notes from the word mines

[julesjones]

Doing edits on Nice Tie. Note back to editor re one suggested edit:

We have something in British sf fandom called Thog’s Masterclass, with a section entitled “eyeballs in the sky”. If you want me to change it, I will do so, but I warn you that some of my readers will snigger…

Pavlovian conditioning at its finest. Thank you, Langford.

Comments

[carl-allery.livejournal.com]

LOL. Although I tend not to notice if I'm really into the story.

[julesjones]

I originally wrote it as "eyes", because it was actually the natural word to use. And then Langfordian conditioning kicked in, and I changed it to "gaze" on pre-submission revision pass. Ye Editor wanted to change it back, hence note. :-)