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Aug 8 06: facepalm
Aieeeee.
I have just discovered that my final ms of “Albedo,” aka Optimistic Story, was sent to the anthologist with a couple of words highlighted in bright blue. It was a flag for myself to triple-think the wording, because it was a crucial piece of foreshadowing.
And the editor gets it highlighted. Dammit.
I have no idea how this went out with the highlighting still in place. I was sure I checked for that kinda stuff. While I’ll grant you that it’s probably not the sort of thing that will sink a submission all by itself, it feels like a boneheaded goof to make: “Hello! I don’t proofread my manuscripts!” And given that I’m still waiting on the editor’s response (we’re at about 2 months at this point, so I assume it’ll be a while), it only serves to make me that little bit twitchier.
Again I say unto thee, Aieeeee.