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.
(The Subversive Copy Editor)
(The Subversive Copy Editor)
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.
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 . . .
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.
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?
I’ve noticed something in my reading lately: children and young adults in print are disgusting eaters.
I just finished reviewing my copyedited manuscript and I learned a valuable lesson: I am a hack writer.
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,…
Finally, instead of just whining about overstuffing on e-mail, I can promote some easy and practical ways to start slimming it down.
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.
Over the weekend Chicago’s annual Printers Row Lit Fest happened, and this time I was free to make the most of it.