I tend to scribble a lot

    When I edit, I tend to scribble a lot, even when it's my own stuff (or the writing of people I really like). Last January, for example, I took a set of photos after scribbling all over a paper that Riccardo and I were working on for GECCO. This paper went on to win the Best Paper award in the genetic programming track at GECCO last month, so I'd like to think that all this editing had some value :-).

    I posted the full set over in my events account, and I plan on using some of them to show my students that I'm not just being mean to them -- I'm that mean to everyone!

    This showed up here now because a publisher contacted me about using this one in a college writing textbook. I figured I'd clean it up and post the full size version over here.

    Comments and faves

    1. ★

      Runaway Wind, Vaguery, zaskem, tapatim [-----------], and 27 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. zaskem (58 months ago | reply)

      Very neat. I don't think I'd have to dig too far to find some of what will undoubtedly become collector material once you're famous. :)

      Wait, you're already famous. I need to find a buyer!

    3. Vaguery (58 months ago | reply)

      You should have seen the junk I wrote on my copy of your book. More question marks and exclamation points. ;)

    4. Unhindered by Talent (58 months ago | reply)

      zaskem: I'd get that stuff to eBay quick. Once the other alums figure out how valuable it isn't they'll be rushing to ... uh ... recycle ... theirs :-).

      Vaguery: I can easily imagine, especially given all the great comments you wrote in the PDF annotations. I always find it incredibly time consuming to translate my shorthand and not-for-prime-time scribbles on some papers into meaningful comments and suggestions when I write up my reviews. It makes me all the more appreciative of all your comments and hard work on our book!

    5. LordFerguson (58 months ago | reply)

      Congratulations about the award!

      I really appreciate if my advisor or colleages (even the referees ;) ) fill my papers with a lot of corrections. As I usually says: Please, make the paper drip red ink!

    6. Unhindered by Talent (58 months ago | reply)

      Thanks! Glad you appreciate some serious comments - not all people do :-).

      Ego-less writing for the win!

    7. kool_skatkat (58 months ago | reply)

      with a pen like that... I would too!

    8. Unhindered by Talent (58 months ago | reply)

      It is a nice pen - a gift from my lovely wife a few years ago :-).

    9. tapatim [-----------] (57 months ago | reply)

      hello, i'm an admin for a new group called bitches brew. and we'd love to have your picture added to the group!


      it's no reason to comment photos, but it would be nice to appreciate other peoples work :)

    10. thegeneralx (57 months ago | reply)

      My English professors don't put in that much effort.

    11. Unhindered by Talent (57 months ago | reply)

      @thegeneralx I don't know what's happening with your profs, but there are lots of different kinds of editing. If I'm working on a first year paper or an early draft of any document I'll usually try to focus on more "big picture" stuff. (Although I'm not always successful at this.) The level of detail shown here tends to freak people out, and if the paper isn't very stable yet it's not a good use of the effort.

      Here, though, we were getting close to the "final" submission copy, so it was all hands on deck and scribble at full speed!

    12. Carol Housel (38 months ago | reply)

      This is a great shot! I've used it (with credit, of course) in a Lulu blog post about editing. lulublog.com/2010/03/25/the-importance-of-edi ting/

    13. Unhindered by Talent (38 months ago | reply)

      Thanks for the kind words and for letting me know that you're using the photo.

    14. aaron_language (36 months ago | reply)

      This is a great shot too! Thanks for another terrific photo with a cc license, enabling us to use it to beautify our site. We have placed this one at aaronlanguage.com/specialties/ronbun_speedy.h tm. Your name under the photo links to a different credit page than before, as we are using it in a different place, which is aaronlanguage.com/additionallinks/credits_9.h tml, which then links to your Flick profile. And thanks again!

    15. Unhindered by Talent (36 months ago | reply)

      You're very welcome - glad you found the photo useful!

    16. my.hero.is.Jesus (22 months ago | reply)

      gracestories.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/why-doe s-god-expect... Thank you for sharing!

    17. Nomad Kat (21 months ago | reply)

      Another thanks for letting me use your pic. Facebook makes it hard to credit profile photos it seems, so you're now my 'mission'...
      www.facebook.com/pages/Kats-Academic-and-Tran slation-Serv...

    18. Unhindered by Talent (21 months ago | reply)

      No problem - glad you found it useful!

    19. alotofmath (12 months ago | reply)

      I'm making a book on using a smartboard...would like to use your picture..it's purely educational, not being sold or anything...for a school. I will credit you of course! Thanks.

    20. Unhindered by Talent (12 months ago | reply)

      Thanks for letting me know! Can you send me a PDF when you're done for my records?

    21. Stepping Stones Magazine (8 months ago | reply)

      We used your photo with this post: ssmalmia.com/2012/the-writer/

    22. jammy9888 (8 months ago | reply)

      Awesome

    23. Mervi Eskelinen aka tasselflower (6 months ago | reply)

      Very cool photo!

      I used it under the cc license on my latest blog post: mervi.helmikuu.net/2012-12-twitter-tuesday-wr iting-and-wr...

      I hope it's cool!

    24. suziok (4 months ago | reply)

      Great shot. I would like to use the photo in a PPT (with credit, of course). Trying to tell a group not to over critique too many details at a particular stage. From what you put in your comments, seems like you have a similar approach. The comments on a creative product depend on the stage of work.

    25. Unhindered by Talent (4 months ago | reply)

      @Mervl and @suziok: That's totally cool - thanks for letting me know and glad you found the picture useful.

    26. Karen E. Martin (2 months ago | reply)

      Thanks for the great photo. I used it here:
      www.karenemartin.com/blog/2013/03/16/reader_w rites_biz/

    27. FlickSpot (2 months ago | reply)

      This couldn't fit my new blog post more perfectly. I've credited you and linked the photo in the blog to this page. I also linked your credit to your profile. If you want to check it out, let me know and I'll provide the URL (Flickr doesn't want to include it here…). Now, may I humbly recommend rethinking your Flickr moniker? Many, many thanks!

    28. camccaffrey (2 months ago | reply)

      This photo is wonderful!
      I used it as the header image for the editing section of my portfolio site. You can see it here: catherinemccaffrey.weebly.com/editing.html
      I included attribution and links back to the photo and your profile.

    29. petratruthsayer (4 weeks ago | reply)

      Great picture! I thought it was perfect for an article that I wrote about resumes. Of course, I gave you credit here.

      You can see the article here:
      pastorandrew.hubpages.com/hub/Dos-for-Resume- Preparation

      Thanks again

    30. ed.podesta (6 days ago | reply)

      Hope you don't mind - I have used this (with a link here) to illustrate a blog post at www.onedamnthing.org.uk/?p=1004

    31. Unhindered by Talent (3 days ago | reply)

      Thanks to everyone who's been generous enough to find this picture useful and kind enough to let me know. Thanks and best wishes!

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