Usually I acknowledge and thank my editors in the endnote of my stories, but in "Court of the Crimson King," the note of thanks slipped my attention. For the second time, CaptainPig has agreed to edit one of my story. As a editor, he is polite and easygoing about my mistakes, posing questions about my lapses when some editors have simply ripped into the bad writing. The Dance of the writer and editor is dynamic. The editor I needed when I first began a decade ago is not the editor I need now. When I see his name pop up as editor of other stories on SOL, I give a thumbs up to the screen.
When certain repetitive mistakes appeared in a previous tale that were made after the editing, Black Coffee, a known and named writer on SOL, offered his services as a reader. His offer came up in the Forum, which is a perk of the SOL universe at the other end of the menu bar. I took him up on his offer, for which I am grateful. His subtle fingerprints are also on the text.
My apologies to the two gentlemen who I did not acknowledge earlier. Their contributions were essential to the successful presentation of my imagination.