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Travels with Myself

A Journal of Discovery and Transition
Doug Jordan, Author
On Language

25.17 The Delicate Art of Editing

to give his manuscript to an editor is a ritual authors are likely reluctant to engage in. All that (‘positive’) feedback, and opinion disguised as ‘suggestions’, may not be taken well, even if the author smiles savagely in thanks to the editor.

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2025-09-15
Thoughts on Writing/Publishing

25.16 Authors and Editors

Almost every author I know, and a lot more that I read, remark in their acknowledgements that they are so very grateful for their editor for making their opus so much better. It’s kind and generous of them to say so.
But I think they are lying. Or if not lying, exactly, they say so grudgingly, through clenched teeth.

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2025-08-31

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