dangers of spellcheck

Kevin Amery kevindamery at gmail.com
Mon Oct 30 07:20:58 MST 2006


I worked on a book once in which no one spotted that the first pre-chapter
was called "Forward" instead of "Foreward" until 5,000 copies had been
printed....

On 10/30/06, Sarah Bouchier <Sarah.Bouchier at exony.com> wrote:
>
> >Actually, you can do a good job on your own text... but only
> >after it's too late.  That's a rule, enforced by the universe.
> >Really.  If you put the work aside for a time, you'll come
> >back to it with essentially "fresh" eyes.  Oh, the horrors
> >you'll discover.   "For a time" means weeks, not hours.
>
> Actually, in my experience, 'for a time' means 'just long enough to send
> off to clients/publishers'...
>
> S.
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Until next time...

Kevin Amery

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Until next time...

Kevin Amery



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