Okay, that may be a little over-dramatic. But anyway...
I got my latest WIP pushed through a copy editor for the first time. It was an eye-opener. I thought I did pretty well in that department, most of my errors being just sloppiness.
Yeah, not so much. She included this comment: "The author is massively addicted to ellipses and unneeded commas."
Suitably chastised, I retreat to my cave to lick my wounds. But I'm holding on to the annotated copy of the MS for future reference.
I got my latest WIP pushed through a copy editor for the first time. It was an eye-opener. I thought I did pretty well in that department, most of my errors being just sloppiness.
Yeah, not so much. She included this comment: "The author is massively addicted to ellipses and unneeded commas."
Suitably chastised, I retreat to my cave to lick my wounds. But I'm holding on to the annotated copy of the MS for future reference.