CORRECTIONS DEPT.: Sometimes, I edit with my thumbs….
This is mainly for my subscription list, which don’t see corrections in their emails, once these posts are sent out.
No, you didn’t have an aneurysm reading the original headline for today’s Headcoats post. It did, in fact, read Watch a Headcoats blues session play a live blues session in 1997!
Yes, the Dept. Of Redundancy Dept. took over my copyediting last night.
There are many advantages to the Substack system. The main one I can think of? I am my own editor. I don’t have to argue with someone 20 years younger about why I want to write about anything. I don’t have to worry about selling someone on the relevance of Billy Childish in the age of Billie Eilish. If I want to write about it, I will. If I want to review a particularly delicious frozen pizza I had, I will. And I have.
But the major disadvantage? I am my own editor.
Since I started this ‘Stack, I have continually posted stuff I thought I had scrupulously proofread, only to be embarrassed when I see the subscriber emails after they’re sent. I have made a concerted effort over the last few months to be the bastard editor I don’t have here. And still, as the original headline proves, my quality control is not always consistent. And I apologize. I need to be a bigger bastard editor.
The actual headline is Watch a Headcoats live blues session from 1997! Anyone reading the post at the website can view the proper title. Subscribers viewing it from their email won’t see the change. I apologize to you for my shoddy craftsmanship.
I need to get back to my book. We should be finished before March ends! See you here in a couple of days.