Daily affirmations of a word mercenary
My friend Patrick (who was my copy chief during my time at Movies.com, and who therefore is intimately acqainted with all my writerly flaws) is doing an editing pass at my book, and his feedback is the best. Here’s an example from the chapter about rings:
As for Andreas andIme, we ultimately decided that we liked the symbolism of rings — I’m pretty dang agnostic, but what faith I have tends to revolve around cycles and circles. It’s the shape that planets move in****TECHNICALLY, PLANETS MOVE IN ELLIPTICAL ORBITS, NOT CIRCULAR ONES****, that rain droplets form, that our pupilsare shapedhave.
Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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Brianna
June 2nd, 2006 at 9:48 am
That’s just awesome. Although, I have to disagree with Patrick on the substitution of “have” - the copula verb is for wimps!
I so wish your book had been around when I got married.
Stephanie
June 2nd, 2006 at 11:10 am
Nice.
travis
June 6th, 2006 at 2:24 am
the circle is the 2D shape of our planet, though indeed not our orbit…