:dduane:1701-books-to-read:Dark Mirror by Diane Duan...

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Dark Mirror by Diane Duane

…And this is why when you’re writing and (being in the heat of composition) you use a “placeholder” term or phrase to mark a spot where you intend to come back and coin something more specific, you make sure to (a) make a note of the placeholder, and (b) actually do the coining in the “cleanup” pass on the submission draft. Otherwise something like “X and Y” may actually make it all the way to press.

(sigh)

I thought X AND Y was a fin...