An idiosyncratic response to romantic overtures

[sigma7]

Author Susan Andersen has a reader advisory.

I wanted to give you all a head's up on a killer typo in my digital edition of Baby, I'm Yours and apologize for page 293, where it says:

He stiffened for a moment but then she felt his muscles loosen as he shitted on the ground.

Shifted--he SHIFTED! God, I am so appalled, not to mention horrified that anyone would think that's what I wrote. I'd really appreciate it if you would forward this to your romance reading friends just in case they bought the ebook, which is on sale for $2.99 at the moment so has likely been selling even better than usual (trust me, usually that's a good thing). Please assure them that I'm on it and it will be fixed asap.

Comments

[redmonster.livejournal.com]

I found "writing" in place of "writhing" and "steam" in place of "stream" in my last go-through on my manuscript. "Shitted on the ground" is actually quite fitting for the context. Muscles loosening, and all that.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's no real way to tell that it's a typo -- it makes perfect semantic sense, even if it's not what she originally intended. Maybe it's a defense mechanism. Maybe he just handles stress...differently.

I can't remember any typos I've had in my recent writings off the top of my head, but I can totally see how "writhing" becomes "writing." For some of us, they're pretty much the same thing.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

It's a defense mechanism to kill the mood whenever he might be tempted to boink a vapid romance novel heroine!

Sorry, I think my prejudices are showing again. :)

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

I hope it kills the mood. =:I It is an ebook. I think he may still need to see a doctor of some persuasion.

And there's something to be said for the vapid romance novel heroine. One can't be too choosy, especially when your typical response to extended socialization is to suddenly and dramatically evacuate your bowels.

[sarahharrison.livejournal.com]

Worst mutant power ever.

Hi Sig, how you doing? :)

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't know, I've seen a few that...rival it.

I'm doin' okay; how you been, red? Long time, et cetera. Hope you've been behaving.

[sarahharrison.livejournal.com]

Well, true, though I can't imagine his relationships last very long.

You know me; not really. I have discovered twitter, so I'm more talkative about nonsense than ever.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Frankly, "shifted on the ground" is pretty clunky prose anyway. The whole sentence needs work...it's within spitting distance of "He noticed the ship slowing imperceptibly."

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

I always liked one my first college instructor used to describe the telltale signs of someone using SAT vocabulary words in desperation in an essay: "He scrutinized out the window."

It really isn't a very elegant sentence to begin with, you're right, and that's even before we get to his excretory misadventures. *shrug* Maybe she just found her niche market.

[motteditor.livejournal.com]

LOL. That is all.