Benjamin Dreyer
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author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
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author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
benjamindreyer.com
She's very touching in it, and for about 90 seconds when you think she might be the murderer and Poirot's been playing her the whole time, it's quite upsetting. (To me.)
November 16, 2025 at 4:33 AM
She's very touching in it, and for about 90 seconds when you think she might be the murderer and Poirot's been playing her the whole time, it's quite upsetting. (To me.)
Lots and lots of actors on Poirot with startlingly blue eyes, I'm noticing.
Maybe I just don't know a lot of blue-eyed people.
Maybe I just don't know a lot of blue-eyed people.
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Lots and lots of actors on Poirot with startlingly blue eyes, I'm noticing.
Maybe I just don't know a lot of blue-eyed people.
Maybe I just don't know a lot of blue-eyed people.
More like Operation Strap-On Manservant, amirite?
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
More like Operation Strap-On Manservant, amirite?
Oh, hooray! See you soon!
November 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Oh, hooray! See you soon!
one very odd guy with a fax machine
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
one very odd guy with a fax machine
Oddly/interestingly, ribcage seems to have surpassed rib cage in the UK 25 years ago, though it lags behind in the US. I'd've guessed the other way around.
November 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Oddly/interestingly, ribcage seems to have surpassed rib cage in the UK 25 years ago, though it lags behind in the US. I'd've guessed the other way around.
Interesting! (And well spotted.)
I think that that sort of double-space glitch is likely to occur only when something is either nearly published and changed at the last second or already published and then edited after the fact.
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I think that that sort of double-space glitch is likely to occur only when something is either nearly published and changed at the last second or already published and then edited after the fact.
Here's something similar:
"a bit carried away"
[a few words on accidentally quoting Adolf Hitler]
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November 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Interesting! (And well spotted.)
I think that that sort of double-space glitch is likely to occur only when something is either nearly published and changed at the last second or already published and then edited after the fact.
Here's something similar:
I think that that sort of double-space glitch is likely to occur only when something is either nearly published and changed at the last second or already published and then edited after the fact.
Here's something similar:
A fine and thoughtful edit, yes.
November 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A fine and thoughtful edit, yes.
I did not in fact do the Bennett book.
Working with FR was huge fun. I found, like, four tiny factual errors in the huge Hot Seat and won his heart. And he was marvelously open-minded, receptive, and gracious as we worked on Ghost Light. A very nice fellow, that Frank.
Working with FR was huge fun. I found, like, four tiny factual errors in the huge Hot Seat and won his heart. And he was marvelously open-minded, receptive, and gracious as we worked on Ghost Light. A very nice fellow, that Frank.
November 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I did not in fact do the Bennett book.
Working with FR was huge fun. I found, like, four tiny factual errors in the huge Hot Seat and won his heart. And he was marvelously open-minded, receptive, and gracious as we worked on Ghost Light. A very nice fellow, that Frank.
Working with FR was huge fun. I found, like, four tiny factual errors in the huge Hot Seat and won his heart. And he was marvelously open-minded, receptive, and gracious as we worked on Ghost Light. A very nice fellow, that Frank.
Indeed, says the production editor of the former and the copy editor of the latter.
November 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Indeed, says the production editor of the former and the copy editor of the latter.
“What do you write?”
“Well, it’s sure not fiction, I can tell you that!”
“Well, it’s sure not fiction, I can tell you that!”
November 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“What do you write?”
“Well, it’s sure not fiction, I can tell you that!”
“Well, it’s sure not fiction, I can tell you that!”
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA [etc.!]
November 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA [etc.!]