I always read comments received from the loyal and valued readers of this blog. I appreciate every comment, even if it is critical of something I have written.
Perhaps it is just a sign of getting older, but lately I have been making more mistakes. These are mostly errors of spelling and grammar, but they are errors nonetheless.
I have even had two offers from my readership to be editors and proofreaders for me. That is a very kind offer. To be honest, in more than 7 1/2 years of writing this blog, it’s the first time I have had someone offer to help me with this volunteer effort.
Mistakes can happen any time of the day or night, but most of mine seem to come when I am under time pressure to post, or writing late at night. (Note: I am writing this piece late at night)
My sincere thanks to the offers of help. Errors happen when you are writing a blog by yourself, but my readers willingness to help will cause me to be much more vigilant and review my writing more carefully in the future. If the errors continue, I may want to sit down and talk with those making the editing offer.
This is a volunteer effort for me writing this blog and producing the podcasts, but I feel there is a community of people supporting me in the best way possible – by reading the blog, listening to the podcasts and spreading the word to others on social media.
I appreciate every tip I receive. I try my best to follow-up in some way on all of them. Some pan out for stories that appear on this blog, others don’t, but every tip, every message is appreciated.
As always, thanks for reading. I promise to review my work more closely in the future.
Hang in there buddy! I don’t know how old you are but, at nearly 66, I feel your pain and live it daily. You are a volunteer and as a volunteer readers get what they pay for. They can’t expect anything, let alone demand anything, beyond what you are willing to provide.
I was a journalism major at Ball State in the early 1970’s, and have never had a job in the field that ever paid me to write anything. I have written newsletters for the company I worked with for 35 years, but never got paid for it. I was a District Governor for Rotary International in 45 cities and small towns in Central Indiana and wrote newsletters for local Rotarians in their cities and towns for the same pay I received as a volunteer District Governor… $0.00. Despite all of that I felt I was doing a service for everyone who read my work and that was pay enough.
Today I find my biggest enemy in anything I write is that evil “spell checker” It always thinks it knows better than I on what I meant to say. It’s not as smart as it thinks it is, so I keep writing, these days to the owners of the condo association where we winter on Marco Island, FL. So, again, hang in there and keep doing your best. As a recent new resident to Fishers/Geist area I find your inside notes and interpretation on life in the area to be more useful than what I see from those who are being paid to write for a living.