Are we there yet?

Hey, we made it to Friday morning. Go, us.

Thanks to everyone who weighed in on the ital issue. My personal opinion is that -- if the purpose of a science fiction story is to suck the reader into a strange, new world, then constantly reminding them, through the use of itals, that they're not in Kansas anymore...is counterproductive. This is, I repeat, my personal opinion; and it is well to recall here that I argue copy edit queries from the side of the characters. Writers have odd brains. At least, this writer does.

In other news -- here's a nice interview with Toni Weisskopf, our long-suffering editor.

Still proofing Scout's Progress. Found a missing line last night, which freaked me, so now I'm being ExtraEXTRA careful.

Everybody having a fun Friday?

Really, they're talking Liaden

So, I'm noodling along through Scout's Progress, though not nearly as quickly as I had hoped today because the day-job wanted me to, like, work -- what's with that, exactly? -- and! I find a section where Daav and Er Thom are walking in the garden, talking, and there is a word -- a foreign word! -- properly italicized in their conversation.

What word? you ask breathlessly.

Moxie.




I'm for the couch, red pen, paperclips and galleys in hand.