means I don't have to read anymore about Microsoft SharePoint and social computing today ( Read more... )

Another all-nighter thanks to Wiley and not having the energy to waste dedicate my weekend to proofreading a book about SharePoint and social computing ( Read more... )

... and the last of my box of French Fancies to mark 5am ( Read more... )

ASP.NET 3.5 and AJAX. Five hundred pages of PDF to proofread ( Read more... )

I would be curious to hear from people as to their honest opinions about the quality of the first seven volumes of the complete works of Heinlein that came out from Meisha Merlin (if they have direct experience of them). Please, no trollish comments, just real ones. I don't have an opinion here, I just wonder about people's experience of the books ( Read more... )

I'll try to email everyone tomorrow ... but in the meantime ( Read more... )