About Mac
Mac' Chandler is a retired in the pleasant little town of Rochester MI and writes when he isn't puttering about being a house husband. I've taken to posting my writing for sale on Kindle. I hang out at Baen Bar Chat and shoot rifles even older than me. I've worked so many jobs it is hard to remember them all. Most had to do with some flavor of machining or construction. In particular I was a mold maker and a plumber. I enjoy photography and when I have the patience drawing. For some reason animals like me, not so much people. I stop at garage sales when I see them as well as most red lights. If you see a beat up old black pickup truck that looks like it needs towed I may be somewhere close.
When are we going to read the new April !!!
Should be up all markets now.
I meant April 6
Do you plan on making April available anywhere else besides Amazon?
I’ve signed a publishing contract for outside Amazon. I expect to have paper editions of April within the month. Where is going to be up to the publisher – but I’ll report on it for sure. I expect Family Law in paper next if not at the same time. Eventually all of them. Maybe audio even.
Editing for books. Sight, site, cite. Lead, led, lead; swim, swam, swum. Is it better to use “then” than “then” and when? Or is it better “than” then, ah, “then” than….
Is it latter or later? Bad, badder, baddest or is it bad, worse, worst? Don’t get me started on when it’s more better to use morale than (then?) moral. Is it or it’s; there, they’re, or their? When do (due) you use all right or alright, all ready or already?
Where’s the grammarian when (whan?) you would have had a need (kneed, kneeded) one?
If you are saying all those errors are in my books, or just April, you’ll have to be specific. I’ve had a few professionally edited. A few are untouched. I doubt you found all three homophones of sight, site, cite as a single error. So which and where? Some of the things you mentioned I am aware of as potential errors. Some I used to commit as errors but have improved as I’ve made progress. If you can’t be specific about which book has which error then this is simply complaining to no purpose. I can take correction but it should be to some purpose. Even books from major publishers have some errors. If it destroyed any enjoyment for you I’ll simply invite you not to buy any more. Because the next book I post to sell WILL have several errors in it. Expect it.
Sorry. No, I did not find but just a few errors in the three books I read. You or your editing service are quite good; as well as are your books, which are excellent reads. Please ignore my obtuse earlier comments. They were more obfuscating than enlightening.
If you’ve discovered errors in any of your earlier books, . I’m sure you’ve already corrected them. A new reader, even if the plot,characters et al. are superlative, errors, whether homophones or just repetitive grammatical errors can destroy the enjoyment of a good or even excellent book. I used to make notes in my Kindle of such, but gave up when I realised it was most probably futile.
Again, my apologies, I did not intend a slur against your work or April’s.