HeyJaredGarden-variety urban fantasy
Language, love, humans, culture, and imagining how the world could look if things were different. From a writer of often-queer fantasy and an editor of all kinds of words.
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"This book needed more editing." (opens the original)
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The short version:More often in book reviews lately, I’ve seen remarks like “This book could’ve used more editing.” I’m guessing someone, somewhere, told people that this was a more professional-sounding thing to say than “This book just wasn’t for me.”They are wrong. The latter statement is more accurate as well as more professional. Please use that if you want to sound like a more thoughtful reader.The long version:I’ve worked as a professional copyeditor and proofreader for over ten years, an
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