Ah, there’s nothing quite like leaving the cloudless skies of Cabo and 80-degree temperatures (that’s mid-20’s in Celsius for my non-American friends) to come home to rain. And cold. And Christmas music.
But I came back relaxed! And refreshed! And ready to tackle my copy edits, which fell right into my inbox early Friday afternoon as I was sifting through my 268 emails (that’s 9 days’ worth… and so wrong). I was given until Tuesday to get the copy edits back. Yes, this Tuesday. According to the memo attached with the manuscript, it seems as if I was supposed to have been sent the copy edits at the end of November, though I’m not sure. (But it’s totally okay. I wouldn’t have needed three weeks to do the edits, and I wouldn’t have been home, anyway.)
So that’s what I’ve been working on all weekend. I’m not quite done, but I’m close, and I anticipate having everything back to my editor by tomorrow afternoon at the latest. I’m really enjoying this part of process. I have no idea who my copy editor is (I need to find out), but he/she is one savvy cookie. For the past three days, I feel like I’ve been taking a crash course in grammar (which is really good thing).
As for my vacation, I had a wonderful time. I saw friends I hadn’t seen in months, I ate really well (maybe a little too well), drank way too many blueberry mojitos, got a great tan (which is already fading), and laughed a lot. Vacations are good for the soul.
Oh, and I have no idea when exactly this happened, but CREEP is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Chapters Indigo (Canada). How unbelievably cool is that? Not that I expect anyone to order it seven months in advance, but it’s there! Woo hoo!
How’s everybody been? I’m going to do my best to catch up on everyone’s blogs this week once my copy edits are returned. Hope you’ve all been doing well!
Good to have you back. Hate that you have all those edits to churn through. But at least you're rested and home in time for Christmas. How cool is that? Have a healing holiday season, Roland
YAY JENNIFER'S BACK!!! Cracking out the champagne in your honour. Good to hear you're well rested and all ready for the silly season 😀 And Creep's out soon! This is so exciting!
Good luck with the edits *gulp* 🙂
Don't stress the "you should have had this back by X." It is a common slight of hand to short the author when editorial has fallen behind.
At the same time, it is common for authors to miss their deadlines, so don't be that guy. 🙂
(In the end, it's the people in production that have to make up for everyone else being late and then we get blamed when the thing is a day late. …not that I'm bitter.)
Welcome back! Good luck with the edits!
So glad to have you back! You were missed and envied for that warm, sunny vacation! Glad you had a good time and good luck with your edits! Yeay for preorders! Can't Wait to get mine!!
Sounds like the absolute perfect getaway! Good luck with those copy edits (is it wrong that I would be totally excited about that? such a grammar dork) and with all your emails!
Welcome back!! Now get back to those edits!! 🙂
Welcome back! It sounds like you had an excellent time. Wow, that's a short timeframe to get copyedits done! I have faith you can do it though. Yay for CREEP being available to pre-order!
How cool! (to see you at amazon for pre-order) Vacations are such a wonderful thing. I’m always surprise by people who don’t take them.
Hooray, you're back! 🙂 I'm glad you had a good vacation!
So happy you are back! Although I am still feeling a little jealous over the whole Cabo thing.lol
Glad you had a good time and nothing like a ton of work with a deadline to force you right back into the swing of things.
I've never had a blueberry mojito, but now I want to! Good luck with the copyedits 🙂
welcome home Jen!!! Glad you are back and rested and ready to tackle life once again. Happy editing and happy drinking 🙂 Blueberry mojitos? Mmmm…sounds divine.
Jennifer – Your vacation sounds like so much fun. Glad you enjoyed it. =D
Welcome back!! So freaking cool that your book is available for pre-order! I'm sure you're ecstatic. Blueberry mojitos… yum, sounds like my kind of vacation.