Short answer: carefully! Long answer? Here goes! How a copyeditor approaches their work depends on a great deal – how they were taught, their own… Read More »How do copyeditors work? 4 key principles of good editing
I think it’s fair to say that most scholars have a few journal articles under their belts by the time it comes to write their… Read More »6 tips for writing your first scholarly book
Every author writing for publication has to face the moment when they have to hand their text over for copyediting. For authors doing this for… Read More »I’ve never worked with a copyeditor before. What should I expect?
I was at lunch with some old friends from university when one of them decided to explain to me that my job is utterly unimportant,… Read More »Why is copyediting important?
If your Word documents are clogged up with comments, I’ll help you make them easier to navigate and answer. Read on!
You’ve got a file chock full of tracked changes and need to work through them. How should you approach the job? Let me guide you through it…
Taking a selective approach to tracking changes lets the author or other client see the wood for the trees, and improves editor efficiency.
When I’m feeling whimsical – and what better time than the run up to Christmas to feel whimsical? – I get together a bunch of… Read More »6 things Mark Twain probably didn’t say about editing and freelancing
What school of thought do you subscribe to? The 3, 4, 5 or 6Cs? Yes, even whilst publishing ties itself and others up in knots… Read More »The principles of copyediting – how many Cs?
Generative AI is being touted as a cure for all ills, or a harbinger of doom. I think it’s more a promoter of toxically flawed text and misinformation unless people learn a lot more about its limitations.
