A related post of mine, on language reform and prescriptivism:

"By oversimplifying the nature and aims of prescriptivism, we invite confusion, category errors, and semantic muddles"

https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2021/07/25/four-types-of-language-prescriptivism/

#EnglishUsage #prescriptivism #editing #writing #EditorsOfMastodon #language #EditingCommunity

The Atlantic published a bad critique of conscious language style guides. @EvilJoeMcVeigh takes them to task: https://andreadallover.com/2023/08/04/george-packer-and-the-atlantics-sad-defense-of-inequity/

#EnglishUsage #language #linguistics #StyleGuide #ConsciousLanguage #WritingCommunity #EditingCommunity

Publishing Package Contest for Women of Color Authors: Taking submissions for this year's contest now

"Since launching the contest in 2018, seven extraordinary women authors have won a publishing package..."

#SheWritesPress and #SparkPress
Toward Equality in Publishing
Contest details:
https://shewritespress.com/equality-in-publishing/

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmEditing #EditingCommunity #Bookstodon

oh my god.

'#Commas and #Periods with #QuotationMarks': A History Lesson and Explanation of the Conflict between Countries [subhead my addition]
https://cmosshoptalk.com/2020/10/20/commas-and-periods-with-quotation-marks/

#AmEditing #EditingCommunity #CMoS #ChicagoManualOfStyle

My GOD the new Outlook that I was forced to "upgrade" to is nightmarish. Can anyone recommend a PC desktop #EmailApp that works for you professionally? A really robust one?

#TechHelp #Email #Freelancing #EditingCommunity

So #Microsoft just forced me to "upgrade" my #OfficeSuite, and it is so irksome to have all these new flashy bells and whistles thrust upon me and none of the actual improvements that I could have suggested if they'd asked.

Like, why is there still no ability to personalize the default view in Word so I don't have to reset the zoom to 125% every day?

But thank the editing gods that at least I figured out how to turn off that miserable "#ModernComments feature.

#AmEditing #EditingCommunity

Just me, or when you take a Monday off, you gain like three Tuesdays?

#Freelancing #AmEditing #EditingCommunity

Fascinating article about words we #editors may need to look at more closely:

'#Gaslighting, #Narcissist, and More #PsychologyTerms You're Misusing'
https://time.com/6262891/psychology-terms-misused-gaslighting-toxic-narcissist/
#TimeMagazine

#Trauma #Triggered #LoveBombing #Toxic #Grooming #TraumaBond #Antisocial #TraumaDumping #WordsMatter #AmWriting #EditingCommunity #AmEditing

Hi, all! I've just heard about a terrific ghost/editing opportunity with a Black writer who is very well connected and has at least two books he needs help with. Any #editor/#ghostwriter in here, preferably #BIPOC, who is familiar with race theory and the hip-hop/rap scene want to be connected? Please DM me!

#AmEditing #EditingCommunity #BlackJoy #Bookstodon

Sixth (and, I think, last): This one's for editors. When you're working on a project, stick to the dictionary preferred by your style guide. Chicago likes M-W 11th Collegiate.

When you're writing for yourself, use as many as you like. The issue is, they won't all agree. And trying to find "The Answer" is difficult, when sources are all acceptable (Collins, Oxford, Webster's New World, Encarta, Random House . . .).

Enough. Go enjoy #NationalGrammarDay
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IF you are a freelance editor, and IF you're in or near Columbus, Ohio, and IF you're available the night of Wednesday, March 22, you're welcome to join us at the Freelancers' Happy Hour!

http://bit.ly/EditorsHappyHour23

No affiliation with ACES or any other organization is required. Cash bar, snacks, camaraderie, and some top-notch door prizes, too!

#ACES2023 #EditingLife #EditingCommunity

Hey. Here's a handy reference for you.

https://www.etymonline.com/

(Sorry about the error in the first try. Fat fingers. Yeah, I typed it.)

#WritingCommunity
#EditingCommunity
#GUMmyStuff

Hey, here's a handy reference site for you.

Https://etymyonline.com

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#EditingCommunity
#GUMmyStuff

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If you don't already use https://quoteinvestigator.com to verify sources, I strongly suggest it as a reliable resource. It'll keep you from misattributing pithy (or at least interesting) words to people who never said them, and validate you if you already know but are caused to doubt.

Threw rice in the Instant Pot, bought vitamins online, and zipped through a shower just in time to save the rice from overcooking. Now I'm sitting down to edit some #YADystopian fiction.

I'm calling today a win and it's only 8:42 a.m.
@Bookstodon
#AmEditing #LineEditor #WritingCommunity #EditingCommunity

I really love the editing part of my job as an editor. As for networking and onboarding new clients... well, that's when #impostersyndrome rears its ugly head! Anyone else? #editingcommunity #amediting #freelancelife

http://hyndseditorial.co.uk/2023/01/31/testing-testing/

I can edit your query letter in less than 24 hours! It's $25 for a query edit, but I can always lower this price if you make a custom order!

https://www.fiverr.com/share/vxLqbL

#amquerying #query #books #YA #MG #adult #picturebooks #amwriting #amediting #writer #author #WritingCommunity #writing #writersofmastodon #authorsofmastodon #readingcommunity #editingcommunity

#ChicagoManualOfStyle solves the world's problems:

Q. You wouldn’t write “lineeditor,” so why “#copyeditor”? Please help before my head explodes!

#CMoS takes on this thorny issue in their January Q&A.

https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/latest.html

#EditingCommunity #AmEditing

Just saw a post on LinkedIn in which someone said that ChatGPT helped them write a short novel...

Another reported that people are now looking for writers and editors on freelance job sites to clean up their ChatGPT-generated copy.

I am seriously wondering if this is the beginning of the end.

What do you think?

@edibuddies @editors

#WritingCommunity #Writing #editing #author #WritersOfMastdon #EditorsOfMastodon #EditingCommunity #Bookstodon #publishing #copywriting #copywriter

Instead of posting about insecurities, post about what we do that's good and positive and helps authors.

Clients don't want to know about gnawing self-doubt. They aren't interested in anxiety echo chambers over service or performance.

They want a safe pair of hands. As editors we owe it to them to deliver that.

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