To be clear, today I post as an ebook reader, not a writer. And there is whining AND tantrum-ish negativity involved. You might want to avert your eyes. Dear Major Publishing House’s eBook Designer: Stop putting huge gaps between paragraphs. They are unnecessary. I know what an indent means. I don’t need the forty-mile drive to the next paragraph to tell me a change is about to occur. Also, all the additional screen refreshes drain my device’s battery life. Bad. Bad, bad, bad. Bad. Don’t make me tell you again. That is all.
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I have a terrible writing habit I’m learning to loath. Whenever I know something is broken or wrong, or I want to leave myself a reminder to fix or tweak, I make notes right in the text surrounded by < >s. Part of this cleanup process is going through the manuscript and doing away with all those < >s. Today, I hate < >s. I mean, really hate them. Like deprive them of coffee hate them. Isn’t everything always way more aggravating when you know you only have yourself to blame?
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