[Jewelry making - Article 00011] - Re: [Orchid] Light entering faceted stones

[Suzanne Wade]

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Richard and others,

    Richard reminds me of a problem we *all* have -- faulty memories!
    You think you remember something correctly, would perhaps even swear
    to it, and are horrified to discover later -- after you've told
    others -- that the information is incorrect. We can probably all
    think of some instances when we've done that -- I know I can! (My
    readers are usually kind enough to point them out!) 

    I'm lucky: I have editors. When I write something for a magazine,
    there is at least one, and frequently two or three people between me
    and the reading public. Heaven knows I do my best to keep incorrect
    information from sliping by me. But it does happen: perhaps I was
    dead certain I was remembering it correctly and a deadline was
    looming, so I forewent a fact-check, or perhaps I misunderstood what
    I was told. Most of the time, one of my editors catches my error
    before it makes print. (Boy, do I hate it when a mistake escapes all
    of us and gets into print!) 

    The rest of you are going direct to your public, without the safety
    net of editors that I have. That means sometimes you will make
    mistakes, and relay incorrect information. Like me, you try to be
    careful, and it doesn't happen very often. This is different from
    intentional deception, where you tell someone something you know
    isn't true, or something you made up because you didn't know the
    answer. In the cases I'm thinking of, you thought you knew the
    correct answer. 

    It's not that we're ignorant or uncaring. We're just human. We make
    mistakes. So let's cut each other a little slack, if only to the
    extent of correcting gently! 

    Of course, when I screw up, I can let my readers know through a
    published Correction in another issue. What do you guys do? Is there
    a jewelry-selling equivalent of a Correction? 

    Suzanne 

Suzanne Wade
writer/editor
Suzanne AT rswade.net
Phone: (508) 339-7366
Fax: (928) 563-8255 

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