I am Editor, hear me roar!

[penmage]

I have spent the past four days working feverishly on a 500 page manuscript. It’s excellent, don’t get me wrong, but it also came in late, and Editor D is going on vacation starting today at noon and not coming back for a week, so he wanted to get our editorial letter out today.

So I had to get my notes to him this morning.

I have been working on it like crazy. I have spent hours on it. I have worked on it on my commute, both ways, three days in a row, and last night I went to sleep at 2am because I was working on it, and I even took my laptop to work with me today so I could work on the train.

I worked and worked and worked, and then I worked for another 45 minutes when I got in this morning, and then my notes were done. All twelve pages of them.

I worked REALLY hard on this manuscript. And it's really good, so it was a joy, but it was also a lot. It was an intense editorial process.

Today, Editor D sent out the editorial letter to the author. And he said,

I am cutting and pasting N’s overall notes here as her questions are good ones for you to think about as you revise.

All of the overall points (and a lot of the line edits) are taken from my notes. On a big book by one of our important authors.

And Editor D attributed them to me.

Now I feel awesome.

Comments

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

Hurrah!

[elissa-carey.livejournal.com]

That's fantastic! For all of Editor D's faults -- communication being a huge one -- this is a really great virtue. Congratulations. :)

[penmage.livejournal.com]

Seriously. One thing he always does right is give credit where it's due. Which is a big deal. A lot of editors don't do that.

[beingblueagain.livejournal.com]

Aw, awesome! And congrats!

Isn't it the best feeling in the world?

[penmage.livejournal.com]

It really is! The best feeling ever. He's quoted me in edit letters before, but this is the first time he's used the bulk of my notes and used them straight up.

[esc-key.livejournal.com]

Awesome! This doesn't deserve the 'editor d sucks' tag. Maybe you should make an "editor d occassionally rocks" tag.

[penmage.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about that, but it would be too annoying to change all the tags. Besides, usually he sucks!

[esc-key.livejournal.com]

You wouldn't have to change all the tags. Create a new one and use it going forward. How many times has he not sucked in the past? Just one I can think of. (Ninja Turtles!)

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

Oh, the joys of an ethical boss! :)

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

(Weird, that comes across as ironic, and not jubilant.)

[littlelotte.livejournal.com]

Your icon is awesome...lol

[littlelotte.livejournal.com]

YAY!

[celtic4.livejournal.com]

Congrats! :D

[dandelion-diva.livejournal.com]

That is so completely awesome! :)