[lit-ideas] Re: grades & kleenex/Editor Disease
- From: John McCreery <mccreery@xxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 15:39:38 +0900
On 2004/05/07, at 14:51, Scribe1865@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I've always enjoyed writing work more than editing work. Maybe I'm
> just an
> innately impatient person willing to put up with sloppiness as long as
> it moves
> the ball along. But after eight years working as an editor, it feels
> better to
> be earning a living exclusively by writing, even the most banal
> commercial
> writing I do.
I'll second that--but also be happy to say that I thank my stars for
the obsessive editors I've worked with, who have saved me from many a
foolishness.
John L. McCreery
The Word Works, Ltd.
55-13-202 Miyagaya, Nishi-ku
Yokohama, Japan 220-0006
Tel 81-45-314-9324
Email mccreery@xxxxxxx
"Making Symbols is Our Business"
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