this is what editors are for...

[julesjones]

I'm going through the edits on the next book. There is a string of edits which boil down to "why is this guy putting up with this behaviour from one of his own employees?" The answer is because the dickhead is not one of his employees, but a fairly senior guy from a completely different company.

I thought I'd made that clear. Apparently I haven't. If my editor missed it, then so will readers...

Comments

[ex-emilyvei.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. I have many edits saying that using a name takes me out of the protags point of view because he never learned that name.

Me: "Yes he di... oh, hell."