Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: chipper
  • Music: Dar Williams, 'The World's Not Falling Apart.'

Gems from the proofing mines.

From the Wanlorn:

"Your love of colons is disturbing and bad."

(The Wanlorn also tends to tag my more dramatically twisted sentences with 'LOL' and 'FAIL.' Everyone should have a proofer like her. After going through one of her edit files, I am immune to all future editorial cruelty. How I adore her.)

I also have an enormous file of logic problems from Vixy, who basically attacked the entire manuscript with a giant stick marked 'this makes no sense.' Sometimes I wonder why I let her live. And then I remember that I'd be sad if she were gone.

Ah, the joys of editing.
Tags: i love my editors, proofreading, vixy
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Re: in defense of the colon

seanan_mcguire

December 9 2008, 02:06:33 UTC 8 years ago

Oh, I adore the colon. But sometimes, I adore it a little too much, and need to have another talking-to about letting our friend, the colon, rest...

Re: in defense of the colon

tigertoy

December 9 2008, 14:31:19 UTC 8 years ago

Oh, I do understand about overusing certain forms of punctuation. I have a bad tendency to use way too many parentheses myself.