If your book recommendations are always this enticing, I might have to stop following you, Hannah!
I hope you're feeling better now. I am copyediting my first full-length book this month. I was very apprehensive about asking for an extension, but I had sorely underestimated how long it takes to edit 150k words. (And notes. So many endnotes.) The author and managing editor were very understanding, so it turned out that it wasn't as big a deal as I had made it out to be. Lesson learned though, and I will not make it a habit! We do need to be gentle with ourselves, don't we?
Oh my goodness, I can't imagine a 150k-word book being my first project! One thing I've learned, though, is that when you start off with complex texts, copyediting other things feels like a breeze in the future.
Also, it's so fun that you found my blog! Thanks for reading, Alexis. <3
If your book recommendations are always this enticing, I might have to stop following you, Hannah!
I hope you're feeling better now. I am copyediting my first full-length book this month. I was very apprehensive about asking for an extension, but I had sorely underestimated how long it takes to edit 150k words. (And notes. So many endnotes.) The author and managing editor were very understanding, so it turned out that it wasn't as big a deal as I had made it out to be. Lesson learned though, and I will not make it a habit! We do need to be gentle with ourselves, don't we?
Hope you have a great weekend!
Oh my goodness, I can't imagine a 150k-word book being my first project! One thing I've learned, though, is that when you start off with complex texts, copyediting other things feels like a breeze in the future.
Also, it's so fun that you found my blog! Thanks for reading, Alexis. <3