Sunday, Syntax, and Sanity

Sunday, January 11, 2026, Orlando, Florida

I’m delighted to share some good news: the revisions I made to Comings and Goings – The Art of Being Seen are officially “in the system” and live on Kindle. I addressed a minor continuity slip in the chapter “Soft Lights, Quiet Courage,” so fingers crossed, the fix will now be reflected in the paperback edition as well. It’s always nice when technology cooperates—let’s hope it sticks this time!

Honestly, I could’ve let that little literary blip slide. I didn’t even spot it until last Sunday, when I sat down to enjoy Comings and Goings purely for the fun of the story. But while I wouldn’t call myself a perfectionist (I’ll leave that title to the folks who alphabetize their spice racks), I am a former copy editor. Editing errors practically jump off the page at me—it’s a professional reflex. Once I see a glaring mistake, especially in something I’ve written and supposedly double-checked, it sticks with me like glitter at a craft fair. Simply impossible to ignore!

(And let’s be real: indie authors don’t always get the benefit of the doubt. Readers and critics can be quick to judge, thanks to the unfortunate abundance of self-published books riddled with plot holes and typos. So, I fix mistakes as soon as I spot them—call it my tiny rebellion against the cliché!)

I had plans to spend a few hours wrestling with the wonky formatting of the subheads in the Kindle Create project for The Jim Garraty Chronicles omnibus. But, truth be told, I’m wiped out. I ate breakfast (a few hours ago now), yet my brain feels stuck in low gear and I’m in no mood to square off against the digital gremlins that haunt Amazon’s Kindle Create app. Besides—it’s Sunday! Even editors-in-recovery need a day off. I’m only human, right?