Sunday, December 13, 2009

Yet another comment...

The blog entry on a good editor for a good writer brought another comment:

 Lea Schizas - Author/Editor said...

Tom, I'm with you on the good writing part. Although I close my eye to a missing comma before 'too', as a reviewer I've come across novels that literally made me cry and say, "Why didn't you get an editor?"
December 12, 2009 4:38 PM

 Thanks, Lea. I don't worry that much about commas, either. I'm more interested in mangled syntax, misspellings and incorrect information. I hate it when a writer doesn't do proper research or doesn't back-read his/her stories for mistakes (or hire an editor to find them).

I recently found several mistakes near the end of an novel, and I cringed. That just shouldn't have happened.

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Saturday, December 12, 2009

Another comment...

Here's another comment on the "Don't take chances" blog entry:

 Kimberly Michalski said...
Tom, being an English major guarantees me little. I overlook my own typos and when I reread my work, sometimes I see words that aren't even on the page. My brain thinks they're there because I thought I was writing what I was thinking. But, somehow I manage to skip words! December 12, 2009 4:40 PM

 Kimberly, I have the same problem. I leave out words because my mind "puts them in there" or I'll use the wrong word. I sometimes re-read my blogs and have to go back and fix typos. It's always something.

 And, as always, comments are welcome.

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