#WritersCoffeeClub 9/19. Talk about how you’ve fixed a mistake in your work.

For normal things like style and grammar errors I have a multi-stage process - first I proofread the texts, then I release them on my Patreon, then they are assembled into a manuscript, and then they are read a few more times by me and other people. That doesn't mean all of these simple mistakes are fixed during this process - that never happens, with books as long as mine - but I think I am getting pretty good at eliminating most of them.

Then there are factual errors, such as identifying the wrong location mentioned in a tale, or citing the wrong book. Sometimes I catch them in the process of finalizing my book, but sometimes I do not. Which is why I am working on a lengthy errata file for my first two books, and I plan to publish it and incorporate them into new printings (as far as "new printings" mean anything with ebooks or print on demand).

I've been in academic environments for long enough to know that:

(a) Mistakes happen.
(b) You should own up to them.