World Wide Fuck You

[greygirlbeast]

There are good reasons I never read my books after they're published. Here's a "for example," from just last night.

Last night, I happened to pick up The Drowning Girl: A Memoir and was sort of randomly flipping through the pages, and on page 265, paragraph 2, beginning on line 3, Abalyn says, "One can only imagine how much more damage [cut for

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RAWR!

[semiotic_pirate]

I would stick a hot and salty french fry in the culprit's eye - one that was fried with gluten breaded foods even. The frickin NERVE of some people to second guess and make unauthorized changes... As someone that makes very careful word choices in my poetry, I am outraged on your behalf.

[ulffriend]

Although I'm not an author, I completely understand your anger at having your work fucked with after it was supposed to be done.

I can say this, though: my reading of that when I read "The Drowning Girl" was that Abalyn was going for emphasis. This was clearly not the right interpretation given what you've said, but it made good sense while I was reading the book. Sometimes things have an unintended resonance in spite of (or to spite) the asshats.

[handful_ofdust]

That is, indeed, the worst. Hugs from afar.

[troublebox]

Yeah, I'm learning this about publishing myself. I got finished copies of Bad Glass last week and, just flipping through, I've found a number of mysterious, unauthorized changes. I fear actually reading the damned thing.

Your blurb looks beautiful on the front cover, though.

[sovay]

Then, at a point when no additional corrections or changes should have been made by ANYONE, someone at Penguin made a random series of edits.

Not okay.