A Blog about Copyedits
I love copyedits. Ever since I discovered this fun thing called The StyleSheet, I love copyedits. The style sheet is the spellings used throughout your manuscript of words that are, well, less than common. So to celebrate my turning in of UNTIL THERE WAS YOU yesterday, I’m posting the style sheet used during the copy edits. I figured it would give everyone a chuckle if nothing else!
Until There Was You – Spellings
ACR (Armored Cavalry Regiment)
air-conditioning
airlift
a.k.a. (also known as)
Antichrist
babysitting
backseat
badass
BlackBerry
blonde (noun)
bloodletting
boatload
bootstraps
breakdown
buildup
bullshit
CamelBak
castoff
clusterfuck
coffeepot
comeback
court-martial
coworker
crisscross
daredevil
deadpan
downrange
downtime
dryly
email
eyeing
façade
firefight
floodlights
GI
giveaway
gunmetal
handbasket
handcuff
harebrained
headlong
headphones
headrest
heartbreaking
hightail
ICU (intensive care unit)
ID (identification)
Kevlar
leftover
lightweight
longtime
lopsided
LT (lieutenant)
makeup
mock-up
NCO (noncommissioned officer)
override
postcoital
PowerPoint
pre-combat
President (U.S.)
PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder)
pushpin
readout
redo
résumé
Rip It
sandbox
sergeants major
Shock and Awe
simunition
snowstorm
superhero
superpower
tablecloth
tai chi
Third ID (Third Infantry Division)
timeline
TOC (tactical operations center)
trade-off
Triangle of Death (Iraq)
T-shirt
turnoff
uptight
Velcro
waistband
workout
From the back cover:
UNTIL THERE WAS YOU
Jessica Scott returns with an all-new contemporary eBook original romance, following last fall’s release of her sizzling debut novel Because of You.
He plays by the rules, she’s not afraid to break them. Now these two strong-willed army captains will prove that opposites attract . . .
A by-the-book captain with a West Point background, Captain Evan Loehr refuses to mix business with pleasure—except for an unguarded instance years ago when he succumbed to the deep sensuality of redheaded beauty Claire Montoya. From that moment on, though, Evan has been at odds with her, through two deployments to Iraq and back again. But when he is asked to train a team prepping for combat alongside Claire, battle-worn Evan is in for the fight of his life.
Strong, gutsy, and loyal, Captain Claire Montoya has worked hard to earn the rank on her chest. In Evan, Claire sees a rigid officer who puts the rules before everything else—including his people. When the mission forces them together, Claire soon discovers that there is more to Evan than meets the eye.
He’s more than the rank on his chest; he’s a man with dark secrets and deep longings. For all their differences, Evan and Claire share two crucial passions: their country and each other.
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