tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25882546.post7948153682666763941..comments2023-10-11T03:48:57.606-04:00Comments on Head For the Red: Required Reading: Sorceror's SecretsRufus Opushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10806987441760167537noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25882546.post-47028950800488988382009-09-03T09:23:28.034-04:002009-09-03T09:23:28.034-04:00I'll have you know I was teetering on the edge...I'll have you know I was teetering on the edge between ordering Mark Stavish's <i>The Path of Alchemy</i> and <i>Sorcerer's Secrets</i>. You sold me. I strictly budget myself on purchases of new books (I have to order them from abroad, which often makes them twice as expensive for me), so this was a tough decision. You convinced me that this is what I need RIGHT NOW. I'll definitely still get Stavish's book, but I might wait a year now.<br /><br />As far as bad editing goes, can we talk? I was a wire-service copy editor for ten years, and have been a corporate editor for five. Typos and grammar mistakes in published material make me break out in hives.<br /><br />Stavish's <i>Between the Gates</i> is a brilliant book I'd recommend to anyone, but the first edition was scandalous. There were typos and grammar gaffs on nearly every page, and (get ready for this) the plentiful endnotes didn't match up with the superscript numbers in the text. There were even two chapters' endnotes that were switched with each other. I'm not usually a hard ass about this sort of thing, but I think the responsible party deserved to be fired. Really. And it wasn't even some fly-by-night publisher. It was Weiser, for cryin' out loud!<br /><br />OK, I'll stop hyper ventilating now.<br /><br />Anyway, I ordered my copy of Master Miller's tome from Amazon yesterday, and I really look forward to getting it in the mail. And I can't wait to see the mail man wondering what this package is with the sparks and smoke comin' off it and shit.Theo Huffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11832438171790956528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25882546.post-21789541091431880252009-09-02T03:20:14.398-04:002009-09-02T03:20:14.398-04:00Thanks for the report R.O.,
Just ordered my copy ...Thanks for the report R.O.,<br /><br />Just ordered my copy today and can't wait to get it. Curiously I just got paid today - got me a pocket full of change - lol. Now I'll have better tools to work on that.<br /><br />Frater EH'eFrater EH'e,https://www.blogger.com/profile/07639186404761990851noreply@blogger.com