Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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Gems from the proofing mines.

Time once again for my favorite semi-regular feature, Horrible Things What Seanan's Proofreaders Say To Her. Today's special guest star is Brooke, taking us for a tour of her wonderful, terrible lagoon with the following gems.

* "Sort of" and "real" need to have a totally hot double date together in the wishy-washy modifier bistro, which is way more romantic than this sentence. Hop in, guys! Alligatormousine will take you right there! Chop chop! Cupid awaits!

* This digression is mildly boring. Toby is bored because she's bad at it, but not the kind of bored where she starts fights, so I'm bored too.

* Needs a serving of Pronoun-Aid, The Handy Kitchen Helper That Clarifies While-U-Wait.

* That would be a really affecting sentence except for how it starts with almost. ALMOST! ALLIGATOR AQUACISE HOUR! 10% discount when you sign up for two classes at the Lagoon fitness center!

Bless you, Brooke, for the way you abuse me. Also, I suggest you lock the doors tonight before you go to bed. I know where you sleep.
Tags: editing, i love my editors, late eclipses, proofreading, silliness
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See, this is the sort of relationship I like to have with people I edit for, rather than prissying it up with 'Perhaps you should consider...'

Don't mind me. I'm being taught how to be polite to authors and while it's relevant for communicating with authors I don't know, this post makes me miss being able to make sarcastic remarks about the abuse of the word 'green' (he used it twice in one sentence to describe grass. Verdant grass.).
I recommend always starting polite, and then finding the level your author is most comfortable with. I take a level of cruelty from Brooke and Jenn, and other standing editors, that would make me snarl and bite from someone newer to my editing pool.

It's all relative, I suppose.