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[thebitterguy]

Far too tired. Cindy had us up at 6:00 am to catch the royal funeral. Is it me, or are Eugenia and Beatrice a lot older than they used to be? Ah, well. If they inherited their mother's hips, the tabs will leave them be.

The cat has a name: Khem. I decided to go something Egyptiany. It was that or Ringo.

An Editor officially hates me. He said I have to make my work less conversationally. Man. Why doesn't he just slap me in the face?

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[pyat.livejournal.com]

What editor is this, then? Do you want me to lean on him for you?

[thebitterguy]

Appreciate the thought, but it's just a matter of a squeaking nut getting my wheel thrown from the rim.

Ah,well.

We can discuss where there's no ears to listen.

[tenzil.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain. My lovely wife has edited (professionally) one of my RPG books. Her first comment was: "Christ, Jim, this is really chatty. Cut it out." In my case I'm pretty sure that it's because I honed my writing style -- such as it is -- on muds and Usenet.

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[thebitterguy]

Well, the problem is it's a REVIEW. It's not like he has to edit for length. He just has to determine if it's quality content.

And he essentially said that my stuff is not quality content. Which is annoying.