What Were Those Mistakes?

Someone asked me what the mistakes in the book were and suggested that I post them on this blog.  A great idea!  My proof readers caught the missing quotation marks, misspelled words, misplaced commas, etc., but missed the fact that I called Jane’s fiance by 2 different names.  I had been toying with calling him Major Stoddard or Major Stafford.  I finally settled on Major Thomas Stafford, but in a few places in the book I typed Stoddard!  I only discovered this after it first went to print but all has now been corrected in both the paperback and the Kindle edition.  The plot is not at all affected by this but how humiliating for me!  The author never saw it even though she had read the book dozens of times! Had I been aware that I might have used the wrong name occasionally there was a simple way to check it in the word processor.  Lesson learned!  I am now working on Jane’s own particular love story (a prequel to Lord Tenbury) and Stafford he is and Stafford he shall remain!  I would not hesitate in pointing this out because the purpose of this blog (for me in any case) is to let people know about the joys and pitfalls of writing and publishing.

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