Comments on: Edits 2: Proofs Suck

By: Dearly, Beloved – It’s Off! | Lia Habel

Dearly, Beloved – It’s Off! | Lia Habel — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:42:02 +0000

[...] Beloved Today I finished the first pass proofs (I still call them galleys, but I’m weird that way – I think I just prefer the vaguely [...]

By: Savannah J. Foley

Savannah J. Foley — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:07:26 +0000

I understand why you hate them; it sounds nervewracking! Even more inspiration to absolutely make sure everything is the way you want it before you turn something in before getting to this point. I can’t imagine the agony of realizing last minute that something does not work, and then you can’t change it.

By: Betsy Dornbusch

Betsy Dornbusch — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:01:49 +0000

I’m relieved to know I’m not the only one less than thrilled with proofs. (or galleys, as my pub calls them). We do copyedits on galleys as well, which actually helps me find mistakes and edits, seeing it in a different format. But then when they send it back to me again, I’m over it.

By: BernardL

BernardL — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:29:13 +0000

“It’s harder than you think to catch every single mistake, because you tend to see what it’s supposed to say rather than what it does”. Amen to that.

Very entertaining look (especially the Keebler Elves) at the publishing process… and a scary one. It takes a lot of perseverance to go through all that after you’ve finally sold it. I bet the ‘Downside’ series because of your special dialogue was a nightmare for everyone along the way and it had to be done just right. Great series, Stace.

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 03:09:35 +0000

Stacia, thank you so much for opening all this up to those of us who haven’t made it down the road this far yet. It felt like a cloud of uncertainty and caused a lot of fear when I tried to learn more about words like copyedits and the over-all process. Seeing it in real life and hearing someone explain their own experience has been so great!
Katie

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:30:06 +0000

I’m still in the “struggling to get my book published” phase – and I can’t decide if your post has made me feel better (knowing that even after I GET published, I’ll still be struggling with self-doubt and the “wait did I word that right?” is something everyone deals with) or worse. Because, apparently I’ve been laboring under the delusion that it gets easier.

So um thanks for the information and the perspective…I think

And on another note, No matter how many typos you could have, your characters, world, and plot are so great I’d never notice <3

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Tweets that mention Edits 2: Proofs Suck | Stacia Kane -- Topsy.com — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:25:28 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by StaciaKane and spectra_authors, sillystoryideas. sillystoryideas said: Edits 2: Proofs Suck: You’d think I’d like proofs, since I love copyedits so much. You’d be wrong. I hate proofs… http://bit.ly/dPyODM [...]