The Great Typo Hunt_ Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time - Jeff Deck [122]
Thanks to my mom for offering suggestions on the manuscript and for consistently supporting my dreams and endeavors. I’ve been continually inspired by her strength and savvy; singlehandedly raising me could not have been an easy task. Thanks to my dad for the assistance during the trip and for doing his best to scout out typo territory in Hudson, Ohio, and its environs. Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone what the “R.” in R. Jerry Deck stands for, because I do want to live until my next birthday.
Benjamin D. Herson
Thanks first to David and Diane Herson for causing me to exist. Oh, and I suppose thanks also for all their tremendous, unwavering love and support over the next thirty years and counting. To Dan Herson, the awesomest little brother a boy could have. To Jenny, about whom I’m thoroughly crazy, thanks hardly begins to suffice; in fact, if someone could invent a better word for love that isn’t so clichéd, I could really use it about now. Thanks to Jenny and my mom for reading through the book and offering suggestions.
Keeping up with Jeff required some serious skills, developed over a long time thanks to an improbably good run of excellent teachers. Most notable for the creation of this book are Teacher Janis (for getting permission to teach me how to read, and for using phonics to do so), my four amazing First Colonial High School English teachers, Mrs. Daugherty, Mr. Kaminski, Mrs. Haring, and Mrs. Antley (really, I was going to be a mathematician before you guys showed me how I could play with language more than I could with numbers), and many more in between. Excellent teachers really do make all the difference. Further sharpening my writing (directly and indirectly) at Dartmouth College were Professors Hebert, Garrod, Pfister, and my thesis adviser Professor Susan Ackerman.
Other assorted thanks: To Borders, both up the ladder where everyone has supported one of their own, and among my many friends (it’s going to be weird knowing you guys are handing off my book—at least you’ll always have something to recommend). To Lisa and Katie for letting me show up early and helping me pull off a fun surprise. Also to the folks at the San Diego Point Loma hostel who helped with my April Fool’s Day typo correction. To Chris Baty for National Novel Writing Month (nanowrimo.org), which Jeff and I have participated in annually since ’03, which helped us put in the writing time so that when this opportunity arose, we were ready for it.
More random thanks yet: To Stephen Colbert for what he said about Keith Olbermann on the 11/6/08 show; we sincerely hope that you too will be selected one of Olbermann’s Worst in the World, and we agree that his glaring oversight of not honoring you thusly is as absurd as it is insulting. To Jon Stewart for getting me through eight very long years.
Special final thanks: To Allen White and my whole Unity in Silver Spring family; you always believed. Melissa, Doug, Peter, Justin, and all my amazing Rally friends, there when I needed you most.
About the Authors
JEFF DECK has worked in Washington, D.C., and Boston as an editor. He enjoys speculative fiction books and role-playing games, as well as drawing comics. He grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire, and now lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with his girlfriend, Jane. They have zero cats.
BENJAMIN D. HERSON grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia, attended Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, and lived in the D.C. area for seven years. He now lives in Beaverton, Oregon, with his symbiant, Jenny; they are happily unmarried to each other. They work at rival bookstores, read a lot, and have zero cats. He is also an Eagle Scout and a fan of science fiction.
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