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greygirlbeast

Feeding Xtians to Lions Since 1981!

Jul 16, 2006 11:47

Perhaps I've finally found the one copy-editor on earth who doesn't gripe my ass, or perhaps I'm mellowing in my old age. Either way, I made it through the first 151 pages of the CEM of Daughter of Hounds without having a fit, throwing anything, calling upon the wrath of the Old Ones to smite all humanity, or getting indigestion. Frell, I didn't ( Read more... )

tftwp, yesterday, sirenia, doh, copy-editors

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misery_masque July 16 2006, 16:19:16 UTC

Oh, there was one amusing bit, where the ce mistook a quote from Poe (née Ann Danielewski) for a quote from that other Poe and inserted Edgar Allan.

That's hilarious :)

docbrite July 16 2006, 16:45:39 UTC

Possibly a belated suggestion now that you've found the world's one good copyeditor, but do you include a style sheet with your manuscripts, i.e. a list of things that are not to be changed to fit "house style" or copyeditorial delusions? I've taken to doing this with every novel, and it saves me having to change "po'boy" back to "po-boy," recapitalize "Uptown," explain that "making groceries" is not a slip of the keys, etc.

greygirlbeast July 16 2006, 17:00:05 UTC

Possibly a belated suggestion now that you've found the world's one good copyeditor, but do you include a style sheet with your manuscripts, i.e. a list of things that are not to be changed to fit "house style" or copyeditorial delusions?

This book is the first time it ever occurred to me to do such a perfectly obvious and sensible thing (duh). I pointed out that I prefer towards over toward and that possessive plurals ending in s should merely have an apostrophe, not an apostrophe followed by another s, and so forth. I'm sure it helped.

sovay July 16 2006, 16:47:47 UTC

Only nine short days remaining until we depart for New England.

I hope you have a wonderful time. Welcome up!

greygirlbeast July 16 2006, 17:01:02 UTC

I hope you have a wonderful time.

I fully expect we shall.

matociquala July 16 2006, 19:20:15 UTC

This means that now I can drag as you. *g*

I stole the quote from sosostris2012, BTW, who is one of your biggest fans. I bet she'll be thrilled.

greygirlbeast July 16 2006, 19:57:48 UTC

This means that now I can drag as you.

Indeed. :-)

lesser_celery July 16 2006, 22:25:15 UTC

Only nine short days remaining until we depart for New England.

I hope to meet you when you're Up North.

oneirophrenia July 17 2006, 06:40:31 UTC

Cormac McCarthy is a god. An Other God, in fact. The Other God single-handedly responsible for saving American belles letres--single-handedly.

But, my gods, Blood Meridian is NOT the world's vest trip novel. It will make you want to grab a Colt .45 (the gun, not the booze) and just start shooting at people and taking scalps galore as she rampage through the blood-drenched eternal Hell that is the American West.

VIOLENCE, glorious VIOLENCE! The essence of the American spirit. Sad, but true.

stsisyphus July 17 2006, 15:05:10 UTC

It will make you want to grab a Colt .45 (the gun, not the booze) and just start shooting at people and taking scalps galore as she rampage through the blood-drenched eternal Hell that is the American West.

I can whole-heartedly confirm this sentiment. It may, although not necessarily will, cause you to confuse rotgut whiskey for water. If you liked The Proposition, you will likely enjoy Blood Meridian, although the latter certainly spends less time ruminating and more on general nihilistic chaos and violence. Come to think of it, if there is a book with almost absolutely no "sympathetic" characters, Blood Meridian is it.