She has to paint her detractors as evil “white wingers” because otherwise she has to admit the problem is her not her politics.
She has to paint her detractors as evil “white wingers” because otherwise she has to admit the problem is her not her politics.If she’s talking about us here, “the obsessive little band of hate-mongerers that desperately want to see me disappear from public life, and conveniently shut up about the sheer scope and disaster of poverty in the UK”, then ugh.
She KNOWS that’s not what we’re about. I don’t think any of us object to poverty being highlighted, but we know that it’s such an important issue, it’s worth doing it well.
If those photos are true and not a big ‘look at how disorganised I am’, only for her to whip out a ‘look what I’ve done, I showed you all’ finished book (frankly, wouldn’t put it past her)Sorry I’m not a book publishing or writing Frau but I assumed final book edits were checking dots on i’s and crosses on t’s kind of thing not total rewriting and adding? Because if she’s adding and rewriting that all needs checking/editing again doesn’t it?
Thread title nomination!!!She's not failing to get the job done she's overdelivering guys.
But also surely someone else edits the book as well so would have spotted there was a missing method well before now?? It feels very much like gcse coursework not someone who’s on their 7th bookIf those photos are true and not a big ‘look at how disorganised I am’, only for her to whip out a ‘look what I’ve done, I showed you all’ finished book (frankly, wouldn’t put it past her)
then ... yep, if she’s at final author edits stage then it would be highly, severely annoying and inconvenient for the copyeditor (if there is one, who knows?) to have to make sense of her pages of handwritten notes. They would need typing up and added to the existing proof. There would have to be a whole new set of proofs generated aaaaand printed out and checked, if not by her mucky hands, then someone else’s. Don’t know how the publisher is allowing this tbh
Crack team indeed. And it gives a really bad impression of Bluebird Books.But also surely someone else edits the book as well so would have spotted there was a missing method well before now?? It feels very much like gcse coursework not someone who’s on their 7th book
I genuinely don't understand what she's doing. A year ago (or more) she was working on this on her big fancy apple desktop, and was doing page layouts - she tweeted the tumble dryer lint / human hair #toptips in that format. Now, at her FINAL FINAL FINAL deadline, she's handwriting things and trying the pages together with string, like it's some sort of school project. Like, what is a publisher meant to do with that? How is she even going to get it sent in, she can't do it digitally, is it going by snail mail? And is the publisher meant to then sit and type out her handwritten notes? SPLAIN IT TO ME.And an iMac with mahoosive screen
Yeah exactly. It’s making me doubt she’s at the final edits stage she’s making out to be, or think that the book is just a big make believe performance and it’s not destined to see the light of day.But also surely someone else edits the book as well so would have spotted there was a missing method well before now?? It feels very much like gcse coursework not someone who’s on their 7th book
Haven't there been mistakes in her actual printed books before?But also surely someone else edits the book as well so would have spotted there was a missing method well before now?? It feels very much like gcse coursework not someone who’s on their 7th book
Every home economist and nutritionist in the UK be like…When do the crack team of home economists and nutritionists check the recipes?
Speculation M'Lud but her cooking 'career' is properly over after this next book, isn't it? That's why her next (fantasy) books are non-cookbooks. No one will commission any more of her recipes.I think, this thrifty book is recipes and hacks combined. Then the Pov book, and possibly Jack's memoir book where she's going to have to pick a version of her origin story and stick with it... Should be interesting. Unless I've misunderstood the thrifty book, she's not exactly been clear. Glad to see the recipes so far do indeed sound disgusting though. Look forward to her demoing some on TV
The last pre-publication edit of a book I saw in this state was a flatmate's copy of something by Louise Bagshawe c.2001This behaviour is batshit, even for Jack.
This can't be final edits, surely? There's random words underlined all over the place, not to mention the missing method sections, etc.
I once had a chapter published in a book (long time ago) and the proof I was sent to correct did not look like a copy/paste from a budget bean blogger's website.
Anyone else's bullshit detector going off? If this book ever materialises I will eat my pigskin hat (I won't).
The hypocrisy of slating her for causing a pile on! My friends all do joint presents like this every year ffs.This is her mum commenting on Jack's ranty post. Does this sound like a woman who would let their child and grandchild go without? No.
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