tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post5896599921278071471..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: The Editing BugJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-1888187618523601482009-12-19T17:24:36.930-05:002009-12-19T17:24:36.930-05:00"I remember once my boss gave all the editors..."I remember once my boss gave all the editors a horribly mangled piece of prose to fix as a text."<br /><br />Um, Liz, you mean "as a test," right?<br /><br />:)Leslie Budewitzhttp://lawandfiction.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-74573003131585609822009-12-18T08:43:40.792-05:002009-12-18T08:43:40.792-05:00Thanks, Kathy. You have the author's permissio...Thanks, Kathy. You have the author's permission to delete that "s" from "eyebrow" on your copy of DEATH WILL HELP YOU LEAVE HIM. :)Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-82070977238593181022009-12-17T23:17:57.830-05:002009-12-17T23:17:57.830-05:00Oh, gosh, I'm not the only one who proofreads ...Oh, gosh, I'm not the only one who proofreads when I read published books and correct typos on the page.<br /><br />Friends of mine to whom I've loaned the book take it in stride or don't.<br />But I do find a lot of errors.<br /><br />The line about the "eyebrow" is annoying, however, I laughed my way through this book so the humor came through all of the way.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-68908124377306756882009-12-17T09:57:21.589-05:002009-12-17T09:57:21.589-05:00I always *think* I'm turning in a clean ms, bu...I always *think* I'm turning in a clean ms, but of course I find more typos and inconsistencies at a later stage. I don't enjoy reading the galley of a book I've grown sick of looking at, but the editing stage is my favorite part of the writing process. I have the enormous relief of seeing a complete ms in front of me, regardless of the wretched condition it may be in. Editing is a Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.com