Blue Man Edits Arrived, Annotated, Returned
The book is ONCE UPON A FUTURE TIME, VOLUME 4 (see April 30, March 19, et al.), racing toward publication from an initial March 16 acceptance. Yes, that is fast.
The story: “The Blue Man,” an original tale set in the universe of my TOMBS series (cf. also, e.g., “The Last Dance,” though in its case a reprint, lead tale in my January AVOID SEEING A MOUSE collection), a tale of two sisters and a chance for one to marry a reputedly wealthy but hideous man — in fact, in his entirety colored blue. Of course, one can get used to just offbeat complexions. . . . Well, suffice to say based on the story of “Bluebeard,” to go in a fourth volume of science fiction retellings of fairy and folktales.
Or quoting from the initial call: The future is as expansive as the universe and full of untold stories. Rumors whispered in the dark of night and legends shared throughout the day. . . . There are as many tales as there are stars in the sky and now is your chance to share yours, once upon a future time.
And so, in yesterday’s email from Editor Logan Uber, with attachment: Please look over the edits. For any that you agree with accept the suggestion. For any that you do not agree with do not reject the suggestion, but instead make a comment as to why you do not agree. This allows for a dialogue as we work to make the story the best it can be.
If we do not hear back within the next seven days we will consider this as agreement to the changes.
These types of documents, with buttons for agreements or otherwise and/or comments on various changes, even though in this case the changes were few, are best handled by me on a library computer, which meant a wait on my part till today. But getting to it then lateish this morning, I perused the copy, annotating as needed, and sent the whole thing back this afternoon.
