Uh...New Moon.

[foxmonkey]

OH MY GOD, KILL ME NOW. Seriously, people, I don't know if I can take another two books worth of this stuff. Well, more like 2 4/5, because 122 pages into 'New Moon', I'm ready to spork my eyes out.

::gnashing of teeth, rending of garments, throwing of books against the nearest wall::

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[foxmonkey.livejournal.com]

same here...except haven't tossed the books with mighty force against the wall yet.

Can't for the life of me remember what the book was, but it wasn't my usual fare. Jackie Collins or something like it, borrowed from a bud. I remember I read the last page, was completely boggled for a second, and then threw the thing (paperback) as hard as I could across the room, right against the wall. I left it where it fell for a full week. :-D


and what boggles is that the babysitter and goosebumps series of books were written way better.

The writing! Aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!! Every other sentence makes me want to cry. And then spork myself. And then cry some more...and then spork her.


the only books that are worse are those by anne rice's son. gah.

Holy crap, thanks for the warning!

[spasticat.livejournal.com]

lol on the tossing and abandoning of that one book!

regarding the twilight books...there were typos. a lot! and my copies? are thee paperbacks, several printings down from the first. WHERE WERE THE EDITORS???

now...the christopher rice book i had was a proof...but that still didn't excuse it from being implausible, incomprehensible crap! friends say the final copy and all subsequent books were equally crappy. i wonder if he's like his mom and refuses editorial input. huh, i wonder if the same goes for meyer...hmm.

[foxmonkey.livejournal.com]

regarding the twilight books...there were typos. a lot! and my copies? are thee paperbacks, several printings down from the first. WHERE WERE THE EDITORS???

Aiiiiii! YES! I kept wondering the same thing, where the hell was the editor hiding when this thing was in process???

i wonder if he's like his mom and refuses editorial input. huh, i wonder if the same goes for meyer...hmm.

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find that SM thinks that editing would hurt the writing process. I remember when I first entered fandom, I heard there were people who treated their first drafts as sacred. To that I say, "You are a lunatic, sir." Good lord.

[spasticat.livejournal.com]

anne rice's argument against using an editor is that one wouldn't impose that kind of input on an artist. ha! i liken editorial/beta input to the paint and other materials that are used in the painting process. i *use* paint but i sure as hell don't *make* the paint or gesso or the canvas. an editor is a highly talented and creative tool and the right editor complements, enhances, and brings out the talent of the author. i've got recipes for making gesso...but i'd rather buy a can of the good stuff and get to painting.

golly...so many analogies are possible. architects and the people who build the buildings and the engineers who make them safe and feasible. etc etc!