[stylist] Donna and Bridget

[Donna Hill]

Eve,
You're right about us being too close to our work to pick things up.
Someday, I'm going to write a humorous piece about the stupid oversights I
made in editing my book; even after dozens of re-reads, the ridiculousness
of some of the things I (and a half-dozen readers) missed is startling. Of
course, by the time I get to it, I'll probably have found even more in the
published version. Yikes!

BTW, I liked the references to thievery in Raven. To me, the word conotes
something of the magic, which I think would have been tamped down a bit with
concrete explainations. She was known for her thievery; that says something
to me. She didn't just take a pack of gum once a long time ago, and the word
"thievery" as opposed to "thief," which are both nouns, speaks to a
technique and pizzazz. I'm not a student of this, so I can't speak to it
being that, but that's how I took it.
Donna
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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eve Sanchez
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 1:50 PM
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Subject: [stylist] Donna and Bridget

Again, I want to thank you for reading Raven. It is a very special piece to
me and will be the first in the collection. I took your suggestions and
reread to see why I had done what I did or if the issues were oversights. I
made the needed corrections as well. The word upon, being repeated like that
especially, was unnerving. I do not know why I had never noticed it before.
There was no purpose in it. It just shows why it is so important for us all
to share our work. We are too close to the pieces and so it is too easy to
miss obvious problems. I think that when I have the collection complete,
perhaps rather than just list references to the old myths, I could write
something up explaining some of them and their origins.
Hopefully that would help in clearing up the confusion with some of the
actions and whatever that are barely mentioned or referred to. ;) Eve
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