Proofs all checked for my next article in The Indexer journal on comparing the English, German and Italian edition indexes to Dennis Duncan’s Index, A History of the. (Japanese edition also out now but not yet seen.) Odd to see your own index translated but intriguing. One early article fix: removing Twitter details from my author bio.

#indexodon @indexodon

Hey, fellow freelance editorial peeps. Is #EditorSprint still a thing? Could it be again, once a week maybe?

No phones. No socials. Just focus for one hour. Comment with your goal beforehand, and check back in after to see how it went.

Anyone in?

#AmEditing #AmIndexing #AmProofreading @edibuddies #edibuddies #indexodon

Hey, fellow freelance editorial peeps. Is #EditorSprint still a thing? Could it be again, once a week maybe?

No phones. No socials. Just focus for one hour. Comment with your goal beforehand, and check back in after to see how it went.

Anyone in?

#AmEditing #AmIndexing #AmProofreading @edibuddies #edibuddies #indexodon

Index entry of the week:

dickhead, see O’Neill, Ryan

From the book Their Brilliant Careers: The Fantastic Lives of Sixteen Extraordinary Australian Writers by Ryan O’Neill.

Anyone care to share some more good ones?
#IndexEntry #indexodon

Latest book index submitted (for a comedy memoir – very silly, very sweary) and next one under way (on women in East Asian film – beautiful and inspiring). This can be a brilliant job.

#AmIndexing #comedy #FilmStudies #indexodon

@overholt
I hereby declare that I am no longer a ‘book indexer’.
I am a Creator of Tables of Things Most Remarkable.
#AmIndexing #indexing #indexodon

Indexing in the garden today. I’ve got a new dragonfly friend just hanging out on my washing.
#indexodon

Looking for editorial professionals on Mastodon?

For editors, see #AmEditing #copyediting #DevelopmentalEditing #edibuddies #editing #EditorsOfMastodon #StetWalk and @edibuddies @stetwalk.

For proofreaders, see #AmProofreading #proofreading.

For book indexers, see #AmIndexing #indexing and #indexodon.

Editors, indexers, proofreaders (ACES/CIEP/EFA/SI etc.), please say hello below. Then I’ll keep this toot pinned to help find each other. 🤓

@cardamomaddict @JanetWordsmith
A big hello to you both. I’m an indexer and editor too. Agreed you’ll find many editors on the hashtags #AmEditing #edibuddies #editing #EditorsOfMastodon, and you can tag and read the @edibuddies account. Also check out the lovely #StetWalk and @stetwalk. And if you’d like to locate some book indexers as well, we’re the #indexodon.

@JeroenSH @Coocho
Hello both, thanks for the tag, and sorry for my delayed reply. I was away and offline at the time. I see the index is now done so congratulations on that. Maybe too late for tips on this one then but I'm happy to chat further or you can find more on indexing here at #indexodon. Good luck with publication.

@pjohanneson @gg
Hello and thanks from a book indexer and editor. A plus one here for the @edibuddies group. Some other relevant hashtags for editorial professionals:
– for editors, see #AmEditing #edibuddies #editing #EditorsOfMastodon
– for indexers, see #AmIndexing #indexing #indexodon

Indexing job: a book about the Leafs up to 1977-78. Hockey knowledge must have been in the water as I grew up in Montreal. I remember so much and the book fills in so much more. Having a blast. Will promote once it’s published! #Indexodon

@pellitory It’s slightly tricky from a production standpoint in that the indexer comes into the process at nearly the last stage, after the proofs are done, but yeah, it’d be nice to have a space reserved in the proof for that. #indexodon

Booked my place for the Society of #Indexers day conference in September, the first UK in-person one since 2019. I’m leading a session comparing cryptic crossword setting and book index writing. Looking forward to it all. Who else plans to be at #SIConf23? 🤓

#crosswords #CrypticCrosswords #cryptics #indexing #indexodon

https://www.indexers.org.uk/conference-2023/

Society of Indexers day conference, Tuesday 26 September, Leeds. I’ll be there, doing a thing or two. See also you?
#indexing #indexodon
https://www.indexers.org.uk/conference-2023/

I’ll be back over here more now (for reasons) so here’s a brief re-#introduction.
I’m a UK freelance book indexer and editor on arts/humanities books for authors and publishers. I’m also a new cryptic crossword setter and a Welsh learner. I like dancing, laughing, music and pubs, often in combination.
Hashtags of interest include #crosswords #CrypticCrosswords #Cymraeg #DysguCymraeg #edibuddies #editing #indexing #indexodon
Happy to chat to decent folks both old and new to me. So hello/helô!

Had much fun presenting at @IndexersCanada ‘See also Newfoundland’ conference on indexing books about music, alongside my trusty sidekick Tulip the recorder. Here’s some of my indexes that I discussed.

#IndexCanCon2023 #indexodon

Say hello to my new little friend. This is Tulip (a tulipwood soprano recorder) and she’ll soon come with me on a journey through time and space to @IndexersCanada’s #IndexCanCon2023. 🎶
#indexodon

Always fun to see these (genuine) index entries from Williams Obstetrics, currently doing the rounds again.

Chauvinism, male:
– variable amounts, 15th edition
– voluminous amounts, 16th edition
– no index entry, 17th edition.

Indexer said to be Signe Pritchard, wife of the book’s co-editor Dr Jack Pritchard.

More at https://howardisms.com/other-stuff/williams-obstetrics-and-male-chauvinism/
#indexing #indexodon

Always fun to see these (genuine) index entries from Williams Obstetrics, currently doing the rounds again.

Chauvinism, male:
– variable amounts, 15th edition
– voluminous amounts, 16th edition
– no index entry, 17th edition.

Indexer said to be Signe Pritchard, wife of the book’s co-editor Dr Jack Pritchard.

More at https://howardisms.com/other-stuff/williams-obstetrics-and-male-chauvinism/
#indexing #indexodon