tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post113827079779919330..comments2024-01-26T10:20:37.836+00:00Comments on Diary of a Goldfish: Without a seam or fine needle workThe Goldfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1138291720925810852006-01-26T16:08:00.000+00:002006-01-26T16:08:00.000+00:00Congrats on getting on with the opus! I think it ...Congrats on getting on with the opus! I think it was Ngaio Marsh, or might have been Margery Allingham, who let her dad read one of her early novels in proof. Apparently it came back all marked up with comments like "on page 16 you have him light a cigarette but you never show him putting it out" and she was so in awe of him, she dutifully altered the copy accordingly.<BR/><BR/>For future editions she had to go through and take all the extra details out again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com