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

Can you spot the issue in this shot? #copyediting

"Deflected" from a party? I don't think I've ever seen this usage. Are they trying not to hurt Graydon Carter's feelings by not saying that he was "turned away" or "barred" from it or something? #Copyediting

Misuse of the word "cowardly" here, which is an adjective, not an adverb, though the "-ly" is misleading. Nevertheless, Schumer is a coward. #Copyediting
https://flipboard.com/@thenewrepublic/breaking-news-9mhchbihz/-/a-2DRu59XuR26ID1I3MEb9Vg%3Aa%3A436232176-%2F0

And Michael Tomasello's book "Origins of Human Communication" has a sentence 261 words long that's more intelligible than many sentences one tenth its length.

Clarity hinges on structure and sense, and his line uses 11 semicolons – here, the right choice – to form a precisely executed parallelism.

#writing #punctuation #MichaelTomasello #semicolons #copyediting #syntax

Sometimes four short sentences are better than a single 140-word behemoth built with creaky semicolons and sticky tape.

#AmEditing #copyediting #punctuation #writing #semicolons

Testimonials on my website from people whose writing I've copy-edited or proofread: https://stancarey.com/testimonials/

If this is something you're interested in getting done, I'd love to hear from you.

#copyeditor #proofreader #writing #WritingCommunity #copyediting #proofreading #selfpublishing #JobSearch #FediHire #GetFediHired

I'm probably coming to this late, but are people using the word "penultimate" to mean "ultimate"? I may need to lie down. #Copyediting

"On Coney Island" is definitely not right, though "on Long Island" is standard, and the two are on the same piece of land (a long island that includes Brooklyn and Queens). I think the difference is that C.I. is just a neighborhood, whereas L.I. actually refers to the piece of land. #Copyediting

Shocked that The New Yorker, of all publications, would get the that/which distinction wrong (see: restrictive vs. nonrestrictive clauses). The rules for that/which are looser in the UK, so maybe they're being anglophilic? #Copyediting