So, Gentle Reader, my world is full of proofs right now. You’d think I haven’t done this a dozen times before. Yet every new book comes in proofs and I have forgotten how blasted long they take to review. Add to that the fact that I’m paranoid with this book (the last one had more errors than I like) and it’s just taking forever.
Meanwhile, on Twitter, I began the great punctuation apocalypse of 2016… eventually declaring my own allegiances.
This is what happens when Gail is stuck proofing a manuscript on the weekend.
{Gail’s monthly read along for March 2016 is Sorcery & Cecelia: Or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer.}
GAIL’S DAILY DOSE
Your Moment of Parasol . . .
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Your Infusion of Cute . . .
Your Tisane of Smart . . .
4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence from The Onion (via Barb Bergman @barbekresla)
Your Writerly Tinctures . . .
Six Cliches to Watch Out For
Book News:
Beyond the Trope podcast interviews my agent Kristin Nelson
Quote of the Day:
On the subject of en-dash vs em-dash:
Your cute looks like my cat Wolfgang – at first glance I thought your headline was that you were an anti-elitist warrior fighting against Oxford university!