Addressing editorial changes

Ellis Clover said:

One good thing is that I'm currently on an exotic holiday (if you can call the UK exotic )

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**looks out of window** **observes dull, grey, drizzly fog**

Yep, definitely not exotic.

Hope you have a great time here. Sorry to read about what happened with this publisher.

Ellis, I bet you've run up against an over-eager 22-year-old copy editor. Or intern.

I have been that copy editor *hangs head in shame* although I did not realize that until a quarter of a century later. After I'd developed major writing credentials, another 22-year-old copy editor butchered a magazine article of mine. When I brought this to the editor's attention, she said, "But I gave it to her because it was in such good shape!" And then I had a flashback to my days as an editorial assistant...

So be encouraged: karma will eventually revenge you. In the meantime, discuss this firmly with the editor.

neandermagnon said:

**looks out of window** **observes dull, grey, drizzly fog**

Yep, definitely not exotic.

Hope you have a great time here. Sorry to read about what happened with this publisher.

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But Ellis Clover is apparently from Australia, so dull, grey, drizzly fog might well seem exotic. At least Britain isn't full of exciting animals, trying to kill you.