>> Joanna (Boulter) wearing her editor's hat, chopped [rightly] quite a bit
>> from it, mostly rhymed poems.
>
> You lie! It was only 2 or 3 that I actually chopped
Um ... I beg to differ.
There were the Class Exclusions -- no translations, nothing from the
Sparrow&Spider ... [Why does bloody +everyone+ loathe the Sparrow and the
Spider? It has to be the only example of Consensus Judgement I've ever
encountered. With the exception of the Jimmy Crichton poems, one of which
[details on demand] has just been published in the +Speaking Words+
anthology, you rubbished virtually every rhymed poem I ever wrote.
With the exception of (among others) "Hearthside Lullaby".
You were right, and the only reason I didn't dedicate the entire damn book
to you was that it was pointed out to me that you can't dedicate a book to
your editor.
So the end result is better than what I submitted.
So sue me.
But I still think "Persuasions to Enjoy" should have stayed.
<grumble>
A Dumb Rodent
(howling in anguish)
> (though that begs the question of whether or not I *ought to have chopped
> further.) I fiddled your order about a bit, too. And I'd do it again, if I
> had to.
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