Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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Proofreader spotlight: Sunil.

Quietly he lurks, sharpening his knives, sharpening his wits, and booby trapping his escape routes, lest one of his cuttingly funny, cuttingly accurate comments causes me to bay for his blood. He is...SUNIL, SECRET NINJA PROOFREADER.

And he has just made me laugh so hard that peas came out of my nose. Actual peas, out of my actual nose.

This hurt.

Sadly, it's difficult to quote Sunil's edits directly, despite the fact that they are some of the funniest shit I've encountered in days, because, well, they're very dependent on the text around them. But he's hysterical. You gotta take me word on this one. I meant to just check to make sure he'd used one of my standard editing formats, and wound up processing eight chapters of commentary, because it was too damn funny to stop going through.

One of the best things about becoming a better writer has been the change in the kind of edits that I tend to get. Because, you see, when I no longer need regular lectures on pacing and character development, it becomes possible for my editors to focus on more important things, like causing me to breathe vegetation.

Best end to a Monday night ever. All hail Sunil!
Tags: editing, i love my editors, proofreading
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Awwww. I felt all this pressure to be as funny as your other proofreaders. And then I got peas.
awesome
DAMMIT, NOSE PEAS.
You win.

Now never do that again.
Peas?

OUCH!

But good stuff!
Peas are not good nose fruit.
I'm so jealous of your proofers/editors. I mean, in the mostly good way, because I want to read your books. But jealous nonetheless. If you ever find an Excellent Proofreader Online Store, could you slip me the URL?
It's mostly a matter of learning to run your proofing circles like a reality television show. I'm afraid they're going to start expecting prizes one of these days...
so that's how you manage them...

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2008, 00:41:05 UTC 8 years ago Edited:  August 23 2008, 00:41:26 UTC

It's worked out pretty well so far!
...peas?

Honestly?

That image is hysterical in itself.
Peas. See also 'ow ow ow ow ow ow.'
I can imagine.
And I do feel bad for finding it this funny. Sorry.
I promise I wouldn't have posted it if I didn't find it absolutely hysterical. Don't worry.
Umm, ouch.
Yeah, I was a lot less amused when it was actually happening.
I know the feeling.

There is a whole story on my lj at the moment about trying to free an upset olive python from a vent and... well, it was less amusing at the time than it is today.
Snake trauma is ALWAYS funnier after the fact. It's universal law.
The snake still doesn't see the funny side...

Clearly I have a better sense of humor.
Also, thumbs.
Are you saying people without thumbs have no sense of humor? Because I knew this guy....
Yes, but would he find it funny if he got stuck in a vent...?
I have thumbs and I doubt /I/ would think it was funny if I was stuck in a vent...

(On a side note, I can always tell what days you're answering emails... when I have five LJ comments from you in my inbox...)
I try to answer all the comments I get, because it seems, I dunno, polite? This is a professional journal, and all that. Sadly, I can't really keep it up, as some folks seem to think that they should just keep replying until I hide under the desk.

(Not referring to you at all. We're conversing. Things are being said. New things, even! If you start answering comments with '...' or '*nods*' just to be answering me, I am afraid I will be forced to unleash my flying monkeys.)
I've made the choice to kill our threads before, just to save you replying into infinity. You know I can always come up with something new. Grin. I try and reply to almost everything, but sometimes threads just have to go away and die.

I much prefer your method to people who don't reply though. Ever. Even if I ask them a question. Particularly if it's a question I needed an answer to like: "What's your postage address? You didn't include it on the back of the parcel."

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