Comments on: The Monkey Trap by Lee Denning http://www.camturner.com/2008/09/the-monkey-trap-by-lee-denning/ A little bit of everything. My hobbies, ideas, family and career. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:20:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cam http://www.camturner.com/2008/09/the-monkey-trap-by-lee-denning/#comment-11738 Cam Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:47:29 +0000 http://www.wereadscifi.com/?p=131#comment-11738 Hi Conrad, You are possibly correct regarding the it's/its issue. I'm not an English major or an editor and I make the same mistakes as all writers. The reason I call it out as a flaw in Denning's book is because, had it been traditionally published it would have had a more thorough editing process. From what I know Denning's editors were all friends and family, rather than professional editors. I don't know this for a fact, but it seems likely given the front matter in the book. I on the other hand am a hobby blogger with no oversight or editor other than my readers. It's no excuse to make mistakes, but I believe it's a little more forgivable. You can be the judge of whether I am correct or not. As for my own writing career, I think I'll stick to tech books (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590597079/camturner-20) as programming is my core competency and day job. However, being a multi-published author (even if in non-fiction) I think it gives me a bit more than an average insight into the editor-writer process, so take that with whatever volume of salt you'd like. Thanks for the comment. This thread hasn't been open in a long while, so it's nice to come back for a visit. Hi Conrad,

You are possibly correct regarding the it’s/its issue. I’m not an English major or an editor and I make the same mistakes as all writers. The reason I call it out as a flaw in Denning’s book is because, had it been traditionally published it would have had a more thorough editing process. From what I know Denning’s editors were all friends and family, rather than professional editors. I don’t know this for a fact, but it seems likely given the front matter in the book.

I on the other hand am a hobby blogger with no oversight or editor other than my readers. It’s no excuse to make mistakes, but I believe it’s a little more forgivable. You can be the judge of whether I am correct or not.

As for my own writing career, I think I’ll stick to tech books (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590597079/camturner-20) as programming is my core competency and day job.

However, being a multi-published author (even if in non-fiction) I think it gives me a bit more than an average insight into the editor-writer process, so take that with whatever volume of salt you’d like.

Thanks for the comment. This thread hasn’t been open in a long while, so it’s nice to come back for a visit.

]]> By: Conrad http://www.camturner.com/2008/09/the-monkey-trap-by-lee-denning/#comment-11737 Conrad Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:57:56 +0000 http://www.wereadscifi.com/?p=131#comment-11737 Hi, I loved your review of Denning's book, you really know your job :) For this reason I'm trying to understand why you write: "I HATED Dan Brown’s Digital Fortress for it’s completely flawed use of..." shouldn't it be "ITS" instead of "IT'S" ? There are more examples of this little "Flaw" in the rest of your article. You sure do know how to write, though. You should be the one to write scifi, not those who actually do :) Conrad Hi,
I loved your review of Denning’s book,
you really know your job :)
For this reason I’m trying to understand why
you write: “I HATED Dan Brown’s Digital Fortress for it’s completely flawed use of…” shouldn’t it be “ITS” instead of “IT’S” ?
There are more examples of this little “Flaw” in the rest of your article.
You sure do know how to write, though.
You should be the one to write scifi, not those who actually do :)

Conrad

]]> By: Vic http://www.camturner.com/2008/09/the-monkey-trap-by-lee-denning/#comment-11736 Vic Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:04:50 +0000 http://www.wereadscifi.com/?p=131#comment-11736 Sounds sort of like some of the storylines in Stargate. I can't wait to read it. Sounds sort of like some of the storylines in Stargate.
I can’t wait to read it.

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