Wizlah wrote:| #$&! wish I could, but this is industry standard now. You folk out there think this doesn't happen all the time? Seriously, y'all are reading Game of Thrones now, one of the primo offenders in the late 90s rush of #$&! massive fantasy series. See how many typos y'all come up with. A #$&! dead dragon's final load after too much curry (aka a #$&! $#@! I guarantee it, because when the title was re-run from hardback into mass market paperback (and while you're at it, shed a tear for the chemist who has to come up with the glue whihc will hold that many pages together in the face of repeated spine bending), the proofreader probably #$&! died from driving his or nosebone into the back of their brain, because sleep overtook them and they fell forward with such violent force, the #$&! pathologist was pulling #$&! bone splinters out of their eardrums. And then the publisher just sighed with relief and sent it to the printer. probably even collated martin's #$&! second round changes onto the bloodstained proofs, and the designer queired what the weird spidery flaxed coloured scrawls were.

Like you'd #$&! notice. You're not the #$&! tracking every last single DUMB BASTARD FANTASY #$&! NAME NUMBER 5782 and making sure they're not misspelt.

So, just to clarify: if ANY OF YOU #$&! EVER, AND I MEAN EVER write a #$&! fantasy or sf novel or literary fiction novel or historical opus, if you don't keep it within a 500 page extent in mass market paperback a format, I swear, I will kill you so painfully, preferably using paper and every available orifice you have been blessed with. I can #$&! do it. I worked on books which sent freelancers to hospital and broke printer's servers. I'm not even #$&! kidding. The world does not need THAT MUCH #$&! WRITING IN ONE VOLUME.

YOU $#@! PROBABLY JUST THINK IT WILL MAKE A #$&! GREAT MINI SERIES, YOU COUCH-BOUND #$&! BASTARDS.

Jesus, I used to think Vernor Vinge wrote long books. I #$&! dream of books that length now.

td11 wrote:yo mrsvox, what was that pandora alternative you mentioned the other day? i can't find the thread

td11 wrote:

td11 wrote:yo mrsvox, what was that pandora alternative you mentioned the other day? i can't find the thread

halp

Polar Bear Phan wrote:If there's a less charming town than Laramie, WY for a flagship state university, I'd like to know which one(s).

Wizlah wrote:

Woody wrote:

Wizlah wrote:A 900 page proof just dropped on my goddam lap with a two week deadline, totally destroying my schedule for July (which includes two copy-edits and one proofread).

Well fuck.

It's work, though. Shouldn't complain.

Fuck though.

*50% RUSH DELIVERY PREMIUM*

| fucking wish I could, but this is industry standard now. You folk out there think this doesn't happen all the time? Seriously, y'all are reading Game of Thrones now, one of the primo offenders in the late 90s rush of fucking massive fantasy series. See how many typos y'all come up with. A fucking dead dragon's final load after too much curry (aka a fucking shitload). I guarantee it, because when the title was re-run from hardback into mass market paperback (and while you're at it, shed a tear for the chemist who has to come up with the glue whihc will hold that many pages together in the face of repeated spine bending), the proofreader probably fucking died from driving his or nosebone into the back of their brain, because sleep overtook them and they fell forward with such violent force, the fucking pathologist was pulling fucking bone splinters out of their eardrums. And then the publisher just sighed with relief and sent it to the printer. probably even collated martin's fucking second round changes onto the bloodstained proofs, and the designer queired what the weird spidery flaxed coloured scrawls were.

Like you'd fucking notice. You're not the fucker tracking every last single DUMB BASTARD FANTASY FUCKING NAME NUMBER 5782 and making sure they're not misspelt.

So, just to clarify: if ANY OF YOU FUCKERS EVER, AND I MEAN EVER write a fucking fantasy or sf novel or literary fiction novel or historical opus, if you don't keep it within a 500 page extent in mass market paperback a format, I swear, I will kill you so painfully, preferably using paper and every available orifice you have been blessed with. I can fucking do it. I worked on books which sent freelancers to hospital and broke printer's servers. I'm not even fucking kidding. The world does not need THAT MUCH FUCKING WRITING IN ONE VOLUME.

YOU CUNTS PROBABLY JUST THINK IT WILL MAKE A FUCKING GREAT MINI SERIES, YOU COUCH-BOUND FUCKING BASTARDS.

Jesus, I used to think Vernor Vinge wrote long books. I fucking dream of books that length now.

TenuredVulture wrote:

Polar Bear Phan wrote:If there's a less charming town than Laramie, WY for a flagship state university, I'd like to know which one(s).

Columbus, OH? New Brunswick, NJ? Does Binghamtown, NY count?

Houshphandzadeh wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

Polar Bear Phan wrote:If there's a less charming town than Laramie, WY for a flagship state university, I'd like to know which one(s).

Columbus, OH? New Brunswick, NJ? Does Binghamtown, NY count?

Columbus is an awesome city. what's your problem with Columbus?

td11 wrote:TV is a pretty harsh critic of a lot of cities/towns