As the person who commissioned and edited your Expanded Guides between 2009 and 2015, when I was Managing Editor at Ammonite Press, I was always mightily impressed by your output. The books were sizeable, with a considerable image count, and the deadlines were unforgiving. But your work was always impeccable and on time! I left to concentrate on my own writing, and I am very happy to have recently reconnected here on Substack.
Certainly, I'd be very happy to share the connection. Ammonite Press (and Lewes, where it is based) represented a special period in my life. I'm still in touch with David Taylor, who produced the Canon guides, and his wife Tania has been my proofreader & editorial assistant on Aerostat magazine for ten years, and more recently edited my historical fiction, 'The Serpent's Child'. These connections are what I hope 'Waymarks' will bring to life!
Life's twists and turns, eh Jon? It's very interesting to read about your professional life. It must have been a fulfilling job for most of the time. I guess, as with all of us, there are times when you wish you didn't have to set the alarm for the next day.
Now, of course, you can spend time with us here on Substack, and that's great!
P.S. It was nice to see a box brownie. My first camera... I took a few rubbish photos with it when I went on a school trip to Kent to see Oast Houses. The trip is memorable because of the camera I held in my hands.
I must admit I've never used the Brownie. Inherited it from my Dad but I don't remember him ever using it so wondering if he also inherited in later life.
My dad gave me the Brownie. He probably picked it up cheap secondhand from somewhere and gave it to me as my 'first camera'. It had a nice solid feel to it. But it, or I, took lousy pictures!
As the person who commissioned and edited your Expanded Guides between 2009 and 2015, when I was Managing Editor at Ammonite Press, I was always mightily impressed by your output. The books were sizeable, with a considerable image count, and the deadlines were unforgiving. But your work was always impeccable and on time! I left to concentrate on my own writing, and I am very happy to have recently reconnected here on Substack.
Thank you, that's much appreciated.
I could update the post and mention the connection?
Certainly, I'd be very happy to share the connection. Ammonite Press (and Lewes, where it is based) represented a special period in my life. I'm still in touch with David Taylor, who produced the Canon guides, and his wife Tania has been my proofreader & editorial assistant on Aerostat magazine for ten years, and more recently edited my historical fiction, 'The Serpent's Child'. These connections are what I hope 'Waymarks' will bring to life!
Life's twists and turns, eh Jon? It's very interesting to read about your professional life. It must have been a fulfilling job for most of the time. I guess, as with all of us, there are times when you wish you didn't have to set the alarm for the next day.
Now, of course, you can spend time with us here on Substack, and that's great!
P.S. It was nice to see a box brownie. My first camera... I took a few rubbish photos with it when I went on a school trip to Kent to see Oast Houses. The trip is memorable because of the camera I held in my hands.
I must admit I've never used the Brownie. Inherited it from my Dad but I don't remember him ever using it so wondering if he also inherited in later life.
My dad gave me the Brownie. He probably picked it up cheap secondhand from somewhere and gave it to me as my 'first camera'. It had a nice solid feel to it. But it, or I, took lousy pictures!
The days of waiting (sometimes for weeks) to see if the pictures had 'come out'.
Indeed.