It was a weekend of good food, good friends, and copy edits. I do two passes — the first is the in-depth cleanup pass through the manuscript. The copyeditor has gone through in red pencil with corrections and queries. I go over her changes and add my own. I hardly Read more…
Book 2 copy edits are coming along, but this is Thanksgiving week! There’s some serious food going on this week. We are sharing Thanksgiving this year with friends. I said I will make the cranberry sauce, a green salad, and a chocolate mocha pecan pie (and maybe a regular pecan Read more…
‘Tis said that there is no apartment cleaner than that of a graduate student whose thesis is due. I think a writer whose copy edits have to be turned around in slightly over a week could give grad students a run for their money. So far I’ve cleaned the kitchen Read more…