The era of endless proofreading

[deborahjross]

I've had one deadline after another, and they aren't over yet.

First was editorial revisions for the third volume of The Seven-Petaled Shield, called The Heir of Khored. Then reviewing copy edits for same.

Then a true delight -- I'll do a separate post about this one -- proofreading the Book View Cafe ebook edition of Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Catch Trap. I've always loved that book, and proofing it felt like crawling inside the story to see how it works. But it's a long book...

And just after I sent it off, what should appear but page proofs for Heir?

Comments

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I hate proof-reading! Sympathy.

[deborahjross.livejournal.com]

I don't mind proofreading, although it requires such a high degree of alertness to detail that it's tiring. I prefer to do it in short daily sessions (the turtle method), but that isn't possible when there's a tight deadline.

In the best of all worlds, I'd go through page proofs 3 times - forward, backward, and then forward again. Not possible this time, so I'm going much more slowly, reading aloud.