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Kuje
Great Reader
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 Posted - 20 May 2007 : 14:47:09
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Originally posted by Kaladorm
Is it just me or is the editing getting sloppier and sloppier these days? In the old books I have I'd notice maybe one mistake per book. In the latest ones I have it's the norm to find at least 5 or 6 mistakes
Yes, but as WOTC said on Enworld a week or so ago, they don't consider misspelled words an issue enough to issue errata for it, nor if there are minor errors in stats. I.E, if so and so is missing some skill points, it's not a concern enough to issue errata. They said that they'd fix the errors in second printings, if the book in question has a second printing. At least for sourcebooks. |
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Kaladorm
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 May 2007 : 15:07:34
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ElaineCunningham
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 21 May 2007 : 13:43:53
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I'm sorry to hear about the errors that found their way into the final product. I felt pretty confident about this one--I went over the stories many, many times, read and made corrections to the copyedited manuscript, and proofed and corrected the galley pages. At that point the manuscript looked very clean to me. I suppose it's possible that corrections I made to the galleys didn't make it into the final version, but most likely I'm largely at fault here. Sure, there have been times when errors have been inserted into manuscripts; for example, a copyediter might shorten a sentence with participial phrases into two or more sentences with simple noun/verb/object contruction but neglect to change the verb tense. But for the most part, what you see in a final manuscript is the author's doing. I try to turn in very clean manuscripts, and will continue to work to improve the accuracy of the material WotC gets from me.
One problem for an author is that after you see a story SO many times, you know what's supposed to be there and can miss things that, to a fresher eye, would be obvious. For example, someone emailed me this week to let me know that my name had been misspelled on the copyright page. I saw that page in galley proofs, but it wouldn't occur to me to check the spelling of my name--my eye skims over things I assume will be correct. I need to figure out ways to get some distance and proof more accurately. Also, if I could afford it (and if I could get NDA clearance from WotC) I would hire a proof reader to review my manuscript after the copyedit and before it's "typeset" into galley pages. I'd really like to work with beta readers, but again--NDA restrictions. |
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initiate
Learned Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 21 May 2007 : 15:28:54
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Hello,
Thank you very much for answering my questions, Elaine. Liriel's story takes place ten years after Windwalker, eh? Very interesting indeed, considering all the ways in which the drow pantheon starts getting stirred up around about then.
Also: "Tribute", one of the stories printed for the first time in the collection, is now free on line, on the Wizards novels page.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 21 May 2007 : 17:22:27
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Originally posted by initiate
Also: "Tribute", one of the stories printed for the first time in the collection, is now free on line, on the Wizards novels page.
Indeed. http://ww2.wizards.com/Books/Wizards/?doc=fr_bestrealmsstory
...And that just allowed me to read that tale for the first time. I read about half of the book in one sitting the day after I got it, but my upcoming move has kept me from spending any real time reading it. So, thanks to initiate and WotC's web people, I just now read that tale.
It's a good tale, and fits the whole "ancient legend" type quite well. It's a shame more tales like that couldn't be told in the City of Splendors novel.
Did you actually write more of these tales, Elaine, or was this the only one that was done? |
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ElaineCunningham
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 22 May 2007 : 14:23:01
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Did you actually write more of these tales, Elaine, or was this the only one that was done?
This is the only one that was polished. I had a few others in various states of development, but we abandoned this idea fairly early on. Someday I may follow up on this, as it would be an ideal web project.
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ElaineCunningham
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 30 May 2007 : 00:49:43
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Hi, folks.
Shameless request time: if you've read this short story collection, please take a moment to post a review on Amazon.com. Good, bad, mixed, or indifferent--all viewpoints would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 30 May 2007 : 01:18:22
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I can probably do that. I do intend to post a review on my local library's "Must Read" listing on their website [as I do for every Ed and/or Elaine novel released, regardless of the setting]... once I've finished my copy. I'll shift it over to Amazon when I'm done.
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