In a message dated 12/30/2006 6:02:32 P.M. Pacific
Standard Time,
dz@hardluckstories.com writes:
When I was reading Caught Stealing I picked up the ERA error
you mentioned and I think one or two other similar mistakes
(glossed over the caught stealing one), and no, it didn't
bother me. Caught Stealing at it's heart is a really fun
book, very fast-paced, kind of Quentin Tarantinoish in it's
style and violence, and a terrific read, and I'd suggest
giving it more of a shot. What will stop me dead in reading a
book is bad writing, an obvious plot, smugness on the
writer's part, poorly drawn characters, etc.
--Dave Z.
What consistently astonishes me is how few mistakes these
guys made. Writing at speed, often publishing first-draft
material, using a typewriter and with no internet access to
fact check, I'm impressed in all sorts of ways. Al
I agree with both Dave and Al, as well as the annoyed people.
Getting the details right is important, and I'm sure
everybody lives in fear of errors, but they're like
proofreading mistakes--rather than showing lack of talent or
skill it's a matter of available time. You can have OCD or
errors. Would we rather have several less novels from our
favorite authors because they took the time to learn every
aspect of each minor connection? However, this is a book on
baseball that was mentioned, so you would expect some
expertise in that area. I used to think that editors were
like gods and would catch all these things. Nope. Vicki
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