So, the one thing anyone who is trying to publish a book should know is that it takes time to publish a book. While you could spend all of your time working on your piece until you publish, the problem becomes evident: how do you pay for food? The simple answer is freelancing. I have been freelancing for just under two months now and feel I should share little bits of wisdom as I come across them. The lesson for today is—never trust your word processor to do its job. Always always always run a spell check, even if you have the newest version of word and your program’s grammar and spelling sensitivity are set at the max. Turning in one of your first projects with “fighter” spelled as “figher” is embarrassing, even though Word 2010 said, “Everything is A ok here! Send that puppy off! Job well done.” Don’t believe it, it lies.