Sigh… Wrong Year

Sigh…

Today I decided to work on a couple of spreadsheets I use to keep track of events in my fiction and the quarter of the year they occurred in. I needed to add one or two published works in the Owen Family Universe that I never had accounted for before. To check the year on these works of fiction, I consulted my Bookshelf, because I knew I had put the dates in which they took place in a couple of spots.

Yikes!

When I compared the timelines for fiction works on my spreadsheet to the pages on my website so I could locate the proper place to put in the newer works, I discovered that I had posted the wrong year for Ned’s Choice!

I saw that Trail of Storms–the novel I wrote that predated the events in Ned’s life–concluded in 1867, not the year previous.

Uh oh…

Just this week, I updated several sites on the web, using my erroneous data. Now I have to re-do that work–if I can remember where-all I did it. I think one place was my Amazon Author Page, but did I re-do the Author Page used in the UK, too?

Let’s hope I recall how I got to the controls for the UK so I can fix my mistake.

Last Post’s Question:

A month ago, I posted a scene that I found on a nearly-forgotten flash drive that was labeled “Hardy” and asked who knew which character Hardy became in Trail of Storms. I warned y’all it was a bit of a trick question.

I didn’t get any responses. I think my website wasn’t letting you see the comment box. I hope I’ve fixed that now!

Should I Give You the Answer?

Yeah, I think I should.

Here’s the tricky bit: “Hardy” became, essentially, two characters in Trail of Storms.

Well, not entirely, but here’s what happened as I continued to work on the novel:

The role of the competing suitor for Jessie’s hand was given to Ned Heizer. However, Hardy’s flawed ear was given to Ned’s brother, George.

Did you figure that out? Drop me a comment if you had it all under control.