[Magdalen] Fwd: Whither to lie and to lay?

[ME Michaud]

I wrote a book review once in which I said the editing amounted to a crime
against the author.

Long ago publishing houses paid editors. Not much, but still. And they were
careful about hiring people who could do the job.

No longer.
-M


On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 10:23 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> The lack of proofreading in modern fiction (not to mention newspapers,
> internet, and just about any other written material) drives me up a wall! I
> have been known to throw books, slam my desk, and slap my laptop shut in
> frustration
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