Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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So y'all know...

...I have no issues with pointing out typos, especially in the Velveteen stuff, which is quite long, but maybe you could also, you know, acknowledge liking the thing (assuming you did)? Otherwise it gets a little pointed and aggressive-feeling, and decreases the odds of getting another story.
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jessicameigs

June 30 2014, 23:56:42 UTC 2 years ago

This. SO MUCH.

I have gotten long, emailed screeds from readers about my zombie series with Permuted Press, where they just totally tear apart the book(s) (often getting numerous plot points and characterizations utterly wrong), castigate me for minor errors, and go on and on about typos and things that THEY would have done in the book. Nowhere in those emails do they say whether or not they like the book.

seanan_mcguire

July 1 2014, 00:08:30 UTC 2 years ago

Ugh.

I am so sorry.

morningapproach

June 30 2014, 23:56:57 UTC 2 years ago

I haven't read it yet! But I am sure it is quite lovely and Velveteeny <3

seanan_mcguire

July 1 2014, 00:08:42 UTC 2 years ago

I hope so!

bel_thorne

July 1 2014, 01:04:28 UTC 2 years ago

You're completely right, and I'm extra sorry. (really!)

I loved the story, and I guess just wanted to "help"! Wasn't supposed to be nit picky.

seanan_mcguire

July 1 2014, 17:09:42 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you. :)

liddle_oldman

July 1 2014, 01:21:05 UTC 2 years ago

I like it! Whatever it is. And poop on typos. If a reader is in fact infallible and flawless, they still shouldn't be snooty.

seanan_mcguire

July 1 2014, 17:10:10 UTC 2 years ago

I don't mind people pointing out typos. I was flustered by the sudden wave with no commentary on the story itself.

cgbookcat1

July 1 2014, 02:20:38 UTC 2 years ago

I loved it! Thank you!

seanan_mcguire

July 1 2014, 17:10:19 UTC 2 years ago

Yay!

anna_en_route

July 1 2014, 02:36:59 UTC 2 years ago

Again, thank you so much =) it made my morning.

Sorry to have set off the typo checkers but I know that the couple who write as Ilona Andrews got thoroughly sick of people chiming in with typos on their free fiction and I didn't want to contribute to similar irritation.

seanan_mcguire

July 1 2014, 17:10:47 UTC 2 years ago

I kinda hate it, to be honest, but I'd rather know so I can fix the typos and hopefully avoid future comments.

oneminutemonkey

July 1 2014, 03:07:31 UTC 2 years ago

I love the Velveteen stuff so much.
The only time I get cranky about typos is when they make it into actual published stuff, where one assumes it's been through multiple copyediting cycles and somehow something still sneaks through because of gremlins. :)

seanan_mcguire

July 1 2014, 17:11:49 UTC 2 years ago

The multiple cycles are actually where it comes from! There isn't time to give the book back to the author after every single possible hand has touched the text. I've literally had typos introduced by the person who enters my corrections from the page proofs. They can't give me proofs of the post-proof cycle, or the circle would never, ever end.

Sean Robinson

July 1 2014, 03:17:29 UTC 2 years ago

i had a pretty awful night at work with angry high-risk kids. Velveteen pretty much makes my day (after what was a long june) immediately a ten, no matter how much angry teenage hate i got thrown at me today.

Thank you.

seanan_mcguire

July 1 2014, 17:12:03 UTC 2 years ago

Aw, yay.

You are so welcome.

mbarr

July 1 2014, 03:30:58 UTC 2 years ago

We clearly hate the velveteen stories, because we only have both books in hardcover. So, yes, they are terrible, everyone should rush out and buy them..

:)

(No, really, we loved 'em :)

seanan_mcguire

July 1 2014, 17:12:14 UTC 2 years ago

Heh.

terriqat

July 1 2014, 03:50:27 UTC 2 years ago

New Velveteen? Maybe this day isn't totally made of suck after all!

seanan_mcguire

July 1 2014, 17:12:28 UTC 2 years ago

It only took six months!

treelife

July 1 2014, 05:46:01 UTC 2 years ago

Ugh! How annoying! I haven't read it yet as I'm currently burning through the amazing, amazing Newsflesh series.

seanan_mcguire

July 1 2014, 17:12:37 UTC 2 years ago

Yay!

electricshadow4

July 1 2014, 06:10:32 UTC 2 years ago

More Velveteen stories always makes a mediocre day into a great day.

seanan_mcguire

July 1 2014, 17:12:50 UTC 2 years ago

And that is a good thing.

archangelbeth

July 1 2014, 06:23:44 UTC 2 years ago

Mea culpa. Low-on-sleep-me can spot typos in that state, but forgets everything else.

Like mentioning the amusement that, rather than igniting the biosphere, she FROZE THE SKY. O:>

seanan_mcguire

July 1 2014, 17:13:03 UTC 2 years ago

Foom.

catsittingstill

July 1 2014, 11:17:50 UTC 2 years ago

*hugs* I know that feeling. It's like people don't realize that when they say "there's a typo here" they're saying "this is a mistake" and when they do that a lot, they're sending a meta message "there are a lot of things wrong with this; this is really bad."

If "this is really bad" is not the intended message (and usually, to be fair, it's totally not--the intended message is more like; "This is great; it deserves a perfect presentation--you're almost there, let me help") then it's very important to put a signpost on that turn--one of the "warning 20 miles an hour exit" ones, with a line drawing of an 18 wheeler tipping over. So the creator of the piece isn't going too fast for the curve.

seanan_mcguire

July 1 2014, 17:13:43 UTC 2 years ago

Yeah. And when there's no "I enjoyed this" to go with the meta message, the meta message becomes all.

luciab

July 1 2014, 15:09:21 UTC 2 years ago

I loved it and didn't see any typos; I was enjoying it too much to pay attention to that, and I am *notorious* for catching typos and such. My favorite recently was someone being charged for "tempted murder". Yeah, you know, murder is just SO seductive.

seanan_mcguire

July 1 2014, 17:13:57 UTC 2 years ago

Depends on the relationship.

yellowblackhaze

July 2 2014, 02:55:41 UTC 2 years ago

I just love that you give us the Velveteen stories. I don't even know that I pick up on the minor typos, and they really are minor, I've seen worse in actual published fiction that employs people to pick those up. I always try to thank you for the Velveteens, because I adore reading them so much, so have a few thank yous for anything I've missed.

seanan_mcguire

July 2 2014, 16:38:32 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you, honey. <3 <3 <3

ladymondegreen

July 2 2014, 18:56:42 UTC 2 years ago

Velveteen=love

You=awesome

That is all.

erinwrites

July 4 2014, 02:11:28 UTC 2 years ago

^^^This. <3

seanan_mcguire

2 years ago

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