Day 7 - 49 -- Cross-eyed from Tedium

I was immersed in the cross-eye nature of formatting and editing a series of short articles for a larger project with a looming deadline. Now -- there was a lot in that last sentence, wasn't there? <smile> A productive meeting helped clarify some of the very few content edits needed. Much of the afternoon was devoted to formatting the articles for style, font, and such. The heavier details involved formatting the references and in-text citations to ensure each and every one of them conformed to the citation system chosen today. This means assuring correct syntax and format -- finding errant commas and periods -- those teeny tiny things that can easily be missed when skimming through on a screen. I formatted text to be bold or italicized as required. URL inclusion for online references must follow specific rules of form. All in all, this could create dry eyes, crossed eyes and one hummer of a headache.

This is just the beginning. Once I get through the edits for the larger project document, I will begin formatting a research article for submission to a specific journal. That will bring a different set of rules for the citations -- thus, I will need to learn a different format in very intimate detail. Yay! <smile>. While this sounds like complaining, it is part of the process. It feels wonderful to be at this stage -- that is, near the end of submission preparation. That will clear a big chunk of my desk real estate for the third project underway -- at least until editors return the two submissions with further editorial requests <grin>.

The song today deals with the little things in life. Enjoy!

All the Small Things -- blink-182