Pleased with the new Shetland Life but more than a touch annoyed with myself for my lack of ability to sub-edit myself. In particular, the editorial is littered with stupid grammatical slips and extra words, all of which went unnoticed through readings on computer, on pdf files viewed on an iPad, on finished proofs.
I mean, I think I'm quite good at subbing other folks' copy. And SL is unusual in that there is no-one else to copy edit but me. However, friends, veterans of the professional subs table, tell me that you just cannot do it. Writing uses a different part of the brain from subbing. It's a neurological fact.
I bet there are a few mistakes in this little post. Eh?
