Re: Getting more than nits from reviews

["Susan Hogarth" <hogarth -at- gmail -dot- com>]

> Susan Hogarth said:
>  > I recently sent a rough draft around to a bunch of SMEs looking for
>  > substantive input, and they wasted their precious (and expensive)
>  > time copyediting it, while making no substantive contributions.
>  > I didn't know whether to be more humiliated or aggravated.

On 5/23/07, Stuart Burnfield <slb -at- westnet -dot- com -dot- au> wrote:
> On the cover page or e-mail, state your expectations in clear language
> and big letters:

Thanks for the advice. Naturally I thought I -did- make it abundantly
clear, but I do like your wording.

The funny thing is the current crop of SMEs are totally the reverse. I
guess every group has a different dynamic.

-- 
Susan Hogarth
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