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I sure hope they both got an opportunity to do that. Not that Tom Felton deserved it, but Draco sure did.

The writing. Yeah. See, I was encouraged by my girlfriend to read the book, because it was "fun smut". I turned to a random page and read "and the elevator whisked him away at terminal velocity". I paused, read it again and fully took in the implication that no one in the writing, editing or publishing staff understood what phrase "terminal velocity" actually meant.

I then took off my science girl hat and reminded myself that this was "fun smut" and tried again. But to no avail I just could not get past it. Honesty it was so infuriating that it contributed to me writing my own novel.

90,000+ words later and it's in no shape to publish and I now have a better apprication for anyone who makes it, no matter if I enjoy the book or not. I'll never ciritcize a book again.

I wrote a data analysis programs to tell me the most common repetitive phrases I use for this exact reason. My first editor berated me for it saying consistency was important. I thought repititon was bad and boring.

I guess that's why I'm a successful software engineer and not a successful author.

Thanks for the reply. I'm sure this has got to be crazy hectic keeping up with everyone.

Edit: Wow everybody. I didn't think anyone would be intrested in my little phrase counting tool. I'll see what I can do about polishing it up and open sourcing it.

An AMA by a real Redditor? Inconceivable!

I'm Transgender (male to female) and have been on hormones for over a year and a half. Most doctors just don't prescribe progesterone as part of hrt. It's makes most people way too crazy. Supposedly it's less of a problem if you make sure to get "bio-identical" progesterone but most doctors I've talked to say it not worth it in my situation.

You might look into it if it's something you really need.