Sometimes, the editing is supposed to be scary. Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com, I talk to genre editor Lillian Cohen-Moore about how she
Month: October 2016
Outside the Coloring Lines
If it’s got words in it, an editor will work on it. Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com,
Iceman CSI: Tales from a 5300-year-old man
So you’re hiking with some friends through the Italian Alps, and you come across this desiccated body, half frozen in
Readability Indexes
What they are, why they matter, and how to use them Readability assessments (or indexes) aren’t getting much love because
Seen in the Manuscript
Should an editor share that difficult or terrific bit from the edit in progress? Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com, I
Who Edits the Dictionary?
Check out the newer version of this post. Nine times, the Merriam-Webster dictionary gets edited. And still, users report errors.
Counting the Days
There’s more than one calendar in use in this world. Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com I talk about some of