Helping Lynda Cope with Galley Proofs

Ian Schokking took some time out of his weekend, June 15-16, 2001, to help me (Lynda) overcome the galley proofs for Throne Price. He read through the first three chapters, which I was obsessing about, checking only for typos, and prescribed wine for my intermittent "rewrite-itis" attacks. (Ian's a doctor so you have to take your medicine. :-) Somehow we also managed to feed our respective children, turned loose to romp about the house, arbitrate who would sleep where and defend my youngest daughter's right to boy-free bathing privileges against repeated incursions by Ian's rambunctious boys. It took a while, but with a little help from my friends I think I've got it. Galley proofs are not drafts. Galley proofs are not drafts. I got through by repeating it to myself twice an hour while working on them, only occasionally needing to scribble out a few "not-absolutely-necessary" deletions and re-wordings that just slipped off the end of my red pen.

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