Editing Problems

Bad Librarian Humor

And officially happy birthday to Emun Elliott!

Running Out Of Posts

It's Emun Elliott's birthday tomorrow, so . . .

Ugly Christmas Sweater

Because I've been told Thanksgiving is now Christmas Part 1

Of course, books are never that ugly . . . unless you're editing for people who don't know proper formatting and argue with you about it.

If you can read this . . .

NanoWrimo

So, I didn't intentionally participate in NanoWrimo. I didn't sign up or anything. But on November 13, this romance idea started plaguing my head. Last night I finished it (November 23), a novella, 25,000 words in 10 days. Not bad . . .

This is Nuts!

Elizabeth told Amanda

Art is pointless

For Harry Potter Fans

Slugabed

If I had it my way, I'd be a slugabed.

slugabed

\SLUHG-uh-bed\ noun 1. a lazy person who stays in bed long after the usual time for arising.

Sorry, Peeps

Sorry, couldn't find anything amusing to post today. All the memes seem the same.

On a different note, I turned in the errata draft of the piece I've been editing. After a month of frustration and several hours of work (I'd estimate 30 hours), I've been paid $10.58. I guess I'm leaving another publisher. While I was paid upfront and this was for a single piece, working for publishers so desperate to publish that they're willing to publish anything by authors who do not know the basics of writing, ummm . . . I guess I could always go back to fast food . . . would you like fries with that?

Library Cake

Adverbs

I shouldn't have to say this, but if I as an editor advise you that you have too many adverbs, you need to reduce them, this does not mean change all uses of quickly to very fast. Grrr.

Bold, New Voice

Oh, Help Me

When I see grammar casualties in Facebook posts and elsewhere, I keep scrolling, but when I see a friend posting a meme like this . . .

And More

I'd promise this is the last one, but I love Jane Austen.

More Jane Austen Humor

Jane Austen Fan

You had me at . . .

Synonym Conundrum

Neologisms

Book Return

Romans

For NaNoWriMo

Dr. Whom

Caps Lock

Black Adder

Proper English

Day After

OK, Halloween is over, but I just found this gem.