Oh, the first week of May looks like this for me. Between preparing for the Nebula conference by being a moderator Voice of Experience, filling out promotion slot applications that May Not Happen for various vendors (but still require the scheduling of price changes because acceptance in the promotion is not told until The Last Minute), doing said promotion, and discovering I need to record taglines and book links in two different forms for two different groups (ah, the Glamorous Life of An Indie Writer--NOT)...then there's the non-writing, community service work for my Soroptimist club which includes scheduling Zooms, preparing a donation request for approval by the club's Board (I am the chair of our Community Projects committee which hands out up to $1000 in grant requests for projects primarily benefiting women and girls), Zoom meeting for the Large Grant committee (hands out $5000 once a year to organizations doing projects that benefit women and girls, worthy projects that don't quite make the Large Grant cut are handed off to my committee), and...yeah. That first week of May is busy, and then the second week of May has the Nebulas as well as hosting a Zoom chat one night for the regional independent writers' association that I am on the board of...normally my life isn't that hectic, but this May....
That's a beautiful, on-point description of what a copyeditor does, Gwenda. I used to work as a copyeditor (although in advertising, not the publishing trade), so I appreciate the appreciation of the job. I always enjoy reading your newsletter. Picked up Malice House following your last one, since your mom was rereading it in her time of need. I hope her health continues to improve! Horror is not my genre (for sure) but I really enjoyed it. Please keep the lovely newsletters coming! Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Thanks for the tip on Jonathan Carroll! Mr. Breakfast is now at the top of the TBR pile. I read a number of his books in the early 2000s. Looking forward to checking out the back list too.
"the commas are mostly like rhythm notes to me" - SAME.
Oh, the first week of May looks like this for me. Between preparing for the Nebula conference by being a moderator Voice of Experience, filling out promotion slot applications that May Not Happen for various vendors (but still require the scheduling of price changes because acceptance in the promotion is not told until The Last Minute), doing said promotion, and discovering I need to record taglines and book links in two different forms for two different groups (ah, the Glamorous Life of An Indie Writer--NOT)...then there's the non-writing, community service work for my Soroptimist club which includes scheduling Zooms, preparing a donation request for approval by the club's Board (I am the chair of our Community Projects committee which hands out up to $1000 in grant requests for projects primarily benefiting women and girls), Zoom meeting for the Large Grant committee (hands out $5000 once a year to organizations doing projects that benefit women and girls, worthy projects that don't quite make the Large Grant cut are handed off to my committee), and...yeah. That first week of May is busy, and then the second week of May has the Nebulas as well as hosting a Zoom chat one night for the regional independent writers' association that I am on the board of...normally my life isn't that hectic, but this May....
That's a beautiful, on-point description of what a copyeditor does, Gwenda. I used to work as a copyeditor (although in advertising, not the publishing trade), so I appreciate the appreciation of the job. I always enjoy reading your newsletter. Picked up Malice House following your last one, since your mom was rereading it in her time of need. I hope her health continues to improve! Horror is not my genre (for sure) but I really enjoyed it. Please keep the lovely newsletters coming! Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Thanks for the tip on Jonathan Carroll! Mr. Breakfast is now at the top of the TBR pile. I read a number of his books in the early 2000s. Looking forward to checking out the back list too.
I especially appreciate that you devoted a big chunk to reading.