Monday Questionnaire
1. Give us an example of the usual drudgery/routine that is your work.
2. Lest we now think your employment intolerable, give us an example of something strange that happened recently at work.
3. Are you involved in a self-, home-, or other-improvement project lately? What is it?
posted by kStyle @ 4:16 PM
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1. Today I noticed that the shelving info on a cover proof was probably incorrect. I asked the editor what it should be. I marked it to be corrected and gave the proof to the designer. zzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZ
2. This morning, an author gave me 2 big compliments! He emailed, "This is the most accurate, knowledgeable copy edit I have seen in 30 years of previous editions. Congratulations." (I don't do the editing myself, but I chose the copyeditor. I feel especially proud because a more-established person usually handles his books.) He also said the photo research we submitted for his new edition is far better than most of the art in the current edition of the book, and thanked me for taking the initiative to overhaul the art program. Also, I had a very fun talk with a new proofreader today.
Another story: Once, about a year ago, a caller to my work line asked for someone who hadn't been working at the company for years. Then she asked, "Do you know if there's anyone else in your office who enjoys deer hunting?"
3. Funny I should ask! I realized recently that I have a nasty habit of spending time & money on myself only for "self-improvement" projects. Even my usual enjoyable actvities, such as exercise or meditation, have that same edge. So I've vowed to start spending time and money on things just because I *want* to sometimes.
1. A while ago I sent a copy of a peer review to a publisher who's supposed to be co-publishing with us the book in question. This morning they wrote to say they lost it and could I mail it again. The bright spot in all of this is that my assistant will be here in a minute and I can make her do it. (Oh, and the book in question is lousy, so we're going to have to get out of this co-publication contract somehow. That should be fun.)
2. The other day I got a proposal, by e-mail, for a book about Nabokov. The author had attached the whole manuscript. What amuses me is that he evidently did enough research about us to get my e-mail address, but his research didn't turn up the fact that we don't publish in literary studies.
3. I consider not watching "The Apprentice" this season a self-improvement project.
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