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AtreiyaN7

So when you said "frey," did you mean musician Glenn Frey of The Eagles, or did you mean "fray," perhaps? Unless you're a Doctor Who fan and typed that in as shorthand for "Gallifrey." Oh, wait - you being you...well, that was just your usual total fail, and you DID mean "fray." *rolleyes@author*
mars 02 2015 09:42

mousestalker

There's a Glenn Frey song that would make a decent book: http://youtu.be/6Ig5hb8dJUE
mars 02 2015 09:53

AtreiyaN7

Hahaha - I totally remember that song (and video)! Indeed, it really would make for a better book than most of the manuscripts I end up with, lol.
mars 03 2015 04:31

AtreiyaN7

Someone who actually makes edits that improve things and that actually make sense (barring the occasional minor typo)?! I might faint from the shock of seeing signs of competence in one of my authors. :P
mars 02 2015 07:13

Tonymac

You do seem surprised.
mars 02 2015 08:41

AtreiyaN7

Exceedingly - lol.
mars 02 2015 09:00

Tonymac

I have my doubts. Prometheus sucked so very badly.
mars 01 2015 01:05

Fortlowe

So um...*sighs* I um... liked Prometheus.
mars 02 2015 02:49

Fortlowe

Insert ridicule here
mars 02 2015 02:56

AtreiyaN7

Honestly, is it THAT hard to go look at your file names and type what's actually there? As opposed to entering imaginary, non-existent numbers and/or names that make me want to punch a wall until my fists bleed.
févr. 28 2015 10:58

AtreiyaN7

Let's just say that I am now dealing with the umpteenth author who can't manage to do something THAT simple (alternatively, you could just copy the damned file name and paste it in...). I am now reduced to look at all the pictures and GUESSING at which picture I'm supposed to stick in Chapter 24. *glares at author*
févr. 28 2015 10:59

Tonymac

Copy-paste is hard.

mars 01 2015 12:58

AtreiyaN7

Yeah, so after two more work e-mails that sent me flying off the handle, my buddy Bryan came to the rescue again with more soothing puppies - which I will now share. Because everyone loves puppies - even perpetually angry book designers!
févr. 27 2015 10:38

Tonymac

Adorable

févr. 27 2015 10:57

AtreiyaN7

I know! *hugs puppies*
févr. 27 2015 11:39

Tonymac

LOL
févr. 27 2015 10:37

AtreiyaN7

EDITED COMMENT #2 (belongs up there after the first comment - yes, I saw typos :P ): These idiots only entered some of their footnotes using the correct steps. Somewhere along the way they got lazy and decided to just stop doing it. Instead, they incorrectly typed the numbers up manually in the main text and applied superscript to create their stupid little pretend footnotes. Then they lazily stuffed in the footnote text into a previous (and correctly entered) footnote's box.
févr. 28 2015 02:31

Tonymac

they left a trail of breadcrumbs to their mistakes. Never a smart move.
févr. 28 2015 02:32

AtreiyaN7

Yep - went on vacation to Las Vegas once and ended up throwing up because of what I guess was heatstroke and dehydration (my mom had the brilliant idea that we should walk around everywhere under the hot, hot desert sun :P ).
févr. 27 2015 12:43

mousestalker

Take good care of yourself. That sort of thing can get serious. *hugs*
févr. 27 2015 01:50

AtreiyaN7

Thanks - I'm okay now (more or less). :)
févr. 27 2015 04:52

I read that as "sluts. "
févr. 26 2015 08:40

Tonymac

What is suits?
févr. 26 2015 11:09

AtreiyaN7

@turing: lol
@tony: A really good show! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1632701/
févr. 26 2015 09:06

Tonymac

No clue
févr. 25 2015 11:12

AtreiyaN7

You should be glad you don't - I'm just going to say that it involved an eyeball. :P
févr. 25 2015 10:29

Tonymac

LOL
févr. 26 2015 12:16

AtreiyaN7

Hey, buddy, if your poorly written short stories (I picked apart three different things on the first page of the first story alone that annoyed the hell out of me) are already estimated to run to 384 pages (don't know how this will turn out right now), maybe you shouldn't write entire PARAGRAPHS for each story on your TOC. *seethe*
févr. 21 2015 09:03

AtreiyaN7

My buddy Bryan just linked pics of cute puppies for me - that helped lower my rage level just a bit.
févr. 21 2015 09:23

Tonymac

Yes - think about the puppies. lol

févr. 21 2015 11:20

Tonymac

That sounds bad - I really am glad I never went into your line of work.
févr. 21 2015 11:19

AtreiyaN7

Yep, it'd drive most detail-oriented people insane - hehe.
févr. 22 2015 05:07

Tonymac

I believe the term is Postal.
févr. 22 2015 08:12

AtreiyaN7

A wacko author that I loathe at this point has finally approved print and is out of my life at last!!!! She's the one who had 200 edits and effectively said "oops, sorry - just deal with it" when she SHOULD have mentioned this way beforehand, taken a copy of the proof back, done the edits herself, and submitted it for a reblock instead of yanking my chain for the ten millionth time.
févr. 20 2015 08:38

AtreiyaN7

My antipathy towards this woman started somewhere around the time when she b----ed about the hyphenation and nearly demanded that it all be removed/manually altered. Disaster was averted after I painstakingly proved that ALL the automatic hyphenation was completely standard and normal by linking actual dictionary entries showing that the syllabic breakdown was entirely correct. Idiot authors...
févr. 20 2015 08:41

Tonymac

Yep, that's a face-palm.
févr. 20 2015 08:43

AtreiyaN7

...because the author just can't seem to learn how to actually type what's there in the proof OR how to make corrections without completely failing at them! Well, it's more money for me because she had to pay hourly; however, I would have REALLY preferred it if this author had finally learned to follow instructions (aka typing the actual words that are in the book instead of omitting things or making stuff up).
févr. 19 2015 08:48

Tonymac

Advice from Sam Profit: "Where there is confusion, there is money."
févr. 20 2015 11:33