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Toddson - Aug 03, 2011 7:01:54 am PDT #4539 of 6690
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Gudanov - Aug 03, 2011 7:15:05 am PDT #4540 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
You've actually run into a published book where a character got referred to by a different names? That seems like a pretty big slip-up.
I came across a place in my rough draft where for one scene I used a completely different name for a character (as opposed to just a different spelling, which, um, I'm discovering needs some work). I was kinda horrified that I did that.
Toddson - Aug 03, 2011 7:30:45 am PDT #4541 of 6690
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
It happens. A lot of people aren't as careful and it seems copy editors should be on the endangered list.
On All About Romance a book was once given an F- grade - it was a western and the hero rode in on a stallion and out on a gelding.
Gudanov - Aug 03, 2011 7:41:07 am PDT #4542 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
it was a western and the hero rode in on a stallion and out on a gelding.
Well, it's more believable than the other way around.
Toddson - Aug 03, 2011 7:42:56 am PDT #4543 of 6690
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
The reviewers comment: "poor horsie!"
Strix - Aug 03, 2011 9:33:31 am PDT #4544 of 6690
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Heh, thanks, Toddson! But copy editors should be on the endangered list -- not ALL of us!!
Gud, You've actually run into a published book where a character got referred to by a different names? That seems like a pretty big slip-up.
A couple of times, actually -- don't ask for cites, but now, of course it'll drive me crazy till I can remember!
And I totally get draft slip-ups -- that's natural, and why multiple eyes are so important.
But when massive errors make it past writers, editors, line edits and copyeditors, it sets me hissing like an affronted cat.
Typo Boy - Aug 03, 2011 10:46:50 am PDT #4545 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
You've actually run into a published book where a character got referred to by a different names?
See also 19th century Russian novels.
Volans - Aug 03, 2011 11:13:41 am PDT #4546 of 6690
move out and draw fire
One of the ones I remember was a Sookie Stackhouse book. I can't remember the character's name, some dude in town, but his facial hair was described in detail and his last name was Hunter.
About 2/3 of the way in, his first name suddenly changed from Bob or whatever to "Catfish."
So I figured she'd been basing the character on Catfish Hunter and hadn't caught all the uses of the name with global search-and-replace.
Gudanov - Aug 04, 2011 7:09:30 am PDT #4547 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Luckseller is really good so far (I was able to get about 1/2 through last night, where they are just driving away from the roadside rest stop).
hippocampus - Aug 04, 2011 7:53:29 am PDT #4548 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Yay!