Comments on: Hurry Up And Wait http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/10/hurry-up-and-wait/ A mutual support group for SF/F Novelists Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:06:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: S.C. Butler http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/10/hurry-up-and-wait/#comment-2922 S.C. Butler Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:08:16 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/10/hurry-up-and-wait/#comment-2922 Three months for a regular edit - I'm waiting for my editor's comments. I can't imagine Tor copyeditors get any more than two weeks either. Three months for a regular edit – I’m waiting for my editor’s comments. I can’t imagine Tor copyeditors get any more than two weeks either.

]]> By: Zora http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/10/hurry-up-and-wait/#comment-2921 Zora Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:52:23 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/10/hurry-up-and-wait/#comment-2921 The entire publishing process is an alternation between hurry-up-and-wait and panic-stricken hurry. Each project involves author(s) and freelancers outside the direct control of the publisher. The publisher is juggling multiple projects. One delay (sometimes unavoidable) can derail everything. I suppose I can now say "I'm a copyeditor" having copyedited two cookbooks, and working on a third. I get whiplashed between lull and hurry too. "The author is coming into the office on Thursday, so we MUST have the copyedited manuscript by then." Yassuh. Then no work for weeks. Three months for a copyedit? They give me two weeks :) The entire publishing process is an alternation between hurry-up-and-wait and panic-stricken hurry. Each project involves author(s) and freelancers outside the direct control of the publisher. The publisher is juggling multiple projects. One delay (sometimes unavoidable) can derail everything.

I suppose I can now say “I’m a copyeditor” having copyedited two cookbooks, and working on a third. I get whiplashed between lull and hurry too. “The author is coming into the office on Thursday, so we MUST have the copyedited manuscript by then.” Yassuh. Then no work for weeks.

Three months for a copyedit? They give me two weeks :)

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