Yes! I think that's a law of nature. However, with modern print-on-demand, errors can be fixed. Of course, that can be a never-ending process. When are you really done? There are stories that daVinci carried the Mona Lisa around with him for years, working on it till he got it just right. In his case, it was worth it. In mine, well, not so much.
Thanks!

I agree. There's a meme that makes the rounds periodically: "The best way to find errors in your book is to open to any random page right after the book is published." And this despite the endless rounds of proofreading...

Don't feel bad, Amy. I was reading a hardback first edition by a famous author with a character named "Rand." In the next chapter I met a man named "Rend." I thought, "How on earth did I miss this guy?!" The next chapter he turned back into Rend. I don't recall the title, but the writer was Tom Clancy.
And this leads to another issue we face: when to quit. Quitting in the sure knowledge that as soon as the book's in print someone will find an error.
My advice: Go with gut feel. I know of no other way.
Thanks for sharing!

Thanks, Elias, glad you liked it. I hope your group does, too. Keep reading Writers in the Storm, and most of all, keep writing!

Oooh, I want to eat at that diner! There used to be a Ruby's at the end of the Huntington Pier, gone now but it lives in my stories.

Exactly. It's fiction. I do recall a diner from years ago that resembled one of the cars from an old Silver Bullet or Zephyr train or an extended Airstream trailer. I don't even remember the name. We just called it the Aluminum Room. I don't even know if it still exists.
It's something that would fit into just about any midsize city. And who knows, I might use it one day.
That's fun too. Plucking things out of memory and plopping them down where we need them, fictional town or not.

Brenda, you have pointed out a tough decision. In my case, the Huntington Beach I write about is almost the real thing, but there are a few differences. For example, years ago there was a bar on Pacific Coast Highway and Main Street called Cagney's. It fell to the new renovation, but in my stories it's still there. Someday I'll do an essay for my web page where I list all of these changes.
In the Introduction to Joyland (a first-rate thriller, BTW), Stephen King says that carnival experts will note that he has made up some of the slang. He says, "That's why they call it fiction."
Thanks for making me think of it.