I found some errors. I was devastated, as
though I had a leaky roof and no way to repair it. I panicked. Humiliation
rained down on me, so much so that my husband wrote an essay, “The Day My Wife
Became Neurotic.” He assured me that there are almost always errors in
books; that people read for content, not errors. However, I was obsessed with
fixing the roof.
My publisher, Createspace came to
the rescue with a computer, not a hammer. With a click of a key, production was stopped. Repairs are being made. I am so impressed. Createspace is user friendly. Calls are
answered quickly, the editors competent and expedient. Occasionally I even get
one to laugh.
During this turmoil, I read Louise Erdrich’s
award winning novel, The Round House.
An Indian woman is raped and it is not possible to bring the white perpetrator
to trial. Written in the voice of the woman’s thirteen-year-old son, it is he who
sees that justice is served. A riveting story. Perhaps because I was in editing
mode, I noticed five errors. I'm relieved to report that the errors did not detract from my enjoyment of
Erdrich’s book.
Four Walls and a Leaky Roof should be life in about three weeks.
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