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So, typos.
I self-publish. There are typos in my books. I try to be as rigorous as possible, but a few of the wee slippy buggers get through. Always. I usually catch them at some point. So far, it hasn& #39;t damaged my readers& #39; experience and that& #39;s good enough for me.
I self-publish. There are typos in my books. I try to be as rigorous as possible, but a few of the wee slippy buggers get through. Always. I usually catch them at some point. So far, it hasn& #39;t damaged my readers& #39; experience and that& #39;s good enough for me.
On a few occasions, another writer will reach out and ask me, politely, if I want to know about typos.
I usually say yes, and thank them for the thought. I think that& #39;s okay.
I usually say yes, and thank them for the thought. I think that& #39;s okay.
What isnt okay is the guy who messaged me at midnight to tell me he& #39;d found tons of typos in my book. I didn& #39;t know him well and he messaged my personal fbook account, not any of my public social accounts. He asked if he could tell me about them. I didn& #39;t reply, because, midnight
Regardless, he went right on pointing out all the mistakes. I woke up to a ton of screenshots, and although I imagine it was halfway meant kindly, it just came across as hugely patronising. Of course, my pride meant I fixed the damn typos (many of which I already knew about)
I guess what I& #39;m saying is, don& #39;t presume. Don& #39;t push yourself on another writer unless you& #39;re sure they are receptive and willing to hear it. Ploughing on with pointing out mistakes without really being given agency to do so is a bit, well, turdy.
Also, I feel as of there should be a difference between a few mistakes and a book that is unreadable because of formatting errors and typos.
But even then, I& #39;m not sure I would presume to take this up with a writer unless I knew them very very well, and not even then.
But even then, I& #39;m not sure I would presume to take this up with a writer unless I knew them very very well, and not even then.
Maybe I& #39;m being a precious little flower about it. But also, there is the question of social boundaries.
Which might be why I control who can DM me
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Which might be why I control who can DM me
