"Peons of Praise"--The Author Said That

I started editing a new book. In the introduction (didn't get to Chapter 1 yet), I came across something that made my blood run cold. I'm paraphrasing. The book ain't published yet.

"Famine was the cause of hunger."

This is gonna be an adventure.

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@Roberta,

Er......adventure is a great positive re-frame.

What next?

"Death was the cause of his heart ceasing to beat"?

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@dlowan,

deb, were you this author's ghost writer? That's poifect.

There was more to this sentence. Like famine was the cause of crop failure. Same kinda logic one step removed. It's the kinda sentence that you read, think about, and say, "Huh???"

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@Roberta,

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I started editing a new book. In the introduction (didn't get to Chapter 1 yet), I came across something that made my blood run cold. I'm paraphrasing. The book ain't published yet.

"Famine was the cause of hunger."

This is gonna be an adventure.

Seriously, I wonder why the publisher has decided that this book should be published?
You can sorta tell already that it's not exactly going to be a big winner for them.

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@msolga,

olga, In nonfiction publishing, poor writing is hardly a reason not to publish. And you have to remember, there's at least one editor and a proofreader between the writing and the public.

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Did you know that success is the key to success?

Did you know that in order to find a solution, you have to examine the solution?

I was right. An adventure in how slow can you go.

And the kicker. "the next two steps." Six steps follow.

Snarl-worthy.

There was a time when I might have appreciated the challenge. Dem days is gone.

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@Roberta,

Roberta wrote:

And the kicker. "the next two steps." Six steps follow.

To answer with one word, that don't make no kinda sense.

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@Roberta,

It is what it is.

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@roger,

Roger, This happens A LOT. One of the first things I learned in editing was to watch out for this sort of thing.

DrewDad, When you're right, you're right.

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Blindness is the cause of not seeing.

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@edgarblythe,

Edgar, Did you ghost write this book?

I don't have the energy for this heavy duty concentration anymore. But I will muddle through. Let's face it. Fatigue is the cause of tiredness.

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And, sleep, the reward for not being awake.

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@edgarblythe,

edgarblythe wrote:

Blindness is the cause of not seeing.

Not eating is the cause of anorexia.

Or, my favourite:

If you don't eat, you don't **** and if you don't ****, you die.

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I'm proofreading a book. There are many, many mistakes. (Note: I said proofreading, which means that someone edited this.) Most of the mistakes are the careless kind. Then I encountered this:

vis-versa

This was edited!

http://rlv.zcache.com/cheetah_snarl_poster-r6962447836aa4e07b1ee9380931fb3fc_w10_152.jpg

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@Roberta,

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vis-versa

Oh you poor thing!
How many pages to go?

Here, have one of these to fortify you, Roberta.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmUSeAlFCgtMt5K25AdSJAnQxirId8Idi9SXtFkNPF2ZlJoqX7yw

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@msolga,

is that a round tuit? msolga?

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@msolga,

I think that brown thing is iconographic.

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@farmerman,

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is that a round tuit?

I had to google that:

Quote:

round tuit (plural round tuits)

(humorous) A circular object giving its owner the ability to get done everything that would have otherwise been put off to a later date.

No more waiting until you get around to it, buy your own round tuit at a bargain discount today!

answer: Yes, I believe it well could be!
For Roberta, anyway.
She loves em! Smile

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSaZBzcle7HO5jVGZu5bRCmGOG6KqZvNEkRk_QAKmh6MewllADL

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@msolga,

Hey, who took a bite out of my steenkin' Oreo? Don't mess with my Oreos. It's bad enough I gotta deal with incompetent editors. Now I gotta deal with cookie biters.

It's always something.

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@Roberta,

You mean it wasn't you, Roberta? Surprised

The nerve!
You can't leave an unattended Oreo sitting around for a minute these days!

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