Writers and Editors: Are You Shortsighted?
I fell the other day. I was late and rushing and tripped on some broken sidewalk and went down sprawling and skidding. I still can’t stop thinking about broken bones and lost teeth.
Writer, Editor, Helper
(The Subversive Copy Editor)
Writer, Editor, Helper
(The Subversive Copy Editor)
Category The Writing/Editing Life
Too Many Eyes: When Editing Is Second-Guessed
Goodness knows my projects always benefit from another pass with a competent pair of eyes. They often get one during proofreading, and it’s humbling to see the things I missed or flubbed. In the end I’m glad for the sake of the book that the errors were caught before they made it into print. But when readers are misguided . . .
In Conversation with Amy Einsohn
My guest today is Amy Einsohn, author of The Copyeditor’s Handbook, a book long beloved by writers and editors and just recently appearing in its third edition.
Self-Publishing: It’s Not Just for Books
For quite some time now I’ve been curious about services like Lulu and iUniverse that allow an individual to upload materials and publish them as print-on-demand books at no cost. How could this be? What’s the catch?
Food Shoving in Fiction: Art or Life?
I’ve noticed something in my reading lately: children and young adults in print are disgusting eaters.
Humbled by Copyediting: Guest Post by Elizabeth Fama
I just finished reviewing my copyedited manuscript and I learned a valuable lesson: I am a hack writer.
Change Is Coming
For over a year, I’ve been turning up here weekly to rant and fume and share, and on my part, it’s been pure pleasure. I hear from enough of you to know not only that someone is out there listening,…
An E-Mail Diet: EOM NNTR
Finally, instead of just whining about overstuffing on e-mail, I can promote some easy and practical ways to start slimming it down.
For Writers: When Nobody Loves Your Baby
Publishing a book is sometimes compared to having a baby. The similarities are undeniable: the seminal idea, the gestation, the labor. But at “birth,” the metaphor hits a wall, because in real life nobody—nobody—has an ugly baby.
Who Has Time to Read? It’s Book Fair Season
Over the weekend Chicago’s annual Printers Row Lit Fest happened, and this time I was free to make the most of it.