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Not Another Mary Sue & Other Editing Peeves

December 15, 2015December 17, 20152 Comments

Editors are editors because they want to be - they're not going to berate you for your typos or ding your manuscript over a bad simile. They might, however, pause if they discover any of these really, really, really, irksome traits.

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