Actually, the hardest thing now is holding my tongue when people rec it on comms like harrydraco. It's just so hard to not say anything!! Best of all was when we were about 2/3 of the way through and she emailed me tearfully, saying that people had been sending her mean emails accusing her of having stolen the plot from another author. After reading the first few chapters of the other story, I asked her about it, and she didn't deny it - claiming that it had "inspired" her. I genuinely think that she didn't realise that it just wasn't kosher to do that, but still! And now, when people argue about it, her ardent admirers will claim that hers is the better story. *facepalm* To be clear, both stories were crap, but honestly!!
he's never forgiven me for not letting him put a city in the wrong state, and arguing my point.
Ahahahaha, OMG, I know this pain! There was a biochem prof who kept attempting to publish words spelt quite incorrectly. I would fix them and the day the paper came out, he would inevitably call if one of his articles had appeared. We would have conversations like this:
Me: Hello?
Him: Ms. MyName?
Me: *sigh* Yes. Dr. HisName?
Him: *accusingly* You did it again!
Me: Which word did you have an issue with this time, sir?
Him: You changed my spelling of the word "molecule". It's incorrect now.
Me: ... Actually, sir, that's the correct spelling.
Him: Not according to MS Word.
Me: *gritting teeth* It's the correct spelling.
Him: How does the OED (Oxford English Dictionary) spell it?
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Date: 2007-08-31 05:56 am (UTC)he's never forgiven me for not letting him put a city in the wrong state, and arguing my point.
Ahahahaha, OMG, I know this pain! There was a biochem prof who kept attempting to publish words spelt quite incorrectly. I would fix them and the day the paper came out, he would inevitably call if one of his articles had appeared. We would have conversations like this:
Me: Hello?
Him: Ms. MyName?
Me: *sigh* Yes. Dr. HisName?
Him: *accusingly* You did it again!
Me: Which word did you have an issue with this time, sir?
Him: You changed my spelling of the word "molecule". It's incorrect now.
Me: ... Actually, sir, that's the correct spelling.
Him: Not according to MS Word.
Me: *gritting teeth* It's the correct spelling.
Him: How does the OED (Oxford English Dictionary) spell it?
Me: "M-O-L-E-C-U-L-E".
Him: ... How did I spell it?
Me: Not like that.
Him: ... Are you sure that's right?
Me: Quite sure.
Good times had by all!!