Today, after a bit of postal service wrangling, I received two copies of the printed proofs of Advice for Strays from my publisher. I can’t really describe what it’s like to see my words as they will appear in the printed book, all small and perfect and lovely-of-font. So I won’t try.
I spent some frenzied [...]
Entries Tagged as 'procrastination'
Proof of the proofs
August 27th, 2009 9 Comments
Tags: Advice for Strays · novelling · OMG · procrastination · Writing
Novel editing: the number 1 cause of procrastination. Fact.
January 3rd, 2009 8 Comments
So here it is (OK, it’s been here for a couple of weeks but there have been all those holidays to celebrate and there’s been all that champagne to be drunk and all those tables to fall off. I’m a busy person).* The manuscript of Advice for Strays, marked up for its very final edit [...]
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