one very long day later…

…there. Done, pretty much. There’s a handful of very minor things I need to deal with in the morning, but because it’s been a long day and I ran out of caring very much about two hours ago, I will put them off until morning. I’ll try to be a good human and get up early to do them so I can still get this thing in the mail by noon, which should be do-able. I’m going to go rot my brain now.

chug chug chug

Chugging along at quite a good clip on these edits. I won’t get ’em done in time to photocopy them this afternoon (particularly if I sit here writing LJ entries), but I should be able to get them copied and into the mail tomorrow morning. I still like the book. I hope that’s a good sign. :) Things I have learned today while copyediting: 1. The phrase is “to the manner born”, though I’d always assumed it was “to the manor born”. Both, however, are in frequent use. 2. The…

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*so* avoiding going to work

This is me, *so* avoiding going to work. I was *forced* to go buy colored pencils, because the Del Rey edits are requested in pencil, and (because I’m crap with colored pencils artistically) I didn’t own any. So I had to go buy some. Not good ones, though, just €1.99 ones at Tesco because (I’m crap with colored pencils artistically) as much as I love me an excuse to buy art supplies, I already know that particular purchase is a waste of money. But I thought about it! And then…

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bunchalittlestuff

In a fit of childish fitfulness, I stomped my feet this morning and said I don’t *care* if I’ll pay for it later, I’m Not Working Today. So I’ve been watching Smallville with Ted and reading and doing a bit of shopping. I may watch a movie in a little while here. Take *that*! I did peek at the copy-edited TQB manuscript, and it is *nothing* like the horror the HoC ms was, so even if it’s just shy of 600 pages long I’m not quite as dismayed about the…

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