Do you correct typos in your books?

[Phillycat]

I do. I can't help it. If I come across a typo, (and I do, often), I grab a pen and correct it. My husband asks me why I do this. I told him so that next time I come across the same typo in the book, I'll know I caught it the first time.

Needless to say, he thinks I'm insane.

Do you do this weird behavior too?

[Mutley]

1. Sometimes, yes I do.

:D

[Phillycat]

2. Excellent, I feel better now.

:D

[Mutley]

4. Even worse...

When my cousin heard that I wanted to write a book, he wrote one and had it self-published.

When I got a copy, I went through and edited all the mistakes. Not one of my more admirable moments, but I was pissed that he one-upped me on purpose.

I kept the edits to myself. I'm not that mean. :P

[Phillycat]

6. You should totally send him the edited copy.

Idea stealer! :D

[Mutley]

12. Pretty much!

He's got this competition thing with me for some reason. I don't know why he doesn't just take it out on his brother. :D

[Starbucks Anarchist]

3. Mentally.

I'm reading "The Corner" right now, and the word "visibly" was spelled "visbly," which took me right out of the moment.

[Phillycat]

7. Is that the book that the HBO (or whatever) series was based on?

I heard really good things about it!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

13. Yep.

I'm 70 pages into it so far, and it's excellent.

Did you read "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets"? It's the same author (David Simon), and it was the inspiration for the TV show "Homicide: Life on the Street."

Of course, David Simon also created my favorite show, "The Wire."

[KitchenWitch]

5. That would be a resounding YES

I am so anal retentive.

[Phillycat]

8. God, me too.

I think many members of our organization are. :D

[KitchenWitch]

9. LOL

I would say a high percentage of us are.

:D

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Writing in books is sacrilege

Ergo, I scan the offending page and convert it to .pdf, noting the error, then e-mail it to the publisher with a scathing letter of reproval, with copies to every literary critic on the planet.

[Phillycat]

11. Wow.

Okay, you've got me beat! :D

[tjwmason]

14. Occasionally

once I found an error on the front page of my newspaper, and got out a pen and amended it whilst in the queue to pay for it.

[hvn_nbr_2]

15. Why doesn't "suffusion of yellow" get a yellow bar?

Elad, there's a bug in the DU software.

[harmonicon]

16. typos drive me nuts, but I can't write in my books NT

[BrotherBuzz]

17. I do, but I would never use a pen.

The number two pencil is my defacing weapon of choice.