tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post8341697417081130104..comments2024-02-25T20:07:56.114-06:00Comments on Mr. Verb: "If proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go."Mr. Verbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-22539583988938926942012-02-14T12:33:16.397-06:002012-02-14T12:33:16.397-06:00Swag's my favorite, but Raylan, the new one, i...Swag's my favorite, but Raylan, the new one, is just amazing. You can tell he had a blast writing it.Amy Alkonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12925759257236442911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-7714159656084729212012-02-10T09:11:33.229-06:002012-02-10T09:11:33.229-06:00Try LaBrava, which I think is still my all time fa...Try LaBrava, which I think is still my all time favourite, run a close second and third by Bandits and Freaky Deaky.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315146014179526480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-91790753282602964342012-02-06T09:32:23.774-06:002012-02-06T09:32:23.774-06:00OK, gotta read this novel, then. Thanks!OK, gotta read this novel, then. Thanks!Mr. Verbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-47279377425916226252012-02-06T07:34:48.199-06:002012-02-06T07:34:48.199-06:00I've been enjoying Elmore Leonard novels for n...I've been enjoying Elmore Leonard novels for nearly thirty years and if there's one thing I'd bet on: he doesn't have to worry about what any copy editor thinks!<br />As we all know, the representation of spoken language is always going to look very different from that of many other kinds of written language. You may never actually hear the kinds of spoken language Leonard conjures up - which is probably just as well! - but you can't help believing that somehow it sounds so 'right'.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315146014179526480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-13772379560593282922012-02-05T11:34:31.983-06:002012-02-05T11:34:31.983-06:00Does any novelist really fear their copy editor?Does any novelist really fear their copy editor?Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-19522197482543407262012-02-05T11:16:19.182-06:002012-02-05T11:16:19.182-06:00What I like about the quote is that it sounds like...What I like about the quote is that it sounds like he's gonna have to off Proper Usage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com