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AtreiyaN7

Oh well, it's not like anyone's going to buy her ridiculous book anyway. Thank God that book designers are anonymous! At least my name will NOT be attached to this shameful display of stupidity and ignorance.
mai 28 2016 07:31

Puddi III

She refused even after Puddi told her she was wrong? Inconceivable.
mai 29 2016 12:55

AtreiyaN7

@puddi: Alas, she was not swayed by your delicious caramel goodness or your words.
mai 29 2016 04:41

Puddi III

Tell her Puddi thinks she's wrong too. That should straighten her out.
mai 27 2016 04:10

AtreiyaN7

EDITED COMMENT: I pointed out that she was wrong. The freaking COVER DESIGNER even pointed out that she was wrong. If at least two people (and maybe three if the AR tried to point it out using my bullet points), then maybe you should acknowledge that YOU are wrong and that everyone else is right?????
mai 27 2016 09:28

AtreiyaN7

@puddi: lol - thanks for the support. I'll consider throwing your name in the next time I discuss this with the AR (still hoping that the author will read the guide and stop being dumb about it).
mai 27 2016 09:30

AtreiyaN7

Yesterday, it was a dummy who tried to change "drove" (past tense) to "drive" (present tense) when the whole sentence was correct - BEFORE he tried to make his stupid change. I don't want to paste the whole thing in, but suffice it to say that is was clear that EVERY verb needed to agree and be in the past tense in the sentence.
mai 25 2016 09:18

AtreiyaN7

Aside from wrecking the grammar with an incorrect change to the verb, I think that's the one where he also made two typos. So the guy took a sentence that was fine (if awkwardly written) and created a pointless edit that introduced at least one error (or more if that's the one where he made the dumb typos).
mai 25 2016 09:18

AtreiyaN7

Today it's Ms. Let Me Change The Corrected Subtitle to a Totally Incorrect Version of the Subtitle! I swear to God...I actually had to explain singular possessive nouns versus plural nouns AND had to include a link to a K-12 guide on the subject. I'm more than a little dubious about whether or not she has the brainpower to understand grammar lessons for K-12 students (aka children :P ).
mai 25 2016 09:20

AtreiyaN7

SUBTITLE: Death Maze, I Will Always Love You, The Gift
mai 22 2016 11:17

AtreiyaN7

I read through part of it, and...at FIRST I thought it was going to be some sort of Maze Runner rip-off, but it seems more like some kind of Saw rip-off. Whatever - I don't even care what's going on anymore with these authors. Sure, let's roll with the completely weird title and subtitle there - it'll be a big hit! :P
mai 22 2016 11:26

AtreiyaN7

Okay, I think it IS like Saw AND Maze Runner combined now after reading a bit more. Whatever - you're definitely not scoring originality points here, buddy.
mai 22 2016 11:28

AtreiyaN7

Let's just say that I'm not happy with my authors again. Please, for the love of God, STOP FAILING AT ENTERING YOUR OWN EDITS, ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
mai 16 2016 10:14

AtreiyaN7

One guy typed up his entire manuscript in bold (except for the title page and the dedication/quotes page pretty much). *sigh*
mai 17 2016 01:04

AtreiyaN7

She asked me to change "step-mother" to "stepmother." Yeah, fine...EXCEPT THAT I DID THAT IN THE LAST ROUND OF EDITS!!!!! Any idiot with working eyes and the ability to read a sentence can see that it does, in fact, say "stepmother" on the indicated page in the proof.
mai 13 2016 11:31

AtreiyaN7

Not only did this idiot completely waste my time (I had to write everything up and copy and paste the relevant edits from the last round, plus the corrected sentence), she gave me totally incorrect, non-existent line numbers!!!! She keeps entering "Line 50" when the maximum number of lines per page is 32.
mai 13 2016 11:32

AtreiyaN7

There is no way in hell that any page in the book could consist of 50 freaking lines!!!! SHE CAN'T EVEN F---ING COUNT NUMBERS NOW!!!!!!
mai 13 2016 11:32

AtreiyaN7

I made those changes, but...he's still entering them anyway as NEW edits? I'm not sure this idiot knows how edits work. I have already made the changes, so why are you pointlessly copying and pasting all of MY work in?
mai 12 2016 09:20

