“Well he don’t know talkin’ good like me and you, so his vocabulistics is limited to ‘I’ and ‘am’ and ‘Groot,’ exclusively in that order.”
— Rocket Raccoon
“Guardians Of The Galaxy”
A few months ago I bloke was pestering about all the “typos” in my emails. He didn’t mean anything malicious about it.
But, it was getting annoying.
(More annoying than typos.)
For 2 or 3 days straight he went out of his way to say, “there’s a typo” in different ways. Again, not maliciously. Just his nature probably.
So what did I do?
What I always tell people who complain about typos:
Nobody cares.
When he replied saying *he* cared, I simply said:
“If you are going to keep wasting my time nattering on about typos each day, then opt out and cancel your email players subscription or I will do it for you. It’s simply not for you. Plenty of others you can learn from, instead. On the other hand, if you are open to learning and not just assuming, I’ve tested and written about this extensively, typos are a non-issue:”
Then listed several blog posts I’ve done about this.
He agreed he was open to learning and we were cool after that.
Anyway, the point of this?
A lot of people who complain about typos should be more focused on writing better emails than having better spelling, grammar, and syntax.
They’ll make a lot more of the green stuff.
And, be less annoying.
Also, speaking of typos:
The biggest complaint about my first two novels was the spelling. And, yes, I admitted it sucked. Especially “Zombie Cop”. But we were anxious to get it out there and, well, why so serious?
Still, we’re always looking for more.
(I don’t care if typos are in my emails, but I don’t want them in my novels).
So, here’s a deal:
Since we updated “Zombie Cop” with the spelling errors fixed not long ago, here is a challenge:
1. Buy and read “Zombie Cop” (the most recent version, as of 30-days ago)
2. If you find a typo, I’ll give you a free copy of the second novel in the series “Vampire Apocalypse”
3. If you find a typo in “Vampire Apocalypse”, I’ll give you a free copy of my soon-to-be-released novel “Demon Crossfire” (part 3 of the series) after it launches
Here’s where to get “Zombie Cop”:
Happy hunting…
Ben Settle
