This is going to be a very short post because I've backed myself into a corner.
I received my proofs for Bad Girl on my birthday, April 7, with a request that they be returned by April 19th.
Dirty little secret: I ALWAYS do things at the last minute. Not because I procrastinate, but because I always have a stack of things needing to be done, and I work on the thing needing my attention right now.
Oh, that's the definition of "procrastinate," isn't it? [grin]
Anyway, I wasn't worried about the proofs because--by now--my editor and I had done a round, and the copyeditor and I had done another round. I figured there wouldn't be that much to address.
Boy, was I wrong.
I sat down last night and managed to complete half the job (in seven hours). I still have to finish the other half tonight so I can drop the pages off at FedEx in the morning.
So, I'm going to leave you all with an item from Publishers Weekly:
Bookstore sales tumbled 6.5% in February . . . according to estimates released this morning [April 16] from the U.S. Census Bureau. With the 1.4% decline in January, bookstore sales for the two first months of 2007 were down 3.1% . . . Sales for all of retail were up only 1.5% in February and up 3.9% in the two-month period.
I'll be back in business tomorrow.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
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4 comments:
Maya,
You'll get the proofs done. And I know what you mean about procrasination. I'm do it to.
Thanks, Marie. I did get it done.
Fell asleep with my red pencil in hand about midnight, but woke up at 5:00 AM and finished by 6:30.
Happy late birthday!
I always spend mine procrastinating, so don't worry--you're not alone. =)
Erica: Thanks! It's nice to know that I'm not the only one who does this. [grin]
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