Proofreading errors

Supernatural Spelling Mistake

This product will haunt your lips forever. As seen in an advertisement for lip butter: "Supernatural" is a word, which is why software probably didn't pick it up. Be careful with your spelling!

Inedible Spelling Mistake

If you read this carefully, you'll realize this menu item would be dangerous to consume...and potentially disgusting. What funny misspellings have you seen lately?

eBook Plague – Errors Aplenty

“Annoying.” “Very irritating.” These are just a couple of the most common descriptives readers are using when talking about their frustrations with the numerous errors in e-books. These readers are asking Amazon and other e-book distributors for refunds without...

Hot Today, Cold Tamale…Another Menu Misspelling

Restaurant menus are fertile grounds for misspellings that are either funny or create double entendres. This one actually gave its customers the wrong impression, as the entire dish was hot: The funny thing is that "chili" was used in almost every dish on the menu,...

How Many Bananas?

  The saddest misprint is a huge misprint. I found this mistake on a huge banner at a picnic event, and the sentence above was, unfortunately, one of the selling points of the product. The "e" has been left off from the word "one". It should read "More potassium...

Proofreading 101: The “Mined” Chicken Incident

Here's a fun little typo from a restaurant menu - it insinuates that the chicken was actually mined, the way diamonds or gold would be. Funny, I always thought that chickens were farmed, not mined! 😉 That proofreading error - "mined" instead of "minced" - flashed...

Ironic Forbes Error

This misspelling - and obvious proofreading oversight - was in a June 2, 2013 Forbes article titled, "Book Publishing May Actually Save Itself". What's ironic is that the error appeared in an article about publishing! And the misspelled word, which should have been...

Wall Street Journal Gaffe

Believe it or not, this typo appeared in the May 20, 2013 Wall Street Journal article, "Considering an Underground Park in New York". Spell check doesn't pick things like this up. Yet another glaring example of why everyone who writes needs a proofreader!

Seinfeld DVD Proofreading Mistake

Check out this Seinfeld DVD cover which has a major proofreading mistake: Do you see the extra "s" on the word "Season"? How could they miss that? Many people may have checked this cover before it was published, but it takes a trained eye to catch tiny but crucial...

Book Launch: Norse gods, vampires, shifters, and the shock of a lifetime

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How to Choose Comp Titles: Mix and Match Multiple Aspects of Your Novel

Sell your book without giving readers the wrong idea. by Margaret Pinard, historical fiction & fantasy author...

Book Launch: Dark and Twisted Dystopian Science Fiction Anthology

Four short stories from the desolate and tempestuous imagination of Jessica Halsey. Originally published on Kindle...

Book Launch: Danger lurks in every corner of space when hocking crappy merchandise

Saving an alien planet is nothing compared to meeting your sales quota. Untrained tag-along, Marcus Aimond, aboard...

Book Launch: When espionage exposes a hidden world, war threatens its safety

A hidden people not so hidden anymore. The Hidden Realm of Angolin has existed in peaceful isolation for centuries,...

Book Launch: The king of medieval TV is dead, and the game is afoot

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Book Launch: Is Daphne crazy, or is the Brotherhood of the Raven real?

Beware the Brotherhood of the Raven When two boys vanish from her hometown, Daphne Gauge notices uncanny parallels to...

Book Launch: She’s risking her dream of joining the FBI for four gorgeous criminals

Stalker ex? ✔ Four hot roommates? ✔ An illegal secret? ✔✔✔✔✔ I, Clara McElroy, always have a handle on things. List it...

Book Launch: Coming home 11 years later was the worst thing she ever did

When I ran out of Poca eleven years ago, I never planned on seeing the confines of this small town again. Now, it’s...