Error Apparent
I have a love of typos. I admit it. I even collect errors from newspapers and magazines (and wow, I need to find time to update that page). I came across one in Normal yesterday that sent me into a fit of giggles: bear hands. Apparently, my heroine has a bit of a hair issue, and that's why she wears gloves. Who knew?
It brings to mind the writers' conference two years ago. I sat at a table with several established authors. One of them writes romance, and she spoke of an absolutely awful typo she made in a short story submission, and she didn't catch the error before sending it off to the editor. Instead of "thigh," she typed "thing." It therefore changed a sentence to, "She laid a hand on his thing."
After we all quieted our hysterical laughter, she added, "And in that same story, I made that typo twice!"
It's comforting to know that the pros still make errors like that.
Anyone else have favorite errors to share?
It brings to mind the writers' conference two years ago. I sat at a table with several established authors. One of them writes romance, and she spoke of an absolutely awful typo she made in a short story submission, and she didn't catch the error before sending it off to the editor. Instead of "thigh," she typed "thing." It therefore changed a sentence to, "She laid a hand on his thing."
After we all quieted our hysterical laughter, she added, "And in that same story, I made that typo twice!"
It's comforting to know that the pros still make errors like that.
Anyone else have favorite errors to share?