This needs to happen and I am blatantly going to commit murder if I have to do it

[apiphile]

Anyone fancy proof-reading 686 pages of shitty fiction for close consistency in hyphenation and capitalisation?

COME ON IT WILL BE TREMENDOUS FUN

[I still have to put together the glossary pages, but I've at least written them now. And by "written" I mean "ripped off")

Seriously, annajaneclare, how the fuck do you do this all the time? It is like pulling

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[annajaneclare]

Seriously, annajaneclare, how the fuck do you do this all the time? It is like pulling teeth!

I have a masochistic streak a mile wide. That and it's just one of those things that has to get done - like laundry. It's annoying, but the alternative is that you smell.

[apiphile]

I have been editing it for months already WHY WON'T IT JUST PUBLISH ITSELF. *throws things* I HATE WRITING. CLEARLY MY FRIENDS ARE NOT REAL FRIENDS OR THEY WOULDN'T LET ME KEEP *DOING* THIS TO MYSELF.

I make it "whiskey o'clock".

[annajaneclare]

Finishing is the worst thing in the world. There's no way I can sugarcoat it. I haven't finished a book since 2007 because when you don't have a deadline it's damn near impossible. Every single thing you think is wrong with it suddenly comes and does a sexy little dance at the front of your mind and distracts you from the bigger picture - finishing the fucker.

Editing does seem never-ending. I've been at it for a year and I want to throw things whenever I have to contemplate the possibility of further tweaks, even though I'm going to have to. I could say it was going to get easier, but it doesn't. It's still bloody horrible. It's always going to be slow and chuggy and procrastinaty and argh, but I suppose it's price you pay for basically getting paid for having adventures with your imaginary friends.

[apiphile]

Oh if only I wear being paid an advance. Fucking POD publishing. :(

[sparrowpunk]

I'll give it a go :)

[apiphile]

Will plonk the entire thing on your lap shortly, if I have the stamina to get through the entire thing myself first.

[sparrowpunk]

Whenever is good :)

[apiphile]

Sooo, I don't have your email address, and Heather is working on it now. :(

[ruthi]

yes. I like finding mis-capitalised and mis-hyphenated things.

[apiphile]

Hah, not mis-. Inconsistently. I has a house style.

[rollfizzlebeef]

Hey, I'm totally going to be an off-topic asshole to ask you a question about something that has literally nothing to do with this entry

[rollfizzlebeef]

First of all I LOVE YOUR ICON i want to marry him :( :( :(

also, CAN YOU IMAGINE THE INSANE DEATH THREATS I WOULD GET OVER MY ~cute jokes~ regarding the obvious slash fic in the Bible?

[apiphile]

stop making me want to write biblical slash when I have a book to edit, Mark. GRRRRRRR. *SCARY FACE*

[kalorlo]

If you want another person, this is totally something I can do. CONSISTENCY I SEE YOU.

[apiphile]

I'm nearing the end of theis beast; email address?

[kalorlo]

This username at gmail.