editing

Identifying a Good Editor

If you don’t see empathy, humility, and a surgeon’s precision with detail, look somewhere else Source: By these…

What’s Up With That: Why It’s So Hard to Catch Your Own Typos

The reason typos get through isn’t because we’re stupid or careless, it’s because what we’re doing is actually…

Happy May Day!

May is here! Book your editing spot soon if you want to publish for summer reading! #amediting #amwriting #developmentaleditor #lineeditor #copyeditor #proofreader #writingcoach #indieauthor #indiepublishing…

Happy Book Birthday, Shanna Clayton!

Client Shanna Clayton releases her latest book, Across My Heart, today! Happy book birthday, Shanna!

Do You Have Wordnesia?

We editors run into this quite often. Call it a glitch in the matrix. We don’t really know…

The Oxford Comma Gets Its Day in Court!

Who needs an Oxford comma? 🙂 Source: The Oxford comma: A Maine court settled the grammar debate over…

Guide to Vetting Editors

Need help figuring out how to choose an editor? Janell Robisch has some great tips for you. Vetting…

Grammar Rumble

Because grammar is tough. Grammar Rumble – ’50s Greasers Sketch Comedy by STuFF FiLMS

Don’t Be the Grammar Police

[dropcap]R[/dropcap]eaders have had to compensate for the lack of quality control in self-published ebooks by leaving reviews, creating…

So what DOES an editor do? Part II

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]roofreading is surrounded by a cloud of confusion. It’s often taken for granted, tossed out to the wind…

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ACES: the society for editing

 

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