Hey, I got another Headstamp Publishing editing gig! I’ve done two: The first was Ian’s first book, Chassepot To FAMAS, and the second the very entertaining Pistols of the Warlords. But that last was almost five years ago and I never heard back after that – my tender ego thought I might have screwed something up and lost his trust as an editor but apparently not because now he has sent me the text file for his latest, Forged in Snow, a book about Finnish arms development, the kickstarter for which is still going on. The kickstarter has long since exceeded its kickoff goal, as they all have, though not to the spectacular extent his first book did.
I used to do editing for pocket money, during my scrambling/freelance/starvation phase, and it’s always so very painful. Except with Ian, who is easily the best writer I ever worked with. The biggest problem with one of his projects is I get interested in just reading the damned thing and forget I’m supposed to be making critical notes.
Suggestion: Read it first and then edit.
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I’m glad that Mr. McCollum’s book has passed the funding hurdle on Kickstarter, and I hope that you really enjoy reading it.
Alright, It’s been over a week since we heard from you so I’m posting to poke the lion! You okay? Hopefully not a frozen Popsicle…. or mauled by mountain lion….. or your own dog had enough and took you out….. your power is kick ass so you made many loaves of bread and now you are in carb coma….. OR limos and ????