What I'm reading: Deadly Currents, by Beth Groundwater
I'm slowly reaching the end of my copy edits for ROOTED IN DANGER. As I mentioned, just because this is the second editorial pass doesn't mean all the errors have been caught, so I have been reading the whole book. She's caught things that weren't picked up on the first pass, but I've also caught a few glitches that nobody else did.For the most part, the editor's suggestions have been painless, and I agree with most of them. There are a few places where she's changed sentence structure, and it didn't work for me.
My mom's first language was German, not English, and her sentence structure often followed the Germanic patterns. Our family favorite: "Look for me in the bottom drawer for the pound cake." Of course, my brother and I opened the bottom drawer and said, "Mom! You're in here!"
My mom's first language was German, not English, and her sentence structure often followed the Germanic patterns. Our family favorite: "Look for me in the bottom drawer for the pound cake." Of course, my brother and I opened the bottom drawer and said, "Mom! You're in here!"
In one case, I'd written: She went into the bedroom closet and dragged the cardboard carton she’d brought with her to the bedside.
The editor preferred: She went into the bedroom closet and dragged to the bedside the cardboard carton she’d brought with her.
Which would you prefer?
