Weekend Wrap-up Feb. 1: Letter from the Editor

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Weekend Wrap-up Feb. 1: Letter from the Editor

I received my manuscript from my editor yesterday and now begins the task of reviewing her edits and suggestions. I probably take 90% of them because that’s what I pay her for. Most of that has to do with the grammar cuz me dont do that writing good.

This will be the sixth book she had edited for me and I do try to improve my writing skills each time, but its difficult to change how I phrase sentences because it’s what comes natural. To the average reader, some of what she changes would probably go unnoticed. Unlike spelling errors, sentence structures can fly under the radar if they make sense and are natural sounding to the reader who’s not going over the words with a fine tooth comb.

Will there be errors that slip through? Undoubtedly. Most books, regardless of being independently or traditionally published, can contain a typo. If you missed it, I did a post on famous typos:

Free Book Friday June 7: To Err is Human

I’ll leave you with a clip from a show I think is pretty funny, although it may have gone on for a few to many seasons.

Ok. Back to the edits…

-Leon

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Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words, and his latest sci-fi mystery, Euphrates Vanished.

My new book page: http://books.linesbyleon.com/