Have just received an email with copy edit queries on the most complicated plot I've ever written and am now experiencing the exact opposite of a child's excitement on Christmas morning.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 23, 2022
I’m counting this careful editing of Ink Black Heart as some acknowledgment of the work done here and at StrikeFans to demonstrate that the series needs a better continuity editor, fact checker, and gaffe hunter.
Here are seven HogwartsProfessor posts about mistakes in the series that distract readers and diminish their experience of Rowling’s transformative psychological allegories of the soul’s journey to perfection in the spirit.
Enjoy! Let’s hope that Rowling, Inc.’s new dedicated team of Flint Finders gaffe-roof Ink Black Heart.
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Three Galbraith Mistakes in Cuckoo’s Calling — or is it Four?
- Troubled Blood: Flints, Errors, and Head Scratchers
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Mia Thompson: The Mysterious Aussie Gaffe-fixer of Cuckoo’s Calling
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Lethal White and Strike Speculation 101: The Trouble with Dates
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Career of Evil and Strike Speculation 100: Untangling the Laing Timeline
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Troubled Blood and Strike Speculation 102: More Trouble with Dates
I’d glad JKR seems to be aware of the issue, but this tweet made me so nervous. Please get it right this time, for the fans, for posterity!