tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post1471552223352447442..comments2024-03-26T17:32:38.865-04:00Comments on YA Outside the Lines: CopyeditsBrian Katcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159532800819759917noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-23096070002434000502011-07-25T09:04:30.022-04:002011-07-25T09:04:30.022-04:00My favorites were whether or not douchebag should ...My favorites were whether or not douchebag should be one word or two, and if butthurt should have a hyphen. (You can see my opinion in this comment! Haha!)Trish Dollerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04011138446819297720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-89999164423090238002011-07-24T17:53:20.513-04:002011-07-24T17:53:20.513-04:00I think for me what was surprising was seeing abou...I think for me what was surprising was seeing about how consistent I was about inconsistent capitalizations. I'm sure I drove everyone crazy!Vicky Alvear Shecterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570828339389206203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-6637067952901913272011-07-24T12:42:28.658-04:002011-07-24T12:42:28.658-04:00I love copy edit time. In fact, I'm already lo...I love copy edit time. In fact, I'm already looking forward to it for book 3, even though I'm still waiting on my macro edit letter and it's a long way down the road! But I'm geeky enough to love those discussions and arguments. At Sourcebooks, we do this all electronically and I love knowing that Matt the freelance copy editor was sitting there at 3 AM writing me a note about how I'd changed Ethan's brand of cigarettes and did I want to do that. (No I did not)We have had lively debates over grammar and because Dreaming Anastasia is a fantasy series, we generate dozens and dozens of comments about issues of magic continuity. And a huge debate about things like whether we want to spell it 'magic' or 'magick' (At one point, Matt decided that if Ethan was talking we'd use the 'k' and no 'k' for Anne. Eventually, we got collectively exhuasted by this.) I have been lucky to have the same editorial team for all three books. So they catch a lot! and I'm always grateful for comments like 'Baba Yaga couldn't do this in book 1. Why can she do this now?'Joy Preblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00532958575068320212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-31459670428083310802011-07-23T23:21:20.584-04:002011-07-23T23:21:20.584-04:00My favorite copyedit was the suggestion that I cha...My favorite copyedit was the suggestion that I change a trash can to a recycling bin. I have very green copyeditors, I suppose.Miranda Kenneallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04240264706064014173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-64186227332790309482011-07-23T22:13:07.150-04:002011-07-23T22:13:07.150-04:00When I got my copyedits from my editor I wanted to...When I got my copyedits from my editor I wanted to throw my arms around her and shout THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. Because there really were some glaring errors and unfounded assumptions in the manuscript. Thank goodness they were easily fixed. I had a wonderful first-time editing experience, with both my out-of-house and in-house editors. (My publisher got a fantasy expert to go over it initially, which was pretty fab of her.)Rhiannon Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03611927348379723038noreply@blogger.com