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1. 1. Celia on Feb 26th, 2008 at 5:31 pm

   Can you get your manuscript file to highlight or some such the instances for you, so you’re just comparing the paper to the screen, instead of having to actually search for them?

2. 2. tobias on Feb 26th, 2008 at 5:39 pm

   Yeah, but the page numbers differ quite a bit, and since publishing still works on paper, there are some differences between my final copy, and the copy edited/proofread version I’m looking at… no matter what it’s just a slow process LOL

3. 3. Diana Pharaoh Francis on Feb 26th, 2008 at 6:38 pm

   Total sympathies. I was going over the proofs of Path of Blood when I realized about halfway through that one character’s name was spelled wrong. I thought, is this the first time? Did I miss it before? I had to go back and look at every time his name was used, and after awhile, I couldn’t even remember the right spelling. Turns out I actually had caught the first instance. But it was a dreadful proofing.

   Di

4. 4. Josh on Feb 26th, 2008 at 9:18 pm

   Can you Turk it out to someone in India?

   Chicago Tribune http://tinyurl.com/23r52k

5. 5. Matt Jarpe on Feb 26th, 2008 at 11:05 pm

   There is no benighted patch of third world ground anywhere where you’ll find a man who makes less than a science fiction writer.

   I would just tack on a paragraph at the end explaining there were really two ships with very similar names operating in the area at the same time. And then have one of them explode.

6. 6. Mallory on Feb 26th, 2008 at 11:47 pm

   My most recent screw up was with the word disk/disc - turns out one has a position in time (arrival of computers or thereabouts) and my search function did a sucky job on find and fix - so a word that looks right and isn’t is REALLY hard to find and fix…

7. 7. Steve Buchheit on Feb 27th, 2008 at 1:43 pm

   Diana Pharaoh Francis, I do that all the time proofing client files. “Say, that doesn’t look right. Did I miss it before?” Oh, the joys that brings to the day.

8. 8. John Edwards on Mar 1st, 2008 at 2:42 pm

   “since publishing still works on paper … ”
   Eh? not with us it doesn’t. Find and replace would take about 250 mS to fix that.

9. 9. Tobias Buckell on Mar 1st, 2008 at 3:06 pm

   “Eh? not with us it doesn’t. Find and replace would take about 250 mS to fix that.”

   Ok, I’ll amend. Since most large NY publishing still works on paper (ie a copy editor sends in marks on the final, that you approve/disapprove)…

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