onegypsy

Yeah, it shows.  I found exactly one typo in the whole thing.  It wasn't wrong word usage, either, but a typo... somewhere in the last 3 parts.  I would have stopped and told you where it was, but that would have required stopping, and then I forgot.  In fact, I TOTALLY forgot until I read this message just now.  Whoops.  Sorry, man.
          	
          	I know exactly what you mean about repetition.  It makes me cringe so hard that it hurts.  Contradiction drives me nuts, too.  Don't tell me the family had rabbit stew next to the fire by the wagon on the prairie in the first part, then tell me you're trying rabbit for the first time near the end.  It ruins everything.  Might as well spray bleach on a freshly baked cake.
          	
          	I honestly don't mind when authors post stuff here that isn't 100% finished when they're asking for eyes other than their own to find the proofreading stuff they missed, if they're taking the feedback and fixing the oopses.  I had to get used to it, but I equate it to when I'd write an essay for class and needed fresh eyes to help me find my own errors before turning it in.  It's when an author posts "I know there's typos, wrong words, misspellings, etc in here and don't tell me because I don't care!" that I get seriously peeved.  I might finish that story if the story itself is interesting/good, but I rarely follow another by them.  If they don't care, well... I don't care either.
          	
          	But yeah... someone who can actually write well, has good stories to tell AND posts fully edited/proofread work is seriously after my own heart.  I'll support that to the best of my ability, every chance I get.

PhaedreBardsong

Hi! I know it's been nigh ten years, but I wanted to contact you as you have been such a fan of Halfblood back then. 
          
          I have some good news and some bad news. 
          
          The bad: I am deleting my stories from Wattpad. I don't feel this is the place anymore for this story as I am getting more serious about self-publishing (or possibly send it to a publisher, who knows).
          
          The good: I have re-written all of halfblood in the past few weeks. It is DONE. I redid it in my mother tongue (which was the original version it was in) and it is now under beta. If you're still interested, I am going to translate it in English anyway for a friend and put it up on Lulu.com. (Dutch AND English version).
          
          I do not mind sending you a free copy :) 
          
          I'm keeping my account here should you wish to contact me. 
          
          Kind regards!

clicqs

wow, after reading your above description i realize we are alike, especially with the proofreading part, i'm always afraid i'll annoy others if i correct everything though so i say nothing.

onegypsy

I sit on my hands.  A LOT.  I'm reasonably sure that members of my extended family have begun to ignore me on Facebook though, because sometimes I just can't sit on my hands hard enough and they escape.  My natural inclination to correct wrong word usage/common misspellings/other such things + my OCD makes it difficult at times.  Not that I'm perfect, of course.  I occasionally spell a word wrong or typo, too - we all do.  It's constantly seeing the same person use whose/who's, here/hear, and so forth wrong, or write a full paragraph with absolutely zero punctuation, or similar type things that drives me nuckin futs.  I try to ignore it all just to keep them from hating me, truly I do, but sometimes I just absolutely cannot.  And I get ants in my brain when I see someone use the word "ratchet" when the intended meaning is "wretched".  Every time I see anyone anywhere use that, I want to tie them down and force feed them Ghost peppers.  *shudder*  LoL
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onegypsy

Yeah, it shows.  I found exactly one typo in the whole thing.  It wasn't wrong word usage, either, but a typo... somewhere in the last 3 parts.  I would have stopped and told you where it was, but that would have required stopping, and then I forgot.  In fact, I TOTALLY forgot until I read this message just now.  Whoops.  Sorry, man.
          
          I know exactly what you mean about repetition.  It makes me cringe so hard that it hurts.  Contradiction drives me nuts, too.  Don't tell me the family had rabbit stew next to the fire by the wagon on the prairie in the first part, then tell me you're trying rabbit for the first time near the end.  It ruins everything.  Might as well spray bleach on a freshly baked cake.
          
          I honestly don't mind when authors post stuff here that isn't 100% finished when they're asking for eyes other than their own to find the proofreading stuff they missed, if they're taking the feedback and fixing the oopses.  I had to get used to it, but I equate it to when I'd write an essay for class and needed fresh eyes to help me find my own errors before turning it in.  It's when an author posts "I know there's typos, wrong words, misspellings, etc in here and don't tell me because I don't care!" that I get seriously peeved.  I might finish that story if the story itself is interesting/good, but I rarely follow another by them.  If they don't care, well... I don't care either.
          
          But yeah... someone who can actually write well, has good stories to tell AND posts fully edited/proofread work is seriously after my own heart.  I'll support that to the best of my ability, every chance I get.

ddgbooks

@onegypsy I love hearing that! I'm actually pretty nutty about proofreading, I can't stand errors. My other pet peeve is when people use the same word 10 times in a paragraph, "I put the book into the drawer and close the drawer and remember the other book was in the top drawer." Ugh.
          
          Thanks for following!