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comma comma chameleon
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Okay, now that I’ve got Boy George stuck in your head, let’s talk about commas. Forget the Oxford comma (or the serial comma, as I most often see it referred to in my work) for now. Let’s talk about commas …
than or then
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Another common error I see is confusion between when to use than and then. We could start with boring definitions and usage rules. Than (defined here) can be used as a conjunction or preposition. Then (defined here) can be used …
handling punctuation in dialog
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A common error I see in writing is misplaced punctuation in dialog, especially when the dialog tag (’he said’, ‘she said’) appears in the middle of the sentence. This can be tricky for some folks. Does it go inside …
editor evolution – part three
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Since 1998, freelancing has almost always been something I did in addition to working full- or part-time. In 2001, I left James Publishing and never went back to in-house publishing. I looked for publishing jobs, but that whole “college …
editor evolution – part two
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After reading Clarkson Potter’s book, I applied for every publishing position I saw in the paper. We lived in Southern California at the time. There wasn’t exactly a plethora of publishers. And they all wanted college grads. I applied …
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editor evolution – part one
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Last week, Katharine O’Moore-Klopf blogged her story of how she became a freelancer, and I thought I would do the same. For me, it started in high school. Well, I loved words before. I just hadn’t thought of editing them …
the elements of style
When I took my first editing job, my boss sat me down and gave me a short list of books to invest in. This was the first book on my list, and has been a permanent resident on my …
