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[Carol]

Carol, whose latest editing project by the woman from Scotland turns
out not to be a novel at all but a New Age how-to manual on becoming a
psychic and channeling spiritual forces!
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> Potioncat:
> Are her initials ST? Oh, no, you said it was Joanne.
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> Drat!
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> Do you expect feedback about the A-shirt/wifebeater?

Carol responds:
Trelawney does strike me as a New Ager (like this author). One of my
editing projects some time back mentioned that there are actually
"universities" (in England?) that teach cartomancy and whatever the
word is for tealeaf reading.

The only word yet from the "wifebeater" author is a thank you very
much; I'll get back to you with questions. If she protests the
wifebeater query, I'll remind her that it's her manuscript and her
decision. I don't have the authority to dictate alterations. She's
even free to reject my correction of "guilty conscious" to "guilty
conscience" if she so desires.

Carol, wondering whether France still has its Academy to dictate pure
French and, if so, how well its succeeding