The Cabins of Wilsonia, available on Amazon

I hate and despise typographical errors. They pop up EVERYWHERE, and strike me between the eyes in library books, menus, signs, business cards, and websites. It isn’t always that people are typing wrong; it seems that fewer people notice or care about spelling.

It isn’t possible to successfully proofread one’s own writing or typing, because one knows what one meant to write and thus, that is what one sees. By “one”, I mean me.

So, I enlisted the help of 3 other readers. Four of us proofread The Cabins of Wilsonia. All four of us are vigilant about typos. I felt very very certain that my book would be the exception to the current sloppy way that things are printed.

My mom has been reading The Cabins of Wilsonia.  She asked me if there is a prize for finding a typo.

I was gobsmacked, stunned, and horrified when she pointed out one to me. It was bound to happen, and I find it fun that my very own mama found it.

She showed me the word. I typed the book. I know how to spell. That word was mis-typed and misspelled. It is a true typographical error.

A foul word may have escaped my lips. Then we laughed and laughed and laughed.

I am my mother’s daughter. We are typo psychos! I am also my father’s daughter. He often said, “It is better to laugh than to cry.”