Almost there!

Exciting to see the final few pieces come in!

Right now my schedule is booked until the end of March, so the earliest I could start working on these is Monday, April 1. If you have the introduction completed by then I can schedule time to edit all three - do you have a sense of how long your introduction will be? Once I know that, I can give you a timeline.

Thanks so much,

Jessica

Offline from Jessica for the moment.

It's too bad that she can’t do this editing immediately, but I think that we should still proceed with her, rather than finding another editor. Here is my suggested strategy.

We hand in to House9 the final material, as promised, by the end of the month (or thereabouts) - except for my intro, work becomes her, and the bios, which we will submit to them in their draft forms. We will tell them about this scheduling issue with Jessica and that they should leave final typesetting for those three texts for last, but will receive the final versions by mid-April (I’ll confirm that final bit with Jessica in my reply to her.)

That way we can move forward with design, keep Jessica as editor, and I honestly don’t think it will be a huge issue with the schedule as they said that it would take them at least a month to design it anyways. 

What do you think?

L

Thanks Lauren,

This sounds like a good solution.

Thanks for thinking this through.

x

No surprise that your services are in high demand! We are happy to wait our turn.

If my text is between 1000 and 1500 words when do you think we could have an edit of all three after 1 April?

Many thanks, as always,

Lauren

Thanks for your patience with my reply! If you could have everything to me by April 1 I can turn them around by April 22!

Thanks,

Jessica 

We will incorporate this into our timeline.

Until soon,

Lauren

I hope you are having a nice long weekend. 

As discussed, please do proceed with the two texts (bios and Josh’s essay). I am running late on my intro and will try to get it to you as soon as possible.

Warmly,

Lauren

Okay sounds good! I’ll get to these two texts asap.

Thanks,

Jessica

No problem - will do!

Thanks,

Jessica

We have squared things with the Michael Asher Foundation and I am sending you the new draft with Michael Asher contend on pages 12-18 updated. The rest of the text remains the same, so your edits on those should not be effected.

I hope this is clear, but please let me know if you have any questions.

When do you expect we can have this and the bios back?

Thank and best,

Lauren

Thanks for your patience with my reply! I’ve received the updated section for Josh’s text - just finishing that up and will have it and the contributor bios to you by Monday at the latest.

All the best,

Jessica

Monday is absolutely fine, so don’t feel the need to rush.

Best,

Lauren

Attached are the edited versions of Josh’s essay (note that I’ve kept the updated section on Asher in a separate file, leaving that section unedited and crossed out in the original) and the contributor bios.

Can you tell me when I can expect the final essay? My schedule is full now until September, so I’d like to get a sense of when to carve out some time for this last piece in order to get it back to you as soon as possible.

Best,

Jessica

We can consider the bio final and I will let Josh get back to you on your notes on his essay before I do a final review.

Unfortunately, we won’t be able to wait until September for the edit of the final text, so I will reach out to another editor for my (long overdue) introduction. Apologies for keeping you on the line for that one.

All best,

Lauren

Apologies that I wasn’t clear in my last email - I can finish up the last essay, but I’d like to know when I can expect it so that I can carve out some time for it amidst other projects. Am I right in understanding that it’s around 1500 words?

Thanks!

Jessica

Apologies for my delayed response. My text will be between 1500 and 2500. I would hope to get it to you by the end of next week. 

Thank you,

Lauren