Is there any chance her response to this news could get her article dropped entirely?
That would be AWESOME.
Mal: Go on. Get in there. Give your brother a thrashing for messing up your plan. River: He takes so much looking after.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Jan 21, 2016 4:14:09 pm PST #13890 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
sarameg - Jan 21, 2016 4:44:08 pm PST #13891 of 30003
Man, if it wasn't years with you people, I'd be shocked! SHOCKED!! At the viciousness of editors. Heh.
Successfully created a spreadsheet of "halp, I can't shovel" for the neighborhood. Proposed those who need aid or know of someone who does sing out. 3 needs, 3 volunteer including myself, so far.
sj - Jan 21, 2016 4:48:29 pm PST #13892 of 30003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
sarameg, that is just a wonderful thing to do. Go you!
Steph L. - Jan 21, 2016 4:52:53 pm PST #13893 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Man, if it wasn't years with you people, I'd be shocked! SHOCKED!! At the viciousness of editors. Heh.
We gots to get our jollies somehow.
sarameg - Jan 21, 2016 5:19:23 pm PST #13894 of 30003
Aaaand I just dropped off a tarp to a lady trying to rescue semi feral dog. Have a feeling I'll be seeing more of her. Neighborhoody!
Connie Neil - Jan 21, 2016 5:54:20 pm PST #13895 of 30003
brillig
Yup, that's a fireman's expected level of fitness. Yum.
sarameg - Jan 21, 2016 5:58:27 pm PST #13896 of 30003
(We're so totally gonna get socked. Tonight echoes 2010s back to back blizzard neighborhoodness so hard, it's a sign.)
Burrell - Jan 21, 2016 6:01:40 pm PST #13897 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Yay CJ! And yay msbelle!
I am so frigging tired and have somehow failed to take care of all the things I need to do. How does that keep happening?
sarameg - Jan 21, 2016 6:03:10 pm PST #13898 of 30003
(But I don't really believe in signs.) (For the record.) (It's all that pattern id crap that is in fact just selective or self created, consciously or not.)
Steph L. - Jan 21, 2016 7:04:37 pm PST #13899 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I seriously just got an email back from the author from hell. I have NEVER had an author give me this much trouble before. I've had lots of authors be late returning their stuff. I've had tons of authors not answer all our queries. A decent handful has been snippy about something they didn't like...but it was addressed in ONE email.
Her email tonight (in response to me asking her to answer 4 questions whose answers are unambiguous straightforward answers) said "The file on the link is completely unedited. I am not remaking all of my previous edits. Please send me the uploaded file (since I am out of the office this week) or make it available on the link for these requested edits to be made."
(We send the authors a PDF of the file after *we* edit it, so they can answer questions and make other changes. This hellbeast returned that PDF earlier, and made some changes and answered some questions. I'm not sure why she thinks she needs *her* marked-up PDF to answer the 4 outstanding questions. Well, no, I can guess: she probably doesn't trust that we made her changes.)
I DIDN'T ASK YOU TO RE-DO ALL YOUR CHANGES. ANSWER THE 4 GODDAMN QUESTIONS BEFORE I HULK THE FUCK OUT ON YOU.
Seriously, at this point I feel like she was paid to fuck with me. Because how can one author be such an ongoing pain in the ass? I am boggling at her varsity-level bullshit.