pyramnesiac
@pyramnesiac.bsky.social
She/her. Fiction editor on the spectrum, specializing in sci-fi and fantasy. Poet. Writer. c̷a̷s̷u̷a̷l̷l̷y̷ ̷d̷i̷s̷a̷p̷p̷e̷a̷r̷i̷n̷g̷
https://www.threefatesediting.com
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What?! No! I don't get to work on your next book?! Tell me the one you gave the third pub isn't so good. 😭
April 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What?! No! I don't get to work on your next book?! Tell me the one you gave the third pub isn't so good. 😭
Oh my gosh, you are too kind! It helps with a manuscript like yours to work on when I feel like I'm on the same wavelength. Happy to have been a part of your book!
January 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Oh my gosh, you are too kind! It helps with a manuscript like yours to work on when I feel like I'm on the same wavelength. Happy to have been a part of your book!
I quite like hyphenating re-form (form again) versus reform.
October 1, 2024 at 10:09 PM
I quite like hyphenating re-form (form again) versus reform.
Also, if you don't believe me, here is a blog post that Benjamin Dreyer says you should read. sesquiotic.com/2016/10/14/t...
That old bad rule-seeking behaviour
Linguistics is great for making you aware of things you were already doing consistently but weren’t consciously aware of. In fact, that’s the basic point of several subfields of linguistics. There …
sesquiotic.com
September 28, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Also, if you don't believe me, here is a blog post that Benjamin Dreyer says you should read. sesquiotic.com/2016/10/14/t...
I like this...depending on how integrated the book's universe is.
September 18, 2024 at 9:00 PM
I like this...depending on how integrated the book's universe is.
Okay, but if you're going to say you can't use "xeno" either, then you can't use "aliens." This is a very slippery slope.
September 18, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Okay, but if you're going to say you can't use "xeno" either, then you can't use "aliens." This is a very slippery slope.
Ohh, I see. Yeah, no, you can't just use anthropology.
September 18, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Ohh, I see. Yeah, no, you can't just use anthropology.
This is a copyedit? Sir, stet. 🥰
September 18, 2024 at 8:51 PM
This is a copyedit? Sir, stet. 🥰
Yeah, but it's canceled out by xeno. Ooh. Do xenoa̶n̶t̶h̶r̶o̶p̶o̶logy. Then folks will know you really mean business. Okay, now I'm just getting loopy.
September 18, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Yeah, but it's canceled out by xeno. Ooh. Do xenoa̶n̶t̶h̶r̶o̶p̶o̶logy. Then folks will know you really mean business. Okay, now I'm just getting loopy.
I personally don't have a problem with xenoanthropology though, lol. I get that it's not "technically" right. But it communicates the right thing.
September 18, 2024 at 8:37 PM
I personally don't have a problem with xenoanthropology though, lol. I get that it's not "technically" right. But it communicates the right thing.
Would it not just be xenology? It's probably impossible to get an exact match because anthropology has become a gestalt of more than its roots.
September 18, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Would it not just be xenology? It's probably impossible to get an exact match because anthropology has become a gestalt of more than its roots.
Fowler used to disapprove of concision as a synonym for conciseness. If that's a thing you care about. For me, I wouldn't change one to the other in editing, but I might choose one over the other in my own writing.
September 18, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Fowler used to disapprove of concision as a synonym for conciseness. If that's a thing you care about. For me, I wouldn't change one to the other in editing, but I might choose one over the other in my own writing.
🤣 Oh my god, best comment
September 18, 2024 at 7:41 PM
🤣 Oh my god, best comment
Would love to be on yours too!
September 18, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Would love to be on yours too!