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Transmittal Notes

When you submit an edited file, include a transmittal note. What to say in that note is the topic of

How do you deal with a writer who can’t stop writing, even when the manuscript has moved on in the

“Really, again?” “How is this even possible?” “Huh?” Reblogged at ACES, we look at wording editors can use to soften their exasperation and

“Is that you?” Maggie Secara often gets asked. “Yeah, that’s me,” she says. “What can I say? I’ve never been

Check out the newer version of this post. When an editor spots words that her writer didn’t write, she needs

Editors are in the solution business. When the boss or client complains that there are errors in the manuscript, how

There’s a factual flub in the copy. Today, find tips on how to query factual errors without insulting the writer,

Open multiple views into a single document. I show you how today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com. Works in Word,

Print fright is a sister to both imposter syndrome and stage fright. Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com I look

Read the updated post. Sometimes the words just don’t fit. Today, in my How To column at [the now-defunct] Copyediting.com we look at