tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post2044051440351076805..comments2024-02-16T22:05:32.773+02:00Comments on LotFP: RPG: Of Editing and Eternal WoeJimLotFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992397707040836366noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-33645334254288230592009-08-11T16:20:20.317+03:002009-08-11T16:20:20.317+03:00I've had similar thoughts along these lines la...I've had similar thoughts along these lines lately, it seems like real old-school editing is becoming a lost art, whether its in gaming or fiction. <br /><br />I bought a 2006 compendium of ERB's first three Mars books recently, and the typos and misspellings were abundant to the point of distraction. A quick flip through my frail 1950s edition of A Princess of Mars matched up with *none* of these errors.<br /><br />And as for editing content, well some recent "big name" gaming stuff I've flipped through reads like it was cobbled together from 9 randomly selected game-show contestants. Is there a show out there called "You Write A Paragraph!"? How much are they paying these so-called "editors" to cut-and-paste together a book, run it through spell-check, and off to the printers?<br /><br />Embarrassing...Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294noreply@blogger.com