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I have greatly enjoyed my time here on FIMFiction.net.
And to think it all started with one, little, Applespike story.
Well, today is the day my past mistakes came to haunt me.

If you haven't guessed already from the atrocious title and mention of my first story, Friendzone ain't magic, this blog post is about the ghostly spelling mistakes that come to haunt you 3/4 of a year after it's been published. Laying in wait so they can bite when you least expect it.

Firstly, I'd like to thank Jake The Army Guy (if you don't know him, go check him out) for pointing out these mistakes. I hope he managed to enjoy the story still. Although the errors are not that heinous, I'm still completely embarrassed. So here's how I'll make light of the situation.

The first mistake:

He was good, kind and generous, always putting himself before others.

In a paragraph, I'm sure you can read over this and get what it's trying to say, but put it as a stand-alone sentence and some things start to pop out.

Turns out, it was opposite day when I wrote this.

The second:

That was why he was here, drying to drink it away or cry it out,

Well, I could say I just grossly misspelled 'trying'...
Or it was an elaborately planned pun.

Hehe. Dry. Drink. Get it?

Either way, if there is anything I've learned from this, it is to read what you write!

I know there are things I can re-write in my stories, but I tend to want to leave them as is.
1. Because who's going to actually care. If they liked it already, great!
2. It feels like a dis-credit to the story. But that's just me making excuses.

Fact is, each story is a triumph as well as a learning experience.

So this week, I will be reading through and fixing the grammar in my stories.

Stay excellent.

Marshall.