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Pre-print Nonplussed
As the first of the three books of my Free Clinic trilogy goes to print, I find myself going crazy. Not "postal" crazy, but the the general feeling is such that one wants to pull one's hair out and scream at the sky.
Also, it seems like the convoluted cascade of events in the "real" world conspire to confuse and confound me. (How's that for "illiteration"! Oh my, I forgot to spell correctly!) I moved residence over the last week and that is not conducive to writing or spelling.
Editing one's own work is a task for the patient and the nearly insane. When one finds oneself having read their 73,000 plus word manuscript to the point where one has memorized it, well, that becomes an OCD issue and drugs might be required.
This begs the question: should one hire an editor?
Perhaps one nice and kind and one that will get your drift? I can't answer that question. I have one, however, who does get my drift and is very clever and kind. He works for free! Now that's what I call a good editor!
Agents...well, they are kind of like lawyers. You all know what the Romans said about them, yeah?
Also, it seems like the convoluted cascade of events in the "real" world conspire to confuse and confound me. (How's that for "illiteration"! Oh my, I forgot to spell correctly!) I moved residence over the last week and that is not conducive to writing or spelling.
Editing one's own work is a task for the patient and the nearly insane. When one finds oneself having read their 73,000 plus word manuscript to the point where one has memorized it, well, that becomes an OCD issue and drugs might be required.
This begs the question: should one hire an editor?
Perhaps one nice and kind and one that will get your drift? I can't answer that question. I have one, however, who does get my drift and is very clever and kind. He works for free! Now that's what I call a good editor!
Agents...well, they are kind of like lawyers. You all know what the Romans said about them, yeah?
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