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Is there a service for this? (Standard developer question). I found myself writing a book recently, completely left field to my normal technical work. I'm inte
by cs02rm0 3y ago
Is there a service for this? (Standard developer question).
I found myself writing a book recently, completely left field to my normal technical work. I'm intending on approaching a literary agent but I need it reviewed first and I'm looking for dispassionate, distanced, but informed opinions.
- gghh 3y agoWell, a copy editor maybe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_editing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_editing I've never used one, but I assume there are professionals for hire to do this. In fact I've read one of the advantage of going with a publisher (as opposed to self-publishing) is they give you an editor. But again, I'd expect a freelance market to exist.
- tomsmeding 3y ago> completely left field to my normal technical work. I'm assuming this is another baseball reference. As a non-American: what does it mean? :)
- cs02rm0 2y agoAlso a non-American (Brit). Just means something unusual. According to the 2007 Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, the phrase came from baseball terminology, referring to a play in which the ball is thrown from the area covered by the left fielder to either home plate or first base, surprising the runner. Variations include "out in left field" and simply "left field"