*Grumble*

[alfreda89]

I hate it when copy editors change the names of minor characters. I didn't have immediate plans for this one, but now I have to double-check that she changed him everywhere...and that the name she chose was period.

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[carbonel]

I'm a copyeditor, and that one gets a big "WTF?" from me. Copyeditors should not be making those sorts of changes. At most, they should query.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

It was too long ago to know what her thinking was--I don't even have any memory of seeing the copyedit on this book. But when I sold the first one to HP, it took them eleven months to counter-sign the contract, and we almost pulled the book. So it was very odd all the way around. The editors were good people who liked the books, but the covers, the editing--this editor changed a myth, which really irritated me. The previous volume, that editor changed something that could be very dangerous for people, if they followed the advice.