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A Laugh for Tuesday
April 7th, 2008 | 
Author: I found this hilarious post on author Deeanne Gist’s blog and just had to share it with my bloggy friends! Enjoy! 
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The Best Laid Plans Sometimes Fail
The best laid plans fail…sometimes. Remember my post last week about finishing up my WIP? A project I am soooo ready to get rid of? Well, it isn’t happening. I’m stuck with this project even longer. Argh! I was actually dreaming of being able to take a 3-day mini-vacation too if I finished on time.
On Friday, I put all the front matter (the good stuff like copyright page, dedication, preface etc.) and the first four chapters in galley form and e-mailed them off late Friday afternoon – right on target for my schedule. Saturday evening I received an e-mail from my “boss” – I use boss loosely since I work as a freelancer. Apparently, the author had made changes between stage 3 and stage 4, but I didn’t have those changes. Two out of the four chapters were inaccurate. Thankfully it was mainly in the documentation and the changes were tracked by date so I just have to match up my version with the newer changes. However, my best laid plans were definitely destroyed. Everything came to a screeching halt. I didn’t want to proceed until I knew I had all of the current chapter versions. As it was I had to re-work those two chapters, update two other chapters, and continue with the remaining six chapters. Sigh.
As I’m sitting here writing this, Sonific is playing “Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus” and I know I have to trust that what has turned into a big mess on my end is actually for a purpose. Since this particular manuscript covers a current hot-button issue, one that is incredibly politicized especially with the presidential elections, I’m having a difficult time comprehending this hurdle. People need to read this book before voting for our next president! Initially, I didn’t care for this particular manuscript all that much, but as it has been refined over the past six months, I’m beginning to understand the issues presented and fully realize the importance that Christians be truly informed on the subjects.
So, why this delay? Why put a hurdle in now – so close the end? I don’t get it. (hehe – I sound like my former students – “I don’t get it.” Another teacher used to ignore the students until they used proper English. “I don’t understand.” Maybe I should have tried that as the English teacher. Ah, the memories.)
On Friday, I put all the front matter (the good stuff like copyright page, dedication, preface etc.) and the first four chapters in galley form and e-mailed them off late Friday afternoon – right on target for my schedule. Saturday evening I received an e-mail from my “boss” – I use boss loosely since I work as a freelancer. Apparently, the author had made changes between stage 3 and stage 4, but I didn’t have those changes. Two out of the four chapters were inaccurate. Thankfully it was mainly in the documentation and the changes were tracked by date so I just have to match up my version with the newer changes. However, my best laid plans were definitely destroyed. Everything came to a screeching halt. I didn’t want to proceed until I knew I had all of the current chapter versions. As it was I had to re-work those two chapters, update two other chapters, and continue with the remaining six chapters. Sigh.
As I’m sitting here writing this, Sonific is playing “Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus” and I know I have to trust that what has turned into a big mess on my end is actually for a purpose. Since this particular manuscript covers a current hot-button issue, one that is incredibly politicized especially with the presidential elections, I’m having a difficult time comprehending this hurdle. People need to read this book before voting for our next president! Initially, I didn’t care for this particular manuscript all that much, but as it has been refined over the past six months, I’m beginning to understand the issues presented and fully realize the importance that Christians be truly informed on the subjects.
So, why this delay? Why put a hurdle in now – so close the end? I don’t get it. (hehe – I sound like my former students – “I don’t get it.” Another teacher used to ignore the students until they used proper English. “I don’t understand.” Maybe I should have tried that as the English teacher.
Ah, the memories.)