Grey Editing

10/30/2018

https://ideasonfire.net/5-things-book-indexers-wish-authors-knew/

A great index is a work of art, helping readers find what they need. Here are 5 things professional book indexers wish authors knew about the process.

10/18/2018

https://www.copyediting.com/istanbul-not-constantinople-the-world-in-style/ #.W8iwhWhKg2x

Latest article at Copyediting.com. (Paywalled, but a Copyediting subscription is well worth it)

What should copyeditors know about place names?

10/16/2018

http://ideasonfire.net/footnotes/

Whether poetic, snarky, informative, or scandalous, footnotes forge complex social bonds between readers, authors, and editors.

07/13/2018

In which Erin Brenner of Copyediting lays the (well deserved) smackdown on The Economist's style guide.

"The Economist Style Guide" has a new edition out. While some of the changes are improvements, parts of the guide continue to be problematic.

03/20/2018

Want to "pick my brain" about freelance editing?

I'm excited to announce that I'll be leading a Getting Started in Freelancing mentoring group at Copyediting this summer! It's a small, semi-formal group geared toward new freelance editors (0-5 years) and those just now making the leap. We'll meet biweekly on Wednesday afternoons via Google Hangout through May, June, and July.

We'll discuss topics like finding clients, project management, how to keep your productivity on track, how to develop as a professional, setting up a home office, tools and references to help you do your best work, and, of course, the care and feeding of authors.

It's structured as more of a discussion group than a course, so you'll have plenty of chances to ask questions. We'll also have a private Facebook group, and you'll get one free recorded Master Class (you also get a discount on the cost if you subscribe to Copyediting, which is well worth doing anyway).

If meeting during the day doesn't work for you, don't sweat it: my dear friend Amy J. Schneider, a veteran fiction editor, will be leading another Getting Started in Freelancing group that meets on Tuesday nights. In addition, Adrienne Montgomerie is leading a group specifically for Canadian freelancers, and for mid-career editors, Erin Brenner will lead a group on expanding your business.

Please feel free to share this post if you know anyone who might be interested! Spaces are limited and we expect them to fill quickly.

Build your business skills and get the specific information and encouragement you need through one of Copyediting’s industry-leading Mentoring Groups. Spring 2018 groups just announced.

02/02/2018

Introduction to Professional Academic Editing is a self-paced course for those who want the concrete skills, professional networks, and scholarly training necessary to build an academic editing career.

01/29/2018

Are you an academic wanting to transition to an editorial career? A freelance editor seeking more academic clients? Or an in-house press editor wanting to keep your skills sharp? Grey Editing has teamed up with Ideas on Fire to build a course just for you.

Introduction to Professional Academic Editing is a self-paced course for those who want to learn concrete skills, navigate professional networks, and put their scholarly training to work building an academic editing career. Focused on the humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplines, this course teaches you how to help academic authors write and publish fantastic work.

You can learn more and enroll here: https://ideasonfire.thinkific.com/courses/professional-academic-editing

01/23/2018

Exciting news: I'm pleased to announce that I am taking over the In Style column at Copyediting, as of next issue! I'll be writing about the latest news in style manuals, usage, and other matters of editorial style. I'm following in the steps of my colleague (and fellow Robinson Prize winner) Karen Yin of Conscious Style Guide, so you know I'll be bringing my A-game.

If there's anything you'd like to see me cover, let me know!

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because editing matters

01/20/2018

"Languages, like living creatures, evolve over great stretches of time. With each schism and catastrophe – each war, each conquest, each flight from danger or famine – they adapt or fade or die. Some are strangled by dominant languages that spread over new lands like kudzu vines. Some are deliberately murdered. Most fade slowly, their speakers switching languages to assimilate and become employable, to gain social status, to escape persecution or forget a traumatic past.

Most languages die."

My latest for Salvage Quarterly
http://salvage.zone/in-print/salvaging-the-dormant-on-language/

01/20/2018

First Circle (Limbo): Autocorrect Here wander the otherwise virtuous souls who were forced into grievous errors by autocorrect programs. They sit ...

09/18/2017

Excellent review of Alex Vitale's The End of Policing from Verso Books on Netpol: The Network for Police Monitoring.

‘The End of Policing’ by Alex S Vitale, published by Verso, October 2017 During the 2017 UK general election, the Police Federation ran an extremely successful campaign, eventually take…