What facts to check and how to check them, today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com.
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How to Handle (Stage) Print Fright
Print fright is a sister to both imposter syndrome and stage fright. Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com I look
How to Get Permission to Use Quotes and Graphics
You know you need permission to use that quote/ graph/ picture/ song lyric, but how do you ask? Get started
What Is Proofreading?
What proofreading is and isn’t, and when it happens to words within the production cycle — today, in my How To column
Editing Visual Components
Updated correlation to professional standards, 6 May 2024 • Added alt text guide Jan 2025 Visuals aren’t just those pretty
Editing in a Digital Environment — ACES2015
Slide Set and Handout Download the two-page PDF handout of best practices for digital workflow.
LOTW 10, 2015
Picks from the interwebs this week for my word-nerd peeps. The interwebs seem to have slowed down because of the
WLU Press Threatened with Closure
Should a university keep it’s press running if it can’t fund itself? WLU’s internationally renowned press faces closure. More today,
LOTW Oct 25–31
This week’s roundup of scary internet stuff for publications people and science types (lots of science this time): collective
Best Practices for the Structure of Social Media Posts
Place the Five Ws Above the Fold Where does the social media post get cut off by a “read more”