The Writer's Life 1/2 - Errors

I'm disappointed in myself. I missed a lot of errors during the previous proofing of my rock n roll epic, Rising Star. Last time I found 31 in the 450 page file. I've already found 16 in the first 147 pages this time. Three were periods that did not belong where they were. Most were misspellings, i.e., using "good" when I meant "god." I used "ironic" carelessly and replaced it with "odd." I somehow caused a line break by not filling a sentence out to the margin, which caused the next line to have only one word. Since there are no page numbers in the proof copy, I've had to bookmark each error so that I can find it easily when I make the change in the original Microsoft Works file. I was going to wait and do them all at once, but there are too many. I've messaged my literary angel, Victoria Valentine, about solutions to the lack of page numbers and the fact that in many instances the text does not occupy an entire page. Since I was unable to figure out how to get a chapter to start on a new page, I simply allowed five spaces between each, hoping for uniformity. I like the way it looks except for those instances where the new chapter is the last line of a page. It also saves 20-30 pages. The book is thick enough. I have no idea when it will be ready for sale. I want to get as close to zero errors as possible.

Despite the change from a two-team to a four-team championship system, I still don't have much interest in it. TCU, which finished with only one loss, the same as three of the participants, routed Mississippi, the ninth-ranked team in the country, 42-3, in the Peach Bowl. An eight-team system would have included them.  

The floating book shop had its first sale of the new year today. My thanks to the lovely young woman carrying a white rose, who purchased Euripides' Medea, and to the gentleman who donated two books in Russian, one of which, if I understood him correctly, is by Sir Walter Scott. His accent is heavy. Most passersby looked at me as if I was nuts, but I didn't think it was that cold. My toes didn't go numb. And the stiff wind was at my back, fortunately from the south, otherwise it would have been unbearable.

Vic's 4th novel: tinyurl.com/bszwlxh

Vic's 3rd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/7e9jty3

Vic's Short Story on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/k95k3nx
Vic's Short Story Collection: http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
Vic's 2nd Novel: http://tiny.cc/0iHLb Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/kx3d3uf
Vic's 1st Novel: http://tiny.cc/rP7o9

Vic's Rom-Com Screenplay: http://tinyurl.com/kny5llp

Vic's Horror Screenplay: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3f

Vic's Blog: http://vicfortezza.blogspot.com/

Vic's Web Site: http://members.tripod.com/vic_fortezza/Literature/