I explored some of these ideas in an essay for the CIEP a few years ago: "How well read should editors be?"
https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2021/10/13/how-well-read-should-editors-be/

#reading #essays #books #editing #copyediting #editor #editors

TFW you see an en dash where a hyphen belongs

#GUMmyStuff #Proofreading #Copyediting

The editors at the FT, a UK paper, may not realize that "welfare" is a loaded word in the US (weaponized mainly by the right) that is generally avoided these days. #copyediting

Not sure how I feel about the use of "premia" as the (Latin-correct) plural of "premium." It was clever when Quentin Crisp referred to the crowds at "football stadia," but this isn't Quentin Crisp. #copyediting #Latin

@belldotbz @futzle #Freelance #copyediting & #proofreading with legal, engineering, culinary, and political comms experience. English degree, Web Publishing certificate, formerly voracious reader, and Trivia Queen. (Canadian) English mother tongue, middling French, improving Spanish, Babydeutsch.

No AI used. #CMoS. #Mac.

Currently based in the #SoCal desert but my clients are almost all remote anyway. #FediHire.

"Culs-de-sac." #Copyediting

Here's a strange one:

After a friendly exchange with a former client (I'm a freelance copy-editor and proofreader), I visited their website and found that they now also copy-edit and proofread and are *using my writing, from my website, as their own, on their website*.

Entire sentences and paragraphs are identical. It's been like this for years. And this from someone I helped earn a doctorate.

What to do?

#freelance #work #ethics #plagiarism #proofreading #editing #copyediting #Mastodaoine

Before lasers were invented, was there a way to tell people you were paying super-close attention to something? #Copyediting

I'm in revising my new historical fantasy's manuscript according to my copyeditor's advises.
Of course, DeepL and Grammarly are remarkable tools for ESL writers. In adition, human editing should be needed for true nuances in high-quality literature.
I don't hire a native check for my ordinaly tooting, but I hire them for publishing (including my self-publishing on web) quality works.
#copyediting #amwriting

This Sunday, June 1, the episode of The Editor's Half Hour Podcast where I'm interviewed by the awesome Nadia Geagea Pupa drops. I'm so excited for everyone to listen and/or watch it.

I often get questions about how I became a TTRPG editor; thus, I’m reposting an article I wrote last year about my journey. https://lnkd.in/ea-p-TP9. The second was for the Editorial Arts Academy: https://editorialartsacademy.com/2022/08/29/finding-work-as-an-rpg-copyeditor/.

#TTRPG, #copyediting, #proofreading

People tend to under-use semicolons (because they're not sure where to use them, or they think using them makes them look like pedants), but this use is totally unnecessary and IMO wrong. #Copyediting

I love my UK editor friends unreservedly, but I'll never understand the aversion to commas over there. This is from the FT. #Copyediting

The trouble with dangling modifiers. New blog post:
https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/the-trouble-with-dangling-modifiers/

#writing #grammar #syntax #EnglishUsage #language #editing #copyediting

Get a FREE introduction to copyediting fiction in tomorrow's webinar with Amy J. Schneider! The session covers the general approach to #copyediting #fiction, how to build a fiction style sheet and conscious language in fiction. Last chance to register now: https://webinars.editors.ca/upcoming_webinar/introduction-to-copyediting-in-2025/

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Sad news from the world of publishing. When will this inter-style-guide warfare end? #copyediting #proofreading
https://theonion.com/4-copy-editors-killed-in-ongoing-ap-style-chicago-manu-1819574341/

Get a FREE introduction to copyediting fiction in our May 6 webinar with Amy J. Schneider! The session covers the general approach to #copyediting #fiction, how to build a fiction style sheet and conscious language in fiction. Register now: https://webinars.editors.ca/upcoming_webinar/introduction-to-copyediting-in-2025/

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#Editing #ProfessionalDevelopment #EditorsCanada #ConsciousLanguage

Moments of journalistic shame...

#philadelphia_inquirer #copyEditing

I thought the term "own-goal" had become common and generally understood in the US, but apparently not. The NYT helpfully explains what it means before quoting someone who uses it. #Copyediting

The Value of Professional Editing: The Self-Publishing with ALLi Podcast Featuring Matty Dalrymple

ALLi Campaigns Manager Matty Dalrymple talks with Marketing Adviser Ricardo Fayet, co-founder of Reedsy, about the value of professional editing in self-publishing. Fayet explains the types of editing, how to manage costs, and…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-professional-editing/

#Podcast #authorresources #copyediting #developmentalediting #Professionalediting
@indieauthors

The Value of Professional Editing: The Self-Publishing with ALLi Podcast Featuring Matty Dalrymple https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-professional-editing/ #developmentalediting #Professionalediting #self-publishingtips #authorresources #proofreading #copyediting #Podcast