From: fakeaddress@mindspring.com   
      
   Lara Means wrote:   
   > Authors, I understand getting caught up in the rush of finishing a   
   > story -- but please, do yourselves and your readers a favor and put   
   > the story away for a few days.  Then get it out and read it, then give   
   > it to a couple of trusted beta readers.  Revise, then put it away   
   > again.  Give it to your betas one more time.  One more revision,   
   > then run Spell-Check.  THEN you can send it out.   
      
   But what about when the author profusely thanks her many betas   
   in her headers, but the beta'd stories are STILL full of errors?   
      
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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