As a writer, a reader and a victim of plagiarism, I feel very strongly on this issue.
She does not appear to feel very strongly on THE SERIAL COMMA.
I've seen honest faces before. They usually come attached to liars.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Polter-Cow - Jan 10, 2008 11:39:57 am PST #4676 of 28342
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Dana - Jan 10, 2008 11:41:01 am PST #4677 of 28342
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
She's probably used to AP style, which eschews the serial comma.
Edit: Or possibly what I meant to say is that the article's in AP style. I don't know how they handle direct quotes from e-mail.
lisah - Jan 10, 2008 11:45:01 am PST #4678 of 28342
Punishingly Intricate
"When you write historical romances, you're not asked to do that," Edwards said, speaking from her home in Mattoon, Illinois.
god. Dumbass.
Volans - Jan 10, 2008 11:45:55 am PST #4679 of 28342
move out and draw fire
And coincidentally, I was just listening to an interview with William Gibson, in which he said "Now there's a metanovel hovering over my work, the idea that readers can, and will, go google everything in the book."
I suppose Cassie Edwards didn't think her reader base would google.
meara - Jan 10, 2008 5:05:00 pm PST #4680 of 28342
Sure, you're not asked to attribute your sources, or footnote, when writing a historical novel (though I have seen BOTH done. And endnotes).
But not even bothering to freakin' PARAPHRASE? That's what really gets me. Just paraphrase a LITTLE bit, and no one would ever have noticed. YEEESH.
hippocampus - Jan 10, 2008 5:07:41 pm PST #4681 of 28342
not your mom's socks.
I love the Gibson quote. I almost want to add "Google everything, or create it online if it doesn't exist..." but it's Gibson, so I leave it perfect as is.
about the CE, I think not even bothering to freakin' PARAPHRASE? That's what really gets me. Just paraphrase a LITTLE bit, and no one would ever have noticed. YEEESH.
Polter-Cow - Jan 10, 2008 5:12:31 pm PST #4682 of 28342
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Well played, Sox.
meara - Jan 10, 2008 5:24:50 pm PST #4683 of 28342
Hah! It even took me a second...
Polter-Cow - Jan 10, 2008 5:46:52 pm PST #4684 of 28342
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It took me a couple too, meara.
sumi - Jan 11, 2008 6:40:46 am PST #4685 of 28342
Art Crawl!!!
New Philip Pullman story to be published by Random House this spring.