Editing insights

[eurydicebound]

Argh. I'm editing, and it's driving me mad. Between typos like "... he creamed blue murder..." and the fact that it's written where the PCs are either male or female, but the storyline necesitates that all the males be straight and all the females be lesbians in order to make interaction with the NPCs come out right.... Oh, my head. Argh. If only they didn't pay so damn well...

Comments

[elissa-carey.livejournal.com]

Creamed blue murder. I can't tell if that's supposed to replace the noneuclidean horror that is creamed corn, or if it's a new Ben & Jerry's ice cream, or a Daliesque expression of anguish. They all sound fascinating, so I'll go with D: new band name.

*hugs* Go see Peter Pan with the kiddos when you can. Less stuff to make you cry than RotK. :)

[anaka.livejournal.com]

Well, given that this was another translated text from THAT product line, my first thought upon reading it was somewhat more off-color. :)

[anidada.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid that's where my mind went, too (low-brow? moi?), but at least it provided a quick giggle. Never watch captioned TV. It'll break your brain. ("Oblivious president" instead of "obviously, the president" still makes me chortle, however.)

[innocent-man.livejournal.com]

I didn't have anything to do with this book, right? ;)

Phil has shown me some stuff from his crackpot file that really puts it in perspective. The phrase "bloody bloodbath of blood-spattered ecstasy" will never leave my mind.

[anaka.livejournal.com]

Hee. No, this book is nothing to do with you. Fret not. I think if White Wolf ever sent me anything like this, I'd have to call them up personally and find out who'd been replaced by pod aliens, as that's the only way something like that would ever get by the developers. :)