{"id":63,"date":"2013-01-11T03:05:57","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T03:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregalder.com\/WP\/?p=63"},"modified":"2013-01-28T02:30:42","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T02:30:42","slug":"paper-makes-the-mistakes-pop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/WP\/paper-makes-the-mistakes-pop\/","title":{"rendered":"Paper Makes the Mistakes Pop"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"mistakes\"<\/a>I had edited the manuscript innumerable times — spellchecked, considered grammar, etc — but when I got the proof copy in the mail little errors popped up all over the pages. Well, not all over. It’s just that I expected there to be none, and there were more than a couple.<\/p>\n

Still, the proof copy of the book looks like a book. That was the amazing part: seeing the manuscript transform from the computer screen to physical pages. The friends who saw it thought the same. They said, “It’s . . . a book! A real book!”<\/p>\n

I’m glad I took the time to read the whole thing through, correct the mistakes, and resubmit my files. Books live a long time. Typos and such inevitably creep into every book, but the fewer the less distracting to the story, the message.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"reddit\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>by <\/span>\"feather\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had edited the manuscript innumerable times — spellchecked, considered grammar, etc — but when I got the proof copy in the mail little errors popped up all over the pages. Well, not all over. It’s just that I expected there to be none, and there were more than a couple. 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