There was one point I forgot to mention in my earlier post about Bethenny Frankel’s book Naturally Thin: Unleash your SkinnyGirl and Free Yourself from a Lifetime of Dieting. And that is this:
Who edited this thing, Ramona??
I’m not going to go line by error ridden line, as I really do adore Bethenny and hope to one day be her best friend for life. I do want to quickly say that I feel a little bad for her — it brings down the credibility of her words. It is one thing that I never proofread these blogs and they have typos all the time (which makes me cringe but I am lazy). It is another thing to publish a book for wide release with mistakes and incorrect word usages. At one point, Bethenny’s moo shu chicken started oinking and turned into moo shu pork mid-paragraph. Well, which did she eat? Chicken? Pork? Did she even have moo shu? Did she eat ANYTHING she talks about in the book?
Don’t know. What I do know is that her editor should be embarassed.
I write and edit for a living. Yes, I have made mistakes. Who hasn’t? But not only would I be beyond humiliated if I sent something out to a large audience with mistakes of this scope, there would be a hell of a lot of damage to clean up. And it wouldn’t be pretty.
And when I write a book, you can be sure that thing will be edited til its raw.
Jen, a priorfatgirl
March 25, 2009 at 7:33 pm (15 years ago)well great. just great. I was reading your post and Carlos is sitting on the other side of the couch. I laughed out loud at the moo shu chicken when it started oinking and he thinks I have officially lost it. I tried to explain your post and he just looked at me with a blank stare.
That was funny damnit! HAHA
Maggie
March 25, 2009 at 8:25 pm (15 years ago)Write a book, write a book!
melissa (fitnessnyc)
March 25, 2009 at 8:58 pm (15 years ago)Ditto Bethenny please be my bff! I will walk your dog!
But I noticed the typos too. In the three week food chart on day one she has ice cream mid afternoon and then it says she had froyo at night. In the chapter she says she has granola at night. I wouldn’t even point this out if Bethenny didn’t say at one point that no one needs more than one small scoop of ice cream a day. Well, apparently your editor did not read carefully or you are not the best food journalist. She also says at one point that I have listed my lunch on three other wednesdays for you…but then she doesn’t. I assume she is referencing the chart in the back of the book, but I didn’t figure that out until I read another 100 pages, I was like what? where are they listed, am i blind?
But I did like on her blog this week:
“Jill’s Zang Toi luncheon was very nice, very fancy and the clothes were incredible. She was the bride and I love to see her happy. But it concerned me when Jill was sending the “don’t eat” message and “put water and ketchup on your food” mentality. But she did plug one of my Naturally Thin rules, “Taste everything. Eat nothing.” Granted it was taken out of context, but I appreciate the mention. I don’t condone not eating and living on diet coke. It’s what is wrong with Hollywood.”
roberto
March 25, 2009 at 9:13 pm (15 years ago)Maybe the chicken got all dirtied and became pork?? LOL
Anita
March 25, 2009 at 9:58 pm (15 years ago)I really want to read this book… thanks for the review!
And thanks for the comment on my blog! You DO look like the girl from Popular! You’re very pretty! My bad for not including my link… I did that here!
No froyo in this apartment right now… I need to get some! It’s still a little too cold for me to be eating yogurt and ice cream yet… I’m a wuss and can’t deal with cold desserts in the cold weather! When is spring getting here already????
Sarah (Tales of Expansion)
March 25, 2009 at 10:47 pm (15 years ago)hahahahahahahha, you’re hilarious!
i don’t know if i should admit this, but when i first saw “ramona,” i thought you were talking about ramona quimby, you know, from the children’s book series? i’m so out of touch with this new ramona!
Dori
March 26, 2009 at 8:32 am (15 years ago)Sarah – That is so funny! I read recently they are making a Ramona Quimby movie! Remember that she called her sister Beezus? I never thought it was weird until now.
Danielle
March 26, 2009 at 9:13 am (15 years ago)I cringe when I find mistakes like that and I don’t even edit for a living lol.
Diana (Soap & Chocolate)
March 26, 2009 at 10:50 am (15 years ago)WORD. Typos make me nuts, mine or otherwise. I think they send subliminable messages and do bring down the creditabilitity of anyone’s writing.
😉
Kelly Turner
March 26, 2009 at 12:37 pm (15 years ago)yowza- thats aweful editting. Id go through it with a red pen and then mail it to them. maybe theyll give you a proofreading job- which pays pretty well i hear
meloncauliflower
March 26, 2009 at 2:00 pm (15 years ago)i found a huge error early on in the book after you said you found a bunch of typos, i don’t remember it offhand but i will look when i get home. but yeah i’m with you on laziness, my blog posts are always typo- and grammatical-error ridden.
elise
March 26, 2009 at 10:59 pm (15 years ago)WORD! thats pathetic. i hate when i have typos on my blog bc im just too lazy to check 100% …but being only semi-thorough doesnt fly for national (international?) publication. not cool bethenny, not cool.
Sarah W.
March 27, 2009 at 7:14 am (15 years ago)hey I saw your comment on my guest post on tinas blog 🙂 feel free to contact me whenever!!
Lara (Thinspired)
June 15, 2010 at 6:14 pm (14 years ago)Oh my gosh–I had the same thought running through my head when I read this book last year! The typos and inconsistencies were an embarrassment! At one point I actually wondered if I had a preliminary/rough copy by accident. The message was great, but the editing was horrible!
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