Daily-ist: Tuesday

Guest, it's an ongoing battle, as you know. But thanks again for the careful eye.

Jim: This is the guest with the AP skills. Thanks, but I've got a paying gig in the field. I just like reading other pubs, including Houstonist. And every so often I run into a piece that becomes a massacre (i see them in the chron everyday). I don't mean any harm to any writers doing their jobs. I just wanted to bring the errors to your attention. Keep up the interesting stories! However, you may want to think about giving a writing/editing test before you bring on a new writer.

I don't think it's an "out" ANONYMOUS guest. Just a reminder that we all do this out of a love for Houston/a need for the grand celebrity that comes with writing for Houstonist.

Oh, don't take the quirky out of the ... WHAT? you're unpaid? ...er, blog-thingie.

OK, everyone, be nice.

Guest (I'm talking to the one who knows AP style): You're exactly right about the errors, and we really appreciate your reading so carefully. Obviously, we could use a skilled copy editor; if you're interested in helping make Houstonist a better read on a regular basis, drop me a line. Of course, you'd only be paid in love — or, occasionally, beer. Not a bad combination.

to the person who loves repeating anal (either you are admitting your fetish or i guess you never got past that freudian stage?)

I did say to err is human; i'm not the editor for this publication. If i was, there would be far less errors. (take this to a j-school prof and they'll rip into most of these stories, but there is no need to take it that far).

and i agree...everyone does have a bad day. hope your anal day turns out to be a good one. :)

To the anal-retentive guest commenter: you misspelled embarrassing. He who throws stones...

I guess everyone does have a bad day every once in a while.

I know, right? They get paid WAY too much to make any kind of mistake!

Journalism is a craft, a skill and an art. You should care about "small" editorial mistakes. It can ruin the integrity of the publication. And it reflects on the editor. Most journalists go through many years of school and internship experiences to perfect their talents, and to bring you informative news. All that I'm saying is take your time before going to print. To err is human, but to have many issues in one paragraph is downright embarrassng. In no way am I trying to offend the writer, she is doing her job...I only wanted to bring attention to the lack of editing and style rules.

Monica, we still love you!

Love,

The readers who don't care about your mistakes

geez, i quit. :-) just one of those days, ya know?

thanks to our readers for keeping us in check, otherwise we would be idoits. wait, idiots? :-)

Speaking...err, writing...of being anal, it should be Daily-ist

yay for anal retentive pedants!

would you buy that we are just seeing if you are paying attention?? :-) and apparently you were!

thanks for the corrections!

Fix this sentence: Ken Jones has been (a) published poet for over (more than, not over) 20 years in academic and undersround (what is undersround? maybe underground) journals. (a comma right here, not a period) magazines, websites and other forums. He is a full-time faculty member at the Art Institute of Houston, teaching (lower case the subject, it's not a proper name or pronoun) Creative Writing among other subjects.

Houstonist, that is too many errors for a piece about a writer. Don't rush to print.