That’s not just a headline. I wish it were. (Deep breath. Let it out.)
I started re-reading Forest Battles the other night for the first time since I initially published it in 2015. Almost immediately I ran into errors, and not just a few. I’m now working on a sorely needed editing pass and have removed the book from availability pending the corrected text. This is really embarrassing. To all those who bought a flawed copy, I can only offer my profound apology. I’m considering ways to make this right by you.
It is true that 2015 was a difficult year and I barely hung onto my job but that’s really no excuse.
To those of you who have stuck with me despite this gaffe, I’m sincerely grateful, and I hope my work since has shown that I really am committed to producing quality stories and quality publications.
Naturally, I’ve checked the other Still in the Woods books. They are in much better shape.
In any case, this clearly shows up a major facet of self-publishing that those who have landed a literary agent get lots of help with. An independent author has book production all on their shoulders. And they’d better be up to the task.
It’s also true that retirement does free up the time required to produce your best work in writing and in publishing. I always hoped to be able to concentrate on my story telling in retirement. I’m grateful I’ve been granted that. Once I get revision work and marketing work in hand, I look forward to getting back to new stories. I have a few in mind.
