Whoa! It’s the last week in August already! I’m freakin’, because it’s already time to put out my next Book Lovers Box, I’ve got a ton of work to do, and I’ve got some cool things I’m brainstorming for 2020. It’s exciting, but it’s also daunting.
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This week’s comic talks about something that I’ve come close to doing. Thankfully I haven’t fully gone down this rabbit hole yet, and it’s a trap I hope I never fall in: going back and looking at my early work, back when I was building my business and didn’t know nearly as much as I do today.
I realize it sounds minor, but the nitpicky stuff Edie is terrified of discovering is actually something I wonder about all the time. How many tabs did I leave in my early work? How many times did I think my brain could find all the double spaces with my eyes alone? Why did I put that comma there? Why did I think my brain could remember all the different variations between dictionaries and which one was correct?
I thought I was nitpicky when I started doing this, but now I know that Today Me would school Before Me on any number of things. It’s a scary, sobering though, but it’s also what keeps me motivated to keep learning.
What about you? Have you ever gone back to look at your early work and run away screaming?
I have. I’ve even been sent second editions of a book I originally edited and found (gasp) some things I missed that were in the published book. Cringe time.