Comments on: Weariness is… http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2008/02/26/weariness-is/ online and causing trouble since 1998 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:05:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Celia http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2008/02/26/weariness-is/#comment-106452 Celia Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:31:00 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2008/02/26/weariness-is/#comment-106452 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? 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?

]]> By: tobias http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2008/02/26/weariness-is/#comment-106454 tobias Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:39:09 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2008/02/26/weariness-is/#comment-106454 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 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

]]> By: Diana Pharaoh Francis http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2008/02/26/weariness-is/#comment-106458 Diana Pharaoh Francis Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:38:18 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2008/02/26/weariness-is/#comment-106458 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 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

]]> By: Josh http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2008/02/26/weariness-is/#comment-106498 Josh Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:18:18 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2008/02/26/weariness-is/#comment-106498 Can you Turk it out to someone in India? Chicago Tribune http://tinyurl.com/23r52k Can you Turk it out to someone in India?

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

]]> By: Matt Jarpe http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2008/02/26/weariness-is/#comment-106516 Matt Jarpe Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:05:34 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2008/02/26/weariness-is/#comment-106516 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. 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.

]]> By: Mallory http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2008/02/26/weariness-is/#comment-106523 Mallory Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:47:07 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2008/02/26/weariness-is/#comment-106523 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... 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…

]]> By: Steve Buchheit http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2008/02/26/weariness-is/#comment-106686 Steve Buchheit Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:43:27 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2008/02/26/weariness-is/#comment-106686 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. 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.

]]> By: John Edwards http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2008/02/26/weariness-is/#comment-107410 John Edwards Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:42:27 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2008/02/26/weariness-is/#comment-107410 "since publishing still works on paper ... " Eh? not with us it doesn't. Find and replace would take about 250 mS to fix that. “since publishing still works on paper … ”
Eh? not with us it doesn’t. Find and replace would take about 250 mS to fix that.

]]> By: Tobias Buckell http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2008/02/26/weariness-is/#comment-107412 Tobias Buckell Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:06:15 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2008/02/26/weariness-is/#comment-107412 "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)... “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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