December 14, 2008

Best Typo of the Day's Revision*

Undead for dead. Whole different book, that way.

*So far.

Dec 14, 2008 1:29:57 PM | Write Talk

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Ted

During the production process for a Year's Best anthology, he word "dead" was substituted for the word "deaf" in a story of mine. That has always irked me.

Posted by: Ted | December 16, 2008 at 13:51

GWENDA BOND

Wow, that's really a whole different set of nuances. At least dead and undead are sorta related. Also, only a manuscript typo, not a published one.

Posted by: GWENDA BOND | December 16, 2008 at 18:04

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