Novels can do this to you.  For the last two weeks I have been spending every minute available  on editing a novel I'm readying to send to an agent.  This novel has been written over a period of about ten years, and I have several CAUTIONS to suggest.

If the hero drives a maroon-colored van in an early chapter, be sure that it is still the same color in Chapter 10 as it was in Chapter 2.

If the heorine's name is Anne in the first chapter, check all the places in later chapters that you have called her Anna.

I discovered that the heroine's daughter was named Angela in an early chapter and called Amy in a later chapter.  

My heroine listened for the mail to drop through the door slot in one chapter.  In a later chapter she walked to the curb to retrieve it from the mailbox.  No, she did not move to a new home in the later chapter.

These little problems can sneak into the writing and MUST be corrected before the 60,000-words in 31 chapters leave your desk (or your computer) to seek their fortune in the marketplace or even get a reading from the agent.

EDIT, EDIT, EDIT.y  I do not outline. My characters tell the story as they evolve.  However, to make sure the mistakes noted above do not invade your writing, it is a good idea to make a list of all the characters names and the correct spellings so that you can refer back to them if a long gap occurs between the time you launched the novel and the day you type "The End"    

I'll kept up better with my blog tips now that this large project is about ready to go!