Speculation, Fact and Fiction

As regular readers of most authors' blogs will know - at least, of those authors who are UK resident and published in the US - some production departments of some US publishers seem to think the Atlantic Ocean is as mythical as anything in Middle Earth.

Hence the tales of unheralded packages of page-proofs arriving, needing to be turned around instantly if there's any chance of them getting posted back across the Atlantic to meet the enclosed deadline. Long time ago, such a situation saw me taking page proofs on holiday and working through the night before going in search of a copy shop and a post office in remotest Derbyshire.

Today's post brings me some page proofs with a deadline of 1st May. Thankfully it's a short story and even more thankfully, there's an email address. Phew. Mind you, that's my plans for the afternoon binned.

Hey ho, all part of life's rich tapestry in this writing game. At least they didn't arrive last week when I was dealing with the copy edit.