Copyediting Jobs: How to Estimate Hours and Pricing
5m readCarol SallerAug 21Copy editors are known for perfectionism. But while there’s no end to the fussing you can do, there’s a limit…
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Dropped Hyphens, Split Infinitives, and Other Thrilling Developments from the 2019 American…
4m read11 savesFeb 09You could feel the excitement in the room when a slide appeared with the heading “HYPHENS!”
Marilyn Schwartz and Erika Bűky talk about the new Copyeditor’s Handbook and…
9m readChicago ManualMay 21Since it was first published almost twenty years ago, The Copyeditor’s Handbook has served as both textbook and guide for…
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The Comma Queen and the Internet’s Copy Chief on What Matters to…
4m read10 savesMay 01We asked Mary Norris, The New Yorker’s “comma queen” and author, most recently, of Greek to Me, and Benjamin Dreyer,…
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Editors Thinking About Editing at the AWP Conference
7m read7 savesAaron GilbreathApr 17The only way to work as an editor and a writer is to continue learning from other editors and writers.
Everyone Needs an Editor
2m readGabrielle DurhamApr 15by Gabrielle C. Durham Have you ever been asked to donate to the worthy cause of sending the Lady Loins…
Beyond cuts: the many roles of a writer's editor
5m readFirst: 10/27/17Nell Frizzell: Novelist Eleanor Catton and her editor Max Porter's alliance shows how much more than wielding a blade goes…
Website Getting on Just Fine After Laying of Copyeditor
3m readTyler Lebens11/30/18Popular review website GearJam.com “said goood bye to there steemed copyeditor” Devin Warren because of falling ad revenue.
Blessed Are teh Copy Editors
First: 07/17/17Copy editors AWOL? The Washington Post was embarrassed this year when it placed the wrong gender symbol on Page One…
By dismantling its copy desk, The New York Times is making a…
First: 07/21/17Two decades ago, I wrote a critical essay titled “Goodbye Copy Desks, Hello Trouble.” What prompted that Newspaper Research Journal…
Copy Editors Are OCD. Thank Goodness.
First: 05/25/18Jorge Luis Borges: largely unedited (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia) “The universe needs more good editors,” Kurt Vonnegut wrote in a…