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The Artful Edit–A Conundrum

June 6, 2008 by Stephanie Vanderslice Filed Under: Uncategorized

“While we write into a void, we edit into a universe, however ravaged it may be.”
Susan Bell

I just finished Susan Bell’s The Artful Edit last night. Well, sort of. I’d like to give you a full review of it. But the thing is, after singing the praises of the book last time, I got to page 86 and discovered that there was no page 87, or 88, 89. . .on through page 119! This is a significant chunk of the book–the end of the macro edit section and the first half of the micro-edit section.

So, my first response was, this can’t only have happened to my book (which, I believe I’ve mentioned, is a library book). So I checked online googling, “missing pages Susan Bell, The Artful Edit.”

Nothing. Nada. Maybe it is just me. After all, what my web search did find was a few wonderful reviews of the book, indicating that the reviewers had indeed read the whole thing (unless they were fibbing).

Thing is, I was all set to order a used copy on Barnes and Noble.com but now I’m wondering. Will the used copy also be missing those crucial 33 pages? To be sure, I think I’ll have to wait until August, when I can get my hands on the paperback. Surely they’ll have corrected the error by then.

My review will have to wait until I get those 33 pages, but I can say based on the rest of it this one is definitely a must for any serious writer’s collection–but wait for the paperback to be safe.

Comments

  1. Cindi says

    June 6, 2008 at 10:01 pm

    How very strange! I wonder how many copies of this book are out there that are missing those exact pages. Have a wonderful weekend…..Cindi

  2. Monda says

    June 9, 2008 at 3:53 am

    I was going to ask to borrow that one, but I’ll wait until we find a full copy. In the meantime, The Creative Class is getting better. I’m beginning to believe I just have a problem with nonfiction in general. If I stick with it, though, there are always important gems.

    This one has all of its pages, by the way.

  3. Jannie Sue "Funster" says

    June 13, 2008 at 2:01 am

    Yes, the void and the universe, that’s it!

    Cool site.
    And congrats on your husband’s book.
    –Jannie

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