[bksvol-discuss] Re: Poseidon's Gold
- From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 08:17:02 -0400
My dear Ann, I too have lots of other obligations. I work full-time, for
one thing, plus having to care for the house, the husband, the dogs...
I know stuff comes up.
But I signed up to do a job, and I make an effort to get it done. Because
I know me--it would be real easy to push the book off into the pile of "do
someday", and not actually get to it.
I know stuff comes up. On the other hand, it's very discouraging as a
submitter. I've put a lot of work into making my submission a good one;
I've gotten past my obsessive-compulsive proofreading; I've braved the
possibility that all my hard work will be thrown out by some PQ
replacement that may not actually be as good...and then my poor book
languishes. And I go back to proofreading, where at least I can get the
satisfaction of a completed project after a few weeks.
Not beating up on Reggie; she explained what the problem was, and says
she'll finish up my book. I'm just saying in general.
Tracy
> Hi there,
>
> <smiling> Well, I dunnow about other folks, but this here individual
> works part-time, belongs to two choirs, has social obligations and has
> to do dumb things like clean house, cook meals for one, feed the
> demanding master of the house, pay bills and generally live, so that
> the current book I'm working on is up to page 175 of four hundred. It
> ain't that we're holding onto stuff deliberately to frustrate folks,
> it's that we're volunteers. That means we work on stuff when we will
> to do so. Sometimes, that isn't exactly when we'd like to. That's
> just the way life is. Now, other folks may hang onto things because
> they forget they have them, get sick, have family obligations, etc.,
> etc., etc. So, I don't think whomever has Poseiden's Gold is
> procrastinating deliberately. Well, I dunnow about that one, I belong
> to procrastinators anonymous and I think I'm current with my dues; have
> to check that out tomorrow. Why don't you write to the person who has
> it, see what's afoot? My guess is that your book is buried certain
> fathoms in the deep and may need to be recalled. <smiling>
>
> BTW, please, please, please do not encourage jiffy proofing! Jiffy
> Proofing is not what is best for any book. I don't care who's scanned
> it or what condition they left it in, it's still never a good idea to
> jiffy proof anything at all!
>
> Ann P.
>
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> Not all those who wander are lost."
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