Further annals from the Comma Mines and the Textbook Mills.

First, via matociquala, a wonderful de-mystification of publishing, from someone who Knows.

Be polite to everyone.Publishing is complicated. I am not going to try to give you a complete and holistic view right now. That would take an entire book, seriously. And I am still learning. As I said ( Read more... )

Just a quick note to let people know that

1) I'm still alive,
2) Outside of work, life is good,
3) Work is sheer madness (kchew knows something of this), and is going to eat my life for the next several weeks, leaving very little time for escapades, posting about escapades, reading, posting about reading, cooking, eating, sleeping, commenting on ( Read more... )

Another TCI post that's had a long incubation: Losing my Faith in Humanity, One Manuscript at a Time.

Yep, I'm workin' overtime in the comma mines tonight. Or rather the comma mines came home with me.

Favourite sentence tonight: Consider that the ice storm that hit Quebec and caused millions of dollars of damages may have been caused by the neglect of hydro suppliers.

Ummmm...y'know, I'm pretty sure that HydroQuebec would like to be in control ( Read more... )