tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post7612980967562609073..comments2024-03-22T01:00:38.320-04:00Comments on I.N.K.: Just the Facts, Ma'amLinda Salzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17217322360480267856noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-56492847522570497962009-06-14T19:12:26.419-04:002009-06-14T19:12:26.419-04:00It's been almost 15 years, but I sure remember...It's been almost 15 years, but I sure remember opening my first copy of my Amazing Impossible ERIE CANAL and being well & truly mortified, seeing that I'd carefully hand-lettered these impossible words:'the eastern end of the Canal was 565 feet higher than the western end." still, a terrific waterfall in Albany, NY, would be a swell tourist-draw, no?Cheryl Harnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06304712481691077891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-38645317002133547682009-06-14T19:11:56.963-04:002009-06-14T19:11:56.963-04:00It's been almost 15 years, but I sure remember...It's been almost 15 years, but I sure remember opening my first copy of my Amazing Impossible ERIE CANAL and being well & truly mortified, seeing that I'd carefully hand-lettered these impossible words:'the eastern end of the Canal was 565 feet higher than the western end." still, a terrific waterfall in Albany, NY, would be a swell tourist-draw, no?Cheryl Harnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06304712481691077891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-24831184010625588672009-06-13T12:17:42.199-04:002009-06-13T12:17:42.199-04:00Susan,
I have to echo your sentiments completely...Susan, <br /><br />I have to echo your sentiments completely -- I really dread the fact-checking stage, as it is embarrassing to have a mistake laid out so baldly in front of your editor... BUT better that than the idea of those mistakes being immortalized in a book.<br /><br />Barb KerleyBarbara Kerleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-1838593492708781552009-06-12T17:03:01.450-04:002009-06-12T17:03:01.450-04:00I just did a litchat on Twitter (am I high tech, o...I just did a litchat on Twitter (am I high tech, or what?) and the conversation was all about sources and verification of information. Apparently online writing and adult nonfiction is not as careful as we are.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07214356318088069618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-30832249589853255692009-06-12T16:38:13.332-04:002009-06-12T16:38:13.332-04:00Deborah, I totally agree. Couldn't do it with...Deborah, I totally agree. Couldn't do it with this book, but I wrote a series of books called Brave Kids and at the end of each volume, I'd talk about my process and the times when I questioned my sources, and how I decided to use the ones I did. That was a lot of fun.Susan E. Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08439239997410273932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-61701304173588550602009-06-12T15:30:11.663-04:002009-06-12T15:30:11.663-04:00Susan, what I think is interesting to do if you do...Susan, what I think is interesting to do if you don't know the answer to a question like that is to actually say that in the book. If the format allows for that. I think it's good for kids to know that sometimes experts disagree, and that as hard as we work to get the right, true answers, sometimes we can't.Deborah Heiligmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894150394598699172noreply@blogger.com