[bksvol-discuss] Re: Unlawful Flight?
- From: Susan Lumpkin <slumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:02:14 -0500
That's usually thewan
On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:52:21 -0700, Kim Friedman wrote:
>Hi, Jamie, the guy you're talking about sounds like a real charmer (I hope
>you
>can tell I'm not impressed by him). I know when I proofread a book, I always
>start quotations on separate lines. One person's remarks would be on a
>separate line/lines from the person responding to him/her. Regards, Kim
>Friedman.
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>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamie Yates, CPhT
>Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 3:44 PM
>To: Bookshare Volunteers; bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Unlawful Flight?
>A long time ago someone requested the book Unlawful Flight by Glen C. Schulz,
>which I was not able to get from any library. I finally got a copy from
>Paperback Swap. But I can't remember who wanted to proof it and can't find it
>in any of my old email. It may even have been a year ago.
>Incidentally, I started reading the book and it's very poorly written. This
>guy needed an editor in a big way. There are paragraphs with multiple
>conversations in it so there are lots of instances of "conversation."
>"conversation of second person." "conversation of first person again." all in
>the same paragraph.
>Plus, while this guy's story is probably fascinating, his language and syntax
>make him sound really, well, dumb. He sounds like a whiney, naive and
>irrational. He justifies sleeping with women in his house with his wife in
>the
>house because well what guy wouldn't want to?
>--
>Jamie in Michigan
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