Once we had the book printed out, mistakes became obvious. Due to a layout error, pages 115 and 116, between parts three and four, are blank. We couldn't fix the problem without throwing the whole index off, so we added an index entry: "strange blank pages, 115-116."
There were still typos here and there, which Amy Eisenman caught. (Did we all just miss them before? Did I fail to make some corrections? I didn't go back to the massive copy-edit e-mails to check.) The Ocala Star-Banner is getting its money's worth with their copy editor, I suppose. The table of contents was missing entries for the last three or four reviews in the first chapter. Scott wanted to remove a seriously dated joke, so we did, and checked the index to make sure the deletion hadn't screwed that up. It was a comedy of errors. Since it was fairly obvious that she wanted to go over the whole thing, I sent Amy back to Scott's apartment with the printout in hand. Today at lunch I should get the corrected copy back, after which I will print up the corrected pages, assemble the final document, and get it sent Fed Ex to Nebraska, probably to arrive Tuesday. Another delay, but a reasonable one.
Otis and the Night Visitors
Amy and Tanya showed up in the middle of the night, about 3:30 or so. Otis poked his head out to check out these late arrivals but spent the rest of the night in the bedroom while A&T collapsed on the futon out front. Of course, this morning Suzie was a complete bitch and yowled until I shut her in the study. I don't think that was the sort of attention she sought. Christina and I slipped out the front door as quietly as we could, leaving the cats sequestered in the study until the girls wake up and decide to let them out. Many kudos to Christina for making that room livable and for hauling the kitty necessities back there.
There were still typos here and there, which Amy Eisenman caught. (Did we all just miss them before? Did I fail to make some corrections? I didn't go back to the massive copy-edit e-mails to check.) The Ocala Star-Banner is getting its money's worth with their copy editor, I suppose. The table of contents was missing entries for the last three or four reviews in the first chapter. Scott wanted to remove a seriously dated joke, so we did, and checked the index to make sure the deletion hadn't screwed that up. It was a comedy of errors. Since it was fairly obvious that she wanted to go over the whole thing, I sent Amy back to Scott's apartment with the printout in hand. Today at lunch I should get the corrected copy back, after which I will print up the corrected pages, assemble the final document, and get it sent Fed Ex to Nebraska, probably to arrive Tuesday. Another delay, but a reasonable one.
Otis and the Night Visitors
Amy and Tanya showed up in the middle of the night, about 3:30 or so. Otis poked his head out to check out these late arrivals but spent the rest of the night in the bedroom while A&T collapsed on the futon out front. Of course, this morning Suzie was a complete bitch and yowled until I shut her in the study. I don't think that was the sort of attention she sought. Christina and I slipped out the front door as quietly as we could, leaving the cats sequestered in the study until the girls wake up and decide to let them out. Many kudos to Christina for making that room livable and for hauling the kitty necessities back there.
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