That's that!

I received my first edits from my editor for Fang Face, and learned that... oops ... learned I use the word 'that' too much.

She asked me to kill off about 70-80% of them, and rub out as many passive verbs as possible.

As I go through the manuscript, zapping 'thats' along the way, it becomes obvious that she's right, the book reads better without all of the thats.

That's (this one's okay) one of the things that (this one's not) you have to know about editors ... their goal is the same as yours, to make your book the best it can be. They aren't Republicans, er, obstructionists, they aren't being word nazi's, and they aren't trying to show off their command of language. They simply want a well crafted book.

So back to my editing. I'd like to get this first run done within a few more days.

Norm

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