on writing copy
Feb. 27th, 2006 03:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lagilmanSometimes, the publisher sends you something that's fun to read, a real pleasure to write about. And sometimes... not so much.
This week's project is a not so much.
I wish I could snark about it, but that would be tacky. Let's just say that all the hallmarks of a Mary-Sue/Marty-Stu are there, and then some, while the author gleefully follows in the formulaic ruts of established bestsellerdom.
*goes back into the mines, subreference salt*
ETA: well, draft of copy's done. I still have to pick a front sales excerpt, which means (ulp) having to look at the manuscript again. Wait, let me pour myself that drink, first...
This week's project is a not so much.
I wish I could snark about it, but that would be tacky. Let's just say that all the hallmarks of a Mary-Sue/Marty-Stu are there, and then some, while the author gleefully follows in the formulaic ruts of established bestsellerdom.
*goes back into the mines, subreference salt*
ETA: well, draft of copy's done. I still have to pick a front sales excerpt, which means (ulp) having to look at the manuscript again. Wait, let me pour myself that drink, first...
