When I started writing, I really just wanted to see if I could publish. I wanted to see my name on a book. I hadn't written much since I had graduated College some 20 years earlier. It is horrible how such drilled in skills slowly deplete over time. I didn't think I needed an editor. I didn't think I needed a proof reader. After all, I was an English Major. The twenty years or the fact that once you have read a work over and over to the point your brain sees what should be there were totally lost on me.
I was happy with the two or three sales a day. People were reading me. Then suddenly, my book took off in the UK. People willing to forgive the lack of a proof reader were giving it high ratings and even those pointing out the need of editing were still liking the story. Amazon gave a stipend to quickly get it into audio. Unfortunately, by the time that it sunk in and I had read enough other blogs from writers that I needed an editor, Amazon had whisper-synced the audio. So over time I am finding errors that won't take it off whispersync like homophone errors.
