Just got an e-mail from Reed...

[jedusor]

They've got my application. I checked the status online and saw a couple of things that concerned me a bit (like that it said they didn't have one of the forms that I'm positive I included in the application), but I sent them an e-mail and everything should be okay soon. Hopefully.

There's a new Spectrum issue out. I've got five articles in this one, or rather four and one co-written one:
Advocacy Day, written with Sharai.
The Great Quail Debate, a headline which they unfortunately did not use.
Separation of church and state, based on my reaction to all the religion I saw in the state capital.
Hair dye, something I wrote in ten minutes because I hadn't gone to Jefferson City yet and I needed to turn in an article.

And, of course, the Scott Church interview.

I didn't write any of the headlines, and the misspelling of "artist" in the last one is not my fault. I will try to get that changed ASAP.

EDIT: Oh, and palecur- please note that I used the word "flouted" correctly in the church/state article.

EDIT THE SECOND: scottchurch is just about the only person on the planet besides cfb4629 who can get away with calling me "princess."

Comments

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

One of the most important things a writer has to learn is that editing comes later. Trust me, I have the same problem. I've gotten a bit better about revising- I used to never revise at all, thinking that if I didn't get it right the first time, I never would. Also, you have to be careful about going back to something you've already begun- you can never reread it, or you get caught up in editing and end up not writing at all.

We grammar nazis have it tough, huh?

I can't believe I don't have a grammar nazi icon.

[imagines.livejournal.com]

Editing, I'm learning to leave until later. But I just can't leave typos. I tried it once, and when I went back over it, I couldn't always tell what the words were supposed to be. Which is a Bad Thing. >>;

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Me, too. I hate the little squiggly lines in Word, even when I know what I'm typing is a word. Like "homeschool." Word says that "homeschool" isn't a word.

[imagines.livejournal.com]

Can't you add it to the dictionary? I use OpenOffice, and it lets me modify its dictionary. Which comes in handy when I'm using Japanese names that it insists aren't real.