The issue was actually issued back at the end of April, but unfortunately due to a mistake at the printers, and Bob's untimely death, it has taken a while before I finally got my subscription copy. It's strange seeing the article in print as a few editorial changes have been made to it; not all of which I would necessarily agree with.
I publish articles fairly frequently in academic journals but in those cases whilst the editor may often request or suggest changes they never actually edit an article; the authors have the final say on the content. The audience of a modelling magazine and an scientific journal are very different and the different approaches are perfectly understandable and it clearly hasn't put me off as I already have an idea for another article.
Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteI would have thought that as a courtesy they would let you see the edited version. Bit naughty of them.
Yes I'm not sure what usually happens, but on this occasion I guess Bob being as ill as he was the normal process probably went out the window.
DeleteIt's a very enjoyable article- the sort of thing that makes NG&IRM Review rather special. Thank goodness it is to continue. I am pleased that you plan to write more!
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed it, and thanks again for the initial pointer to the review. As far as I can tell (from the limited number I've read) it's by far the best source of well presented, good writing, about fantastic modelling. The only problem is I seem to have started to buy back issues, and there are a lot of them!
DeleteYou are absolutely right, Mark, about the mag. I have an old friend who has every issue from dot and I can't keep asking him if I can borrow copies :-) I also subscribe to Bylines and have been trying to get hold of back-issues from Ebay...it's so full of the curious and obscure and has a lot of good research, but I now realise it's been going for quite a while :-)
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