Things I Love About Editing, Part One of Probably a Million

[taste_is_sweet]

kh'Wen screamed in anger and pain, then hammered her feet like hammers into u'Taita's belly.

::facepalm:: You have no idea how many freaking times I've been over this scene. No idea.

Hammered her feet like hammers. Now that's some talent! Yee-hah!

::slinks off in shame::

Comments

[tigertale7.livejournal.com]

Editing is somehow worse than the writing. There's always something that just makes you want to ::headdesk:: until you bleed. At least in my case there is. >.>

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Oh, you're not alone, believe me. I'm just glad my agent didn't want me to go over the whole novel yet. I'm assuming an editor will at some point. ::dreads::

[alsha.livejournal.com]

lol. Little tiny blind spots in the brain. It's a wonder how silly we can be sometimes.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Yes. And nicely put. I just hope I don't have too many wince-worthy mistakes like that.

[miscellanny.livejournal.com]

*giggles at you*

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

We live to serve. ;->

[innana88.livejournal.com]

I don't get it. I hammer my feet like hammers all the time!

HA!

Oh, geez. We've all been there. No shame...or shared shame, anyhow. That somehow makes it better. I especially love when I fail to catch it before sending it on its way and then it is nicely decorated for me with blinking lights and sirens when I see it next. So nice.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

LOL

Yes, the shared shame does help a little bit. :) But, um, I did already send this out--it's the novel I actually got an agent with. The man is obviously generous of spirit.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh.

Now what you said makes more sense. I thought you were just anticipating other mistakes,

Yes, generous of spirit because no one who can write incredibly well has EVER done anything like this before. You are definitely the first in the history of the world and therefore you should be tarred and feathered and hung upside down by your toes. :P

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Yes! You understand! ;->

Actually, while I know all that intellectually, I'm still actually expecting the agent to call me any day and say he's changed his mind. So I get a little freaked at the idea of not having something perfect.