Comments on: Letting go … https://www.jenniferestep.com/letting-go/ New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:52:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/letting-go/#comment-19016 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:52:03 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=2754#comment-19016 In reply to L.Blanchard.

Well, I’m glad you haven’t spotted them, but believe me, they’re there. LOL.

Speaking of the guest blog, is there anything in particular you want me to talk about? We can do a blog or interview — I’m cool with either one. I just need to get started on it since I have a bunch of deadlines in April …

]]> By: L.Blanchard https://www.jenniferestep.com/letting-go/#comment-19015 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:26:06 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=2754#comment-19015 Hi Jennifer,
For what it is worth, I’ve done editing off and on for almost 20 years for publications and I also edited manuscripts for people self publishing. Typos tend to jump out at me (in everyone’s work but mine which I don’t see until it’s too late), but I’ve never seen any typos in your work. I have seen them in others in this genre but not yours. However if you are feeling frustrated, I’ve heard of authors setting up a second beta group that looks at things after the first one and the author think they are done, just to catch those last couple typos.
PS I can’t wait for our interview/your guest blog

]]> By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/letting-go/#comment-18999 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:45:12 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=2754#comment-18999 In reply to Michele Rioli.

Thanks! I appreciate that. I haven’t heard of Autocrit. I’ll have to check that out. Cool. Hope you enjoy it. 😉

]]> By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/letting-go/#comment-18998 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:44:16 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=2754#comment-18998 In reply to Erin.

I feel your pain. I used to work out a newspaper, and we would always get so many nasty phone calls/e-mails about typos, etc. I don’t think people realized that we were putting out the equivalent of a novel a day — with pictures. LOL.

]]> By: Michele Rioli https://www.jenniferestep.com/letting-go/#comment-18997 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:02:30 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=2754#comment-18997 Love your books Jennifer! Yeah, I edit and write reviews on books. My editor always seems to find a place were I left out a comma in my review. I use my spellcheck all the time and seek out unusual words to use. My thesaurus is really dogeared and full of tabs. One thing kind of neat to use is Autocrit. Ever tried it? It has some neat features that can help out when writing something. One thing about comma’s my editor told me, is if you read your sentence out loud to yourself and you naturally pause when reading it, a comma should go there. Can’t wait to read your new book!

]]> By: Erin https://www.jenniferestep.com/letting-go/#comment-18996 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:34:39 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=2754#comment-18996 I know exactly where you are coming from! I’m an editor-in-chief for a non-profit organization’s newsletter. No matter how long I stare at the articles there always seems to be a sneaky little typo here and there. I relied a lot of “beta readers” and after 6 proofs it manages to iron itself out. (but that’s only about 12 pages long…I couldn’t imagine novel scale!)

If you ever do get interested in beta readers, for any purpose, I’d be happy to help. Sometimes it takes fresh eyes to see the Charlie Brown errors. ^^

]]> By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/letting-go/#comment-18995 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:10:54 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=2754#comment-18995 In reply to Julia S..

Aw, that’s so nice of you to say. And I could use a nap right now. LOL.

Cool. Glad you are enjoying the book. 😉

]]> By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/letting-go/#comment-18994 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:09:49 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=2754#comment-18994 In reply to Liz.

A few small typos don’t bother me as a reader either, but I absolutely hate them in my books as an author. Well, that’s good that you haven’t noticed any typos in my books, but I know they’re in there … Sigh …

]]> By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/letting-go/#comment-18993 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:07:16 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=2754#comment-18993 In reply to Sabrina @ about happy books.

Actually, I’m pretty good at finding typos. I used to work for a newspaper and copy editing was part of my job. That’s why it makes me so crazy when I don’t catch a typo in my books — because I should know better. LOL.

]]> By: Liz https://www.jenniferestep.com/letting-go/#comment-18992 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:00:42 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=2754#comment-18992 I’m right there with you. I hate mistakes, big, little or otherwise. As a reader, a few little mistakes don’t both me. If there are only a few small things, to me its a sign that the author, editor, and others have spent time trying to make things as perfect as possible, and that’s what really matters. Also, to be honest I don’t remember noticing any errors that made me take pause in any of your previous books.

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