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July 30, 2005
Proofing and Humiliation
The last couple days I’ve been proofing the two stories that are slated to appear this week at The Sword Review. (The first is scheduled to be published on Monday, the second on Wednesday.) It’s been a little humiliating.
I consider myself a good proofreader. Other people consider me a good proofreader. And really I am, just apparently not with my own work.
I have never seen so many embarrassing errors in something I’ve submitted. It’s amazing they accepted the stories for publication at all.
Particularly humiliating were the writing process notes that showed up if you looked at the document with the “show formatting" option on. Wow, those were from YEARS ago and I had no idea they were still in there somewhere.
Ah, well, a little humiliation keeps you humble I guess.
I’m making a note though…from now on I’m looking at the document with the “show formatting" on before I send it anywhere.
Live and learn.
Posted by Selena at July 30, 2005 06:15 PM