This order of punctuation is bugging me. It’s not even a question, but according to style manuals the period or question mark goes inside of the end quotes. Or am I mis-recalling it. #copyeditors is this correct?
I was lucky to copyedit the lovely book The Lichen Museum by A. Laurie Palmer last year. My own backyard is a rich resource for the topic!
https://books.google.com/books?id=EpCGEAAAQBAJ
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IT'S HERE! IT'S HERE!
My colleague Amy J. Schneider wrote THE definitive manual for us #fiction #copyeditors. Get yours directly from the University of Chicago Press and it will ship within a few days. (Amazon won't be shipping until March.)
The Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction fills a need. CMoS is the standard for books, yes, but fiction is squishy. Here Amy gives us the how-to for dialogue, voice, and what to do "When Fact and Fiction Collide" (Chapter 9).
Get your copy. You need this.
CMOS trained. Member of EFA and ACES. Looking for new clients. Favorite genres: Childrens/YA, Poetry, Fantasy/Sci-Fi
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Plenty to mull in the LitHub article that is polarising the #AmEditing community.
Read the piece here: https://lithub.com/against-copyediting-is-it-time-to-abolish-the-department-of-corrections/
Two things I've learnt as an #editor – the only career I've had and love – that also apply to life:
- '... the attachments we bring to the enterprise of "correcting" ... are, almost always, about something else' (from LitHub article above)
- always question the status quo.
#copyeditors #publishing #editor #amediting
This is a powerful article from Literary Hub, showing that there is a better, #kinder, more #respectful way to #edit than many #copyeditors do. And I say that as one who has been an #editor since 1984. https://bit.ly/4070sQ7
#kinder #respectful #edit #copyeditors #editor #publishing #books #manuscripts #bookstodon
#Editors question:
When did the Dominion of Ceylon become Sri Lanka? Even Wikipedia is not really clear - they did independence first, but they changed the name later.
Does anyone know the year of Ceylon becoming Sri Lanka? Was it 1972?
#SriLanks #Ceylon #facts #history #politicalhistory #amediting #copyediting #copyeditors
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The #empire task list is no joke:
1) Research
2) Talk to/Interview PR Firms
3) Discuss w entertainment lawyers, corporate #lawyers, financial planners
4) Incorporate and learn about SCorps
5) Get umbrella policy
6) Build #website
7) Create #Investor Deck
8] Time rollouts for suite of brands
9) Figure out what staff I’ll need, budget for #writers, #copyeditors, ad sales, #marketing
10) Plan for public speaking, panel discussions, etc.
11) Make time to write.
Oh sh*t. Make time to #write too?!
#empire #lawyers #website #investor #writers #copyeditors #marketing #write
Dear #authors and friends who are not sure what #copyeditors do: please read this helpful blog post. https://aptwords.co.uk/what-copyediting-is-and-isnt/
It's #SmallBusinessSaturday! Get 20% off my high-quality "Edit or Die" stoneware mug on #Etsy. The outside is matte black, but the inside is glossy gray so you can see your #BlackCoffee! (U.S. only, ends Dec. 15, 2022).
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Henry Fuhrmann, Los Angeles Times assistant managing #editor, was a gem, and a #scholarship in his name for #copyeditors is a wonderful idea. It is being established by the #Asian American #Journalists Association. Please consider contributing. https://aaja-official.salsalabs.org/aaja-henryfuhrmann/index.html
#editor #scholarship #copyeditors #asian #journalists
I’m looking for my compatriot #editors here! I’m guessing they aren’t on this instance? If #universitypress #copyeditors #indexers #amediting #scholcomm folks see this, please say hi.
#scholcomm #amediting #indexers #copyeditors #universitypress #editors
Happy National Grammar Day! https://kobowritinglife.com/2021/03/04/happy-national-grammar-day/ #nationalgrammarday #copyeditors #grammarquiz #FunQuizzes #grammar #quiz #KWL
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