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Readers - I have a great editor and we go over everything multiple times. When I submitted chapter 13 of Lean on Me, the punctuation was just fine. After I submit it for publication, I have no control over it.
I re-submitted the chapter once, and then again using a different format. I notified admin of the issue. Not much else I can do. I'll post again in my blog when it's been resolved. Not sure where the glitch is and hope not to repeat it.
I wouldn't do that to my readers. I'll leave that to EE Cummings or William Faulkner (and you know I don't like either of them).
Here are some great book titles, submitted by readers. The challenge was to name a book title that was evocative or mysterious, hinting at the subject without telling too much.
The Catcher in the Rye
One hundred Years of Solitude
The Sound and the Fury
Catch-22
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
A Clockwork Orange
William Faulkner writes better book titles than books. J.D. Salinger became famous because of the Catcher in the Rye but I definitely like his other work much better. Oh well. Great title, tho
One of my readers spotted a couple of continuity issues in The Jack Pierce Chronicles. He mentioned two goofs where I'd mentioned something for the first time, for the second time. The Chronicles are over a million words now so it was bound to happen. I'm sure there are others. If you spot a continuity error, or any other error, please send me an e-mail so I can address it.
There are a few errors that are intentional. Here are a few examples.
GPS on Dane's boat - GPS wasn't commercially available at the time and boaters used Loran-C. I used GPS because everyone knows what it is. Does anyone actually remember Loran-C?
Coney Island, by Van Morrison, was used a few years before it was released simply because the song was just too perfect for the situation.
Restaurants - several of the restaurants mentioned weren't around in the early 80s, but some of the restaurants of the early 80s aren't around today. I used current restaurants simply because they're great restaurants and quite a few of my readers have visited Charleston after reading the stories, been to those restaurants and like them as much as I do.
If the location is someplace I think a visitor would like to see, I make sure to keep it real.
Drop me a note. I always answer.
Some chapters are more fun for me to write than others. Chapter 10 was fun. In this chapter, Kim and Jack have a naming contest. After you read the chapter, message me your entry.
We're about a million words into the Jack Pierce Chronicles. Hard to believe.
If you're still reading, you've read about Jack learning a lot, from how to operate a Bobcat, to dancing, playing baseball, boxing, kung fu, and horseback riding. If one of those struck a chord with you, or you had a particularly interesting lesson when you were that age, I'd love to hear about it.
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