yo!

i think that proofing manuscripts for design errors is interesting, because i had never realized how much it is possible to design a book. i always thought that things pretty much worked themselves out on their own, but i have learned that, actually, people get paid to go through and jiggle lines around to make sure there are no weird line breaks, etc.

we got a manuscript on tuesday that really showed me how much it is possibly to destroy a book through design. it's a fairly complicated novel, full of letters and journal entries and term papers mixed in with the narrative. annnnd they made it cuter by using different fonts for all of those things. all of this would have worked, if it had actually come through ok. but all of the fonts were mixed up, and chapter headings were at bottoms of pages (so the chapter actually started on the next page) -- cringe-worthy things like that. the book was literally unreadable.

eryn the editorial assistant left yesterday, which is sad, and i will miss her, BUT (at least temporarily) i get to sit at her desk! i have a bulletin board, and drawers, and a lamp, and a lot more space!

omg! tomorrow will be the end of my fourth week of working at counterpoint. i feel like i am approaching a plateau where people can tell me to do X thing, and i know what that means and how to do it, without needing ten minutes of explanation. at least for the things i do on a regular basis, like the checklists we run on manuscripts.