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[Previous entry: "List Time and Brownies"] [Next entry: "Going to the movies and Happy Mother's Day"] 05/06/2005: "Art Fact Sheets and Galleys"
Today I have to do my art sheets for the book I'm working on. A question I'm often asked is how much input do I have on my covers. Do I get to choose the people? Do I get to choose the background? If I don't like it, will they re-work it? No. No. And no. My input is limited to filling out and submitting art fact sheets. Harlequin publishes over 90 books per month and the art fact sheet is a way to let the art department know what's going on in your book. (Believe it or not they can't read all 90+ books and then design covers for them. |
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So, now you know how much input we have on our covers. Trust me, I'm always holding my breath, and hoping the cover gods have smiled upon me, until I see what they've come up with for each book.
, word reptition, awkward construction, time lines, etc. I think being a copy editor would be a horrendous job. So, the copy editor writes all over my manuscript and then sends it back to me. I go through the copy edited version and makes notes on any changes I disagree with. This can be a very painful process. After I've gone through a manuscript and flagged it--there are usually at least 100 flags. Then I look back over the flags and decide what changes I can and cannot live with on the book. I put together a form that includes page number, line, and proposed changes. I don't see it again until I get the galleys and go through for line edits. Now, I see if the changes I asked for at the copy edit stage have been made. I read the manuscript line by line for any typos, inconsistencies, problems, etc., using my handy-dandy little flags again. Then I put together another document similar to copy edit document delineating page, line, change and send that back to my editor. 
