Reflecting reflectively upon further reflection....

Where do all those errors come from in galleys, that should have been caught in the copy-edit? Why didn’t I realize a month ago that I’d used “mayhem” four times in two paragraphs? Who am I talking about in that tangled forest of “he” and “his” on page 129? A proof-reader friend told me once, “Everybody misses 2%.” It’s why we need multiple proof-readers.