Comments on: Beware the giddy! http://kerry-allen.com/2010/03/08/beware-the-giddy/ Paranormal romance, episodic romantic humor, and a lone gothic erotic ghost story Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:22:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kerry http://kerry-allen.com/2010/03/08/beware-the-giddy/#comment-7461 Kerry Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:13:35 +0000 http://kerry-allen.com/?p=3170#comment-7461 The problem is, by the time you get to the end, you're more experienced and therefore better than you were when you started, so what you've written previously will NEVER measure up to your current standards. At some point, you just have to stop, let it go, and NEVER LOOK BACK. :cookie: Except, in my case, typos. I can't blame crappy quality control on an anonymous copyeditor, so I really need to get in there and fix that. Why six different people can't spot a typo BEFORE it goes public is one of life's joyous little mysteries. The problem is, by the time you get to the end, you’re more experienced and therefore better than you were when you started, so what you’ve written previously will NEVER measure up to your current standards.

At some point, you just have to stop, let it go, and NEVER LOOK BACK.

:cookie:

Except, in my case, typos. I can’t blame crappy quality control on an anonymous copyeditor, so I really need to get in there and fix that. Why six different people can’t spot a typo BEFORE it goes public is one of life’s joyous little mysteries.

]]> By: C.J. Redwine http://kerry-allen.com/2010/03/08/beware-the-giddy/#comment-7460 C.J. Redwine Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:04:21 +0000 http://kerry-allen.com/?p=3170#comment-7460 Ha! I know exactly what you mean. I finish a novel, feel magnificently triumphant, wait a few days (thinking THIS is the best book ever) and then do a read through. :twitch: And start frantically fixing/changing/editing. I've decided no book is ever really finished. Ha! I know exactly what you mean. I finish a novel, feel magnificently triumphant, wait a few days (thinking THIS is the best book ever) and then do a read through.

:twitch:

And start frantically fixing/changing/editing. I’ve decided no book is ever really finished.

]]> By: Kerry http://kerry-allen.com/2010/03/08/beware-the-giddy/#comment-7453 Kerry Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:09:35 +0000 http://kerry-allen.com/?p=3170#comment-7453 Yeah, it's over now. :headdesk: Getting it formatted and uploaded everywhere was time-consuming and eye-straining, and upon successful completion, I IMMEDIATELY found a typo, which I can't fix until the thing has been approved and goes live, and then the waiting for approval will start again... :futility: And in the search for other gaffes, my cute little overused phrases were jumping up and punching me in the face, so I have been returned to my baseline state of ungiddiness, which looks something like this: :barf: It was awesome for a day, though, and I eagerly anticipate experiencing it again when I'm done with The Book. Yeah, it’s over now.
:headdesk:
Getting it formatted and uploaded everywhere was time-consuming and eye-straining, and upon successful completion, I IMMEDIATELY found a typo, which I can’t fix until the thing has been approved and goes live, and then the waiting for approval will start again…
:futility:
And in the search for other gaffes, my cute little overused phrases were jumping up and punching me in the face, so I have been returned to my baseline state of ungiddiness, which looks something like this:
:barf:
It was awesome for a day, though, and I eagerly anticipate experiencing it again when I’m done with The Book.

]]> By: C.J. Redwine http://kerry-allen.com/2010/03/08/beware-the-giddy/#comment-7444 C.J. Redwine Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:56:53 +0000 http://kerry-allen.com/?p=3170#comment-7444 Yay!!!!!! I'm so excited for you. And not just because one day I want to hold Drown in my hot little hands. Yay!!!!!!

I’m so excited for you. And not just because one day I want to hold Drown in my hot little hands.

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