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.
I'm 17. Looking at linoleum makes me want to have sex.
Xander ,'First Date'
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."
Dana - Jan 10, 2008 11:41:01 am PST #4677 of 28342
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
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.
hippocampus - Jan 11, 2008 6:44:35 am PST #4686 of 28342
not your mom's socks.
It took me a couple too, meara.
thanks guys -