Facebook flog - Mar 19 2013

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Link: Mar 19 2013, 4:20
Disclaimer: This blog entry is verbatim, as originally posted on LKH's Facebook. Copyright belongs to Ma Petite Enterprises.

Copyedits for Affliction have begun in earnest. They're due back March 22, which is this Friday. *Ah!* This is a chance not only for grammar & spelling, but also to change a new character's name if they had a placeholder name until I could think of a better one. Our wonderful continuity editor, Missy, who has only come on board since Kiss the Dead will help me make sure people don't keep growing & shrinking a few inches from book to book, and eye color. *rolls eyes* Why do I keep chaning some character's eye color? Also time line issues. *sigh*

Comments

[ex-naomi-ja.livejournal.com]

Our wonderful continuity editor who changed Vivian to Vanessa? Thank God she's here.

[fangedsekhmet.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I think she has people to do all the work for her. Waiting for the day she hires a ghost-writer.

Continuity for me is frantically searching keywords in Word.

And place holders for names? I tend to think up the names first... or am I weird?

[wanderingworlds.livejournal.com]

Wait, LKH is already perfectly aware that her characters grow/shrink and have changing eye colors?

...

[libwitch.livejournal.com]

I dunno. I would think by now either she or a copy editor or one of her much-beleaguered assistants would have drawn up at least spreadsheet that gives basic character attributes: height, weight, hair color, eye color, sexuality (beyond: F8&CS everything), personality quirks.

I mean, for gods sake, hire a passing gamer. They will do it for you! They might even use D&D character sheets to get started!

Normally, an author of a well established series keeps track of all this stuff because they have their own notes. But we all know that LKH is apparently too awesome writes too organically. Ah its hard to keep notes when you just make it up as you go along.

..all that aside, aren't her characters living beings to her, like family? Maybe thats the problem. here. I wonder if she forgets what her daughter looks like too?

[christwriter.livejournal.com]

And my first reaction is OH GOD THEY WENT STRAIGHT TO COPYEDITING? JESUS CHRIST THIS BOOK WILL SUCK HARD.

Seriously. You can't even START copyediting until the developmental stuff is done. Which means they are doing NO developmental shit for this one whatsoever. WHICH MEANS THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE GOOD.

Jesus God in Heaven.