AtreiyaN7

I dunno, el estupido, does it somehow make the edits newer and/or more correct if YOU copy my work and paste it in again? Did you EVEN READ AND REVIEW THE SECOND PROOF AT ALL? BECAUSE IF YOU HAD, YOU COLOSSAL MORON, I GUESS YOU WOULD HAVE NOTICED THAT I MADE ALL THE CHANGES THAT I SAID I MADE IN MY NOTES FROM LAST TIME!
mai 12 2016 09:21

AtreiyaN7

Stupid ---- like this makes me want to quit and try freelance editing/proofreading again.
mai 12 2016 09:21

AtreiyaN7

Why is it so hard for these dimbulbs to understand the instructions "enter the complete text in each box." WHY IS IT SO HARD? DO THEY ALL HAVE THE IQS OF TURNIPS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!
mai 09 2016 10:57

AtreiyaN7

I should just be glad that the editor managed to whip this up into mostly decent shape (no thanks to the author who still doesn't know where to put her damned chapter numbers OR how to title things appropriately, etc.).
mai 07 2016 10:35

AtreiyaN7

Oh God, I actually read the epilogue. Apparently, this pregnant character is locked in a cellar by another female character who is deranged/jealous (I guess). This whole book is stupid - just because a paid editor corrected most of your worst errors doesn't make your plot and characters less stupid than they are, lady. :P
mai 07 2016 11:15

AtreiyaN7

And today I hear back from the AR (author rep) who said even she couldn't figure out what the heck was going on with the subheadings, etc. :P
mai 09 2016 09:47

AtreiyaN7

This is the "gruffed" author btw. I guess I should just be glad that she finally realized it was a problem. :P
mai 06 2016 09:23

Fortlowe

If you can get'em to include the phrase "If you people would just stop all the gruffing...", you win!
mai 09 2016 06:13

AtreiyaN7

@fort: lololol
mai 09 2016 09:46

AtreiyaN7

I hope you don't think I'm sounding like some racist here. Again, there are many black authors whom I very much respect - it's just that whenever I end up with a book in the urban fiction/urban romance genre, the writing, punctuation, and grammar are ALWAYS bad, and the author is, yes, an African-American female (except for the occasional male authors like the accursed De'Lure).
mai 05 2016 09:16

AtreiyaN7

@Alan: You have no idea how many times I wish I could take someone's terrible manuscript and just burn it to save readers from their horrible writing. Unfortunately, it's self-publishing, so the company will accept anything no matter how bad it is. Some manuscripts are so bad that I just want to cry.
mai 05 2016 09:19

AtreiyaN7

Also, while writing my e-mail to the AR (author rep) about this whole mess, I pointed out the errors and suggested that the author pay for professional editing. Realistically speaking, there is literally no way on earth that an author who has proven to be THIS bad is ever going to be able to edit her own work and fix her ten million errors.
mai 05 2016 09:23

AtreiyaN7

It's like the "froster" author (she enters froster, and I keep having to change it to foster...) who gave me a six-word, totally non-existent version of a sentence that is actually eighteen words long. I had to reject the stupid thing for the umpteenth time because the text was incomplete (six mostly imaginary words versus the EIGHTEEN existing words in the book) and incorrect.
mai 04 2016 07:07

AtreiyaN7

Oh, and I'm also ticked off at Mr. "Scrigglies" because he's a religious wacko and apparently decided that both humanism AND multiculturalism are part of the ten destructive ideas responsible for ruining America. *rolleyes*
mai 04 2016 07:53

AtreiyaN7

Also, I found this one part in his anti-multiculturalism section that basically quotes Trump's false claims that areas in France and England are too dangerous for cops to go into and have become off-limit them. *rolleyes more* To date, I've basically found every single one of this guy's past manuscripts to be annoying - mostly because they were disorganized nightmares to format with wonky writing. I can now add outright religion-inspired AND Trump-inspired nuttiness to the list. :P
mai 04 2016 08:00

Puddi III

I hope it's a Batman doujinshi
mai 02 2016 12:45

Fortlowe

Rule 34. I promise you don't wanna Google "gruffing". I sure wish I hadn't.
mai 02 2016 10:08

AtreiyaN7

@puddi: lol @fort: OH GOD, WHY DID I GOOGLE THAT?! Okay...umm...I can say that she was definitely not using it THAT way. Oh, urban slang, you never cease to horrify/amaze me....
mai 04 2016 07:00