this is what happens when i think i updated

[zhie]

and didn't

May reminded me that I squeed about my ISBN and then never said more on that.

I got the proof last week -- there's something awesome about holding it in your hands.

It's smaller (thinner) than I expected, but I have to remind myself, it's half as many pages because it's printed on both sides.

There's a lot of 'oopsie' errors, like page numbers printing weird and some pages on the wrong sides, but it's awesome all the same.

And shiny. The cover is mainly red-orange (it's a picture of the sunset I took out the library window some weeks ago), and the shininess makes it ultra shiny.

So that is where I am on the poetry book. I need to revamp a few things, send in the corrections and get the proof v.2 and hopefully be ready to roll ^_^

Oh! And license plates... the actual plates came in for the baby car, so parked side by side in the lot right now are ERESTOR & GLRFNDL... pictures forthcoming. I took them, but... left the camera in the car. OH! and time for The Apprentice! Gotta go!

Comments

[blueslashicons.livejournal.com]

So awesome, Zhie! I can't wait to purchase my copy. Will you have a numbered and autographed set for your fans? I'd like one of those.

[q]Oh! And license plates... the actual plates came in for the baby car, so parked side by side in the lot right now are ERESTOR & GLRFNDL... pictures forthcoming. I took them, but... left the camera in the car. OH! and time for The Apprentice! Gotta go![/q]

LOL I can't wait to see them. :)

May

[silsbee329.livejournal.com]

Love the plates!
And congratulations on the book. :)

[daeomae.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the ISBN and the car plates! :D I'm sure they all look terrific.

*Mwah*

[anjulka.livejournal.com]

You're soooo much more organized than me. When I put out my book thingie, I totally skipped putting a year in it, much less making sure to get an ISBN. Guess that's why you're a 'brarian and I'm a lowly benchworker. ;-)

[zhie.livejournal.com]

yes, but you beat me by, like, a long long time... because I remember checking your book out to people back when I worked at the public library and seeing it at ReReads and stuff... so you score extra points for just doing it

instead of me

who spent a decade writing ThunderCats fics & Elf smut

so you TOTALLY kick my ass when it comes to getting things out in a timely manner

...with my luck, I'll spend the next ten years editing...

Completely random question

[anjulka.livejournal.com]

We got into a conversation about the terms for Star Treak fans (trekkies/trekkers) and Star Wars fans (wookies?). But then what is the term for LotR fans? We had no idea, but I thought you might. Any ideas?

(We did decide that fans of all three are members of the Triumverate of Nerddom. ;-) )

Re: Completely random question

[zhie.livejournal.com]

I love the word triumvirate!

Anyhow... there's a couple different things... there's Ringers & there's Tolkien Scholars. You can be both, but typically most are one or the other. Ringers are the more 'fandomy' type and TS are the, well, more booksy scholarly ones. However, there's quite a few out there -- myself included -- that just use the term LotR-fans.

(It also seems like there's different levels of Tolkien Scholars, too... from the ones at the top who did stuff like actually study with Tolkien to the novice scholars who have done more than watch the movies or read a book or two. Someone needs to create a 'you know you're a Tolkien scholar if...' quiz... there's probably one out there already...)

Man, I love triumvirate... hey! Did you see the new Trek movie yet?