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The Emancipator's Wife

Hambly writes in the first sentence of the book's afterword, "The Emancipator's Wife is a work of fiction", so I've taken the liberty of changing the category to "historical fiction". Cactus Wren 00:42, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

I would tend to agree. I think it is well placed--Mystar 18:30, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Themes

Please understand using the proper syntax/ words is appropriate, even if you didn't place it. “Hambly has a penchant for genre-twisting characters” is an opinion of the person you are citing as a review, please note it is not a professional, nor peer review, but a reader review and again it is an opinion which makes the “ is said to have” not only appropriate but nessary, if you are going to keep the opinion and link. Secondly, “She also tends towards” in not proper grammar, and people do not use that syntax to speak. The fact that the reviewer thinks she offers up “rich descriptions and vivid characters is great, but improperly worded. SO I fixed it. Simply reverting my editing for the sake that it is not yours goes against Wiki policy. Please follow proper Wiki protocols. --Mystar 19:19, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

See Reverting for help --Mystar 19:44, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Over All Editing

Previous occupations include a high-school teacher, a model, a waitress, a technical editor, an all-night liquor store clerk, and a karate instructor, occupations that she felt allowed her time to write.

Factual and accurate “She searched for a job that would allow her time to write”.

Since she searched for a job that would allow her time to write, she wasn't looking for something she felt allowed her time to write. She chose jobs that allowed her time to write. 20:51, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Also “She attended University of California at Riverside, specializing in Medieval History and eventually earning a masters degree in 1975. She also spent time in Bordeaux, France as part of her studies”.

Is a very awkward wording, sounding like a run-on sentence structure. A better sentence structure is

” Hambly attended the University of California at Riverside in 1975, where she earned her Masters in Medieval History. As part of her studies, Hambly also spent a year in Bordeaux, France”.

It not only flows smoother but allows the reader to understand not only the significance of why she was in France, but the distinction between the two. Having the year 1975 at the end is proper formatting and gives the reader a time frame for what occurred. Keep in mind what occurred is the significant information followed by the not so significant dating of the time frame.

Incorrect. She did not attend UC@R in 1975, she graduated in 1975, spending time in France as part of her studies. There is no time frame for her attending school, only for when she graduated. An MA takes more than a year to complete, therefore we don't know when she started. Graduated in 1975 is the correct information. The text is reverted and modified to reflect this.20:51, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

“Particularly cited was her work within the Star Wars universe, where she was praised for her spot-on character "voices", concise and rich in dialogue.”

Were you to take notice no where in the interview does it read Luke and Leah, it reads “spot-on character "voices", with no distinction on the specific character .

This is plagiarism if you do not put it in quotations, the use of spot-on is a direct lift from the website and the statement made does not justify the use of a quotation. I've added a second reference which supports her work particularly with Leia. This justifies isolating these characters specifically.

Misplaced Pages is an encyclepidic work, not the place for inflecting personal thoughts on what you want it to say, when the material doesn’t say it. Please keep in mind the Wikiepidia Help page for futrue editing help. This could help in eliminating future mistakes of content. I hope I've been helpful in your learning proccess--Mystar 18:29, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Again WLU, you need make sure you only add factual and accurate information. The referenced article gives no specifics as to a person i.e. Luke or Leah. So you cannot place that as fact. I have quotes and referenced what was stated. Also offering an authors opinion who who's voice she captured is also POV and not allowable. The reference and quote is a good one. You simply wish to own the page. I think we can compromise here. I'll allow your poorly worded part above. However you edit warring does no one any good, especially Misplaced Pages. This is not your personal blog, and not your website. From reading your talk page I think you are taking this way to far. If your health is now suffering, I think you need to relay. dudette life is way too short to allow stuff like this rule you. I've just been having a blast editing and correcting misinformation and making sure factual and accurate info is placed and cited. I get a good chuckle each time I see much needed editing help. People are such Whiners! --Mystar 03:37, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

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