tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post7238446492619077436..comments2023-11-10T03:38:11.763-05:00Comments on I.N.K.: Second Chances (Sort Of)Linda Salzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17217322360480267856noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-71347645419501129832012-10-10T16:30:18.107-04:002012-10-10T16:30:18.107-04:00Thanks Melissa, it was an interesting exercise.Thanks Melissa, it was an interesting exercise.Susan E. Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08439239997410273932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-62633792899609204942012-10-10T07:18:36.827-04:002012-10-10T07:18:36.827-04:00Susan, it's so interesting to hear about the p...Susan, it's so interesting to hear about the process of creating this new edition. And I love the word "confabbed." No wonder you're a wordsmith!<br /><br />Good luck with the new edition.Melissa Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04322048827106827307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-31284306586495499692012-10-08T19:55:47.550-04:002012-10-08T19:55:47.550-04:00Ann, the puzzle master analogy is perfect given yo...Ann, the puzzle master analogy is perfect given your book is coming out with National Geographic. I used to work for them in a different division and often I was given the number of characters I could use on a page to say what I needed to say. Shades of twitter to come!<br /><br />Good luck on your new (or 4th version) of your book.Susan E. Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08439239997410273932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-47299429155472987632012-10-08T09:11:14.189-04:002012-10-08T09:11:14.189-04:00Dear Susan,
We live in parallel universes. I'm...Dear Susan,<br />We live in parallel universes. I'm in the midst of Election Year rewrites and proofs for OUR COUNTRY'S PRESIDENTS. (The 4th edition will be out in January from National Geographic.)<br /><br />As you note, the revision process comes with unique challenges when you must update facts with no more words than you used in a previous edition. I feel more like a puzzle-master than a wordsmith sometimes. We do add more pages and new material each edition, but that's because history keeps adding new people and events to the story. <br /><br />Plus our national history is alive and changing. For example, Jimmy Carter eclipsed Herbert Hoover's retirement record this year. In the 2009 edition, Gerald Ford surpassed Ronald Reagan's lifespan by 46 days. Four years earlier, Reagan had beaten the long-standing record of John Adams. Three editions and three different answers to the question, "Which President lived longest?"<br /><br />That's reason enough, IMO, for libraries to have ample budgets for collection updating and for authors and publishers to keep the revisions coming!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13584742921838897220noreply@blogger.com