on The Blood-Red Pencil:

How many times do you stop and mentally edit another’s work while reading his or her books?
I’ve concluded that knowing too much about the technical aspects of writing has diminished my enjoyment of the books I read.
I’m not a grammar queen, but when I see a mistake or typo, I SEE IT, especially in someone else’s writing.
I miss quite a few of my own.

I’m definitely more picky, and it shows in my comments in bookclub meetings. Then again, the trad published authors I prefer never have anything to pick them up on!
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