Simple Mistake = Red Face

Hello to all!

Second short story is now on Amazon - it really is true. The more you practice these things, the better you get. I only took 4 hours to get this one up - the first took all day. Now, if I can just get the cover right .... Of course, now I don't look at the ones I've got out at all - I'm too scared to. This one is called " Someone Has To Do Something" and, I have to admit, is one of my favorites I wrote many years ago. As usual, the characters simply appeared with their story one day. I thank who or whatever makes this happen to me. Stephen is just about to have another adventure - should be there next weekend if nothing derails me. :)

My old computer is really starting to annoy me. my fault really - I should have retired it years ago. Officeworks appears to have a neat variety of laptop, so maybe I will go check them out. But I learned a lesson quickly - ALWAYS check exactly how your blog posts or any work looks like.

The colour in this computer is very 'off'. In other words, you cannot tell blue from red or any of those any more. So, I carefully rewrote a work that a client wanted done, checked it for spelling and grammar, took out the original and sent it. Some days later, I got an email saying: Are you mad at me? This rewrite is all in red.

I know what was red - my face! All that checking and the one thing I didn't check was the colour of the print!  So it never hurts to have a last look. Even when we are experienced, we can make mistakes.  This was a simple mistake I never would have made if I had bothered to get the computer fixed. And it was such a simple mistake. Because the colour appeared black when I put it on Word I left it. Not smart at all.

I feel like I am back in Grade School, writing my every move down and crossing it off now. Yes, paper and pen. But if it gets my work done properly then I am all for it!

Do you make stupid mistakes? Maybe you need to keep pen and paper handy too. After all, the computer is only as smart as its operator.

If you want to share, my email address is  taylor.cheryl54@yahoo.com

Write on and shine.