[OBW]

I was briefly part of the proofreaders in Irving (part of what Nell mentioned). I did my proofing on one chapter of (I have no idea what book it ultimately was) and was found wanting. It seems that I did not use the gramatical/punctuation guidelines of the preferred style guide and was never offered another section to do. The style guide they referred me to was interesting. That was enough for me. The attitude of the guy who read through my comments and then made it sound as if I had a rather poor understanding of English effectively released me from any thought of asking for more to do.

In hindsight, the idea that I had essentially nothing to do with the publishing operations that went on in Irving is somehow very satisfying. I had nothing to do with the publication of the drivel coming out of that basement operation.