[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fixing a bear of a book
- From: Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:05:54 -0500
Bob, really, you screamed? I'm thinking I talked to you long time ago in the
chat room, and you were so soft spoken. LOL.
On Jul 26, 2011, at 12:50 PM, Bob W wrote:
> Hi Tracy.
> You should be pleased with yourself.
>
> It's often those "challenging" books that teach us the most.
>
> A couple of weeks ago I had a "challenging" book that I worked on. I whipped
> it into shape and submitted it (very proud of my work). A couple of hours
> later I got a message stating that the book was being returned for further
> editing.
>
> "Sacré blieu!" I screamed.
>
> When I checked the staff member's comments it read "pages 1 to 32 are
> underlined."
>
> [picture of Bob with much egg on his face.]
>
> So, let's hear it for challenges.
>
> Bob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 10:35 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Fixing a bear of a book
>
>
> I'm pretty pleased with myself. I just finished proofreading Weaving a
> Woman's Life: Spiritual Lessons from the Loom.
> It had been languishing for over a year, because someone had taken it and
> faithfully renewed it for a year!, then released it.
> It had lots of garbage characters, and not enough page breaks, but I was
> able to fix it up! It was a mess though, and I could see how a person
> could get discouraged. But now, if Admin okays it, it'll join the
> collection at last.
> So, brothers and sisters, if you have a book to proofread, and you find
> it's too much for you, or you just aren't getting to it, let it go and see
> if someone else comes along to finish it up. If no one does, you can
> always take it back.
> Tracy
>
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