Okay, this one is an open thread for my fellow writers.
One of my pet peeves is writing a post, rereading it, editing it, reading it again, editing it again, several times over, hitting publish, reading the post again and…
Discovering more typos I missed.
More irritating than simply missing my own typos is when I write posts using my phone and discovering that my phone’s auto-correct had changed correctly spelled words into another word entirely. Sometimes, I catch it before I hit post, but other times, I don’t catch it until much later.
Just today, one I caught before publishing, the word “care” was turned into “climate change.” One I missed, “deceiver” was changed to “receiver.”
Moments ago, while rereading a post I’d just published, I found I’d missed “food” was instead “good”.
The Typo Demon had struck again, and I missed it, even though I’d read the post over at least 3 times before I hit publish.
So I’m turning this over to my fellow bloggers – or anyone, really – in the comments below.
How often do you do battle with the Typo Demon?
What are your worst/funniest typos?
Go!
The Re-Farmer 
I put together a weekly email newsletter for a local organization, and did this exact thing on this week’s edition. I wrote it, read it, and reread it. Then I sent it to a higher-up in the organization who read it, and approved it, then I reread it and sent. Five minutes after sending, I reread it and found a typo. It wasn’t too major, but I like things to be correct, so it frustrated me! Unlike a blog, I couldn’t edit it after it was published. Better luck next week!
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Oh, my, yes!!!! I used to do a monthly newsletter for our co-op. Before sending it in for printing, I always had several people read it in advance. I’d print out a hard copy and re-read it again myself, too. And yet, I *still* would find typos we all missed! And like you say, once published, it can’t be edited!
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