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Nov 27, 2015 00:01

When I was a kid I knew I wanted to be a science-fiction author. It wasn't until recently that I realized why.

They were the only grownups who never lied to me.

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harvey_rrit November 27 2015, 19:07:07 UTC
I could tell.

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harvey_rrit November 27 2015, 19:11:10 UTC
Took me a moment to place the reference to Coolidge.

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xiphias November 27 2015, 17:34:06 UTC
Because you're not an editor. "Oh, yeah, the manuscript will be finished middle of next week."

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harvey_rrit November 27 2015, 19:07:50 UTC
Editors don't count.

Some don't spell, either.

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attilathepbnun November 27 2015, 23:29:48 UTC
That's what proofreaders are for

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harvey_rrit November 28 2015, 16:40:06 UTC
My experience has been that proofreaders are there to restore all the errors you removed when you got the page proofs.

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