To press, so relax

Time to clear away our pdfs and proofs, reference books and red pens. The Fall NQ is gone to print. Now we'll spend our time gathering up our lapsed subscribers; anyone who needs to renew after the Summer Issue is hearing from us - feel free to just give us a call, too, we've got time to chat!

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48 hours to presstime

Which leaves us pressed for time! Always one more copy edit, one more visual enhancement. At this point, the "em-dash" versus "dash-dash" debate enters our dreams, and don't even ask us how we feel about indicating possessives for a name ending in "s". Better minds than ours (ie. Russell Smith in The Globe and Mail) tackle such issues on our behalf.

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Third proof's a charm -

- and then we go for four, and then five...It's all in the details now, reviewing and finessing, adding touches of a fresh template, an editorial and design ballet, if you will.

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Fall issue ahoy!

Nothing like crafting a good issue of the NQ to distract one from the weather, we like to say. What's happening outside our windows may be best left unspoken of, but what's being filed, edited, reworked, polished, and matched with nifty illustrations for our Sept. 6 publishing date is worth a few words. In fact, it's all about words - how we use language, and what that usage turns around and says about us. Fascinating stuff, and we hope you'll think so, too. Just beginning to file it now, designing comes next...

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Great reading + Great writing = Great issue

One way to look at it, for sure. Our dream is to produce a superb Fall Issue. Our goal is to assemble a wealth of material. And our copy deadline is one week away. (And we already have one knock-your-socks-off art feature ready to go.)

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