Query: Where were the editors?

Answer: The author probably "edited" his novel with 

MS Word spell check.
Don't be that guy.

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Christy K Robinson is author of these books (click the colored title):

We Shall Be Changed (2010)

Mary Dyer Illuminated Vol. 1 (2013)  

Mary Dyer: For Such a Time as This Vol. 2 (2014)

The Dyers of London, Boston, & Newport Vol. 3 (2014)  

Effigy Hunter (2015)  

Anne Marbury Hutchinson: American Founding Mother (2018)

And of these sites:  

Discovering Love  (inspiration and service)

Rooting for Ancestors  (history and genealogy)

William and Mary Barrett Dyer (17th century culture and history of England and New England)

Editornado [ed•i•tohr•NAY•doh] (Words. Communications. Book reviews. Cartoons.)

Deadlines, schmedlines

Historically, the date is slightly off. I think the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 2, 1776, after militias were being raised and skirmishes had begun.

But this meme is funny because we've all "been there" when it comes to deadlines.

Happy Independence Day!

Deadlines, schmedlines