Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor
@drbwerner.bsky.social
Developmental & line editor for academic authors. Historian of Latin America. Former postdoc @Princeton. PhD @UWMadison. She/Her. views mine. https://www.throughlineediting.com/
that's really all I need from it.
September 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
that's really all I need from it.
oh yes.
September 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
oh yes.
recently discovered this had happened at some moment in the past on the top of our dishwasher under the countertop. fun times.
September 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
recently discovered this had happened at some moment in the past on the top of our dishwasher under the countertop. fun times.
so many logins. too many logins.
August 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
so many logins. too many logins.
I have, in my time, read way too much about that to not be seeing patterns, and my blood pressure doesn't like it.
August 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I have, in my time, read way too much about that to not be seeing patterns, and my blood pressure doesn't like it.
my take is it's a passive •aggressive• construction of great use.
August 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
my take is it's a passive •aggressive• construction of great use.
I'm so so sorry. We lost our golden to a brain tumour in June after a precipitous decline. I'm so sorry for your loss.
August 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I'm so so sorry. We lost our golden to a brain tumour in June after a precipitous decline. I'm so sorry for your loss.
hard same.
July 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
hard same.
I expected leaving Amazon to be really inconvenient, but so far I think there's been one item we could not purchase anywhere else because Amazon was the only importer to Canada. I just miss PBS Masterpiece *weeps*
July 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I expected leaving Amazon to be really inconvenient, but so far I think there's been one item we could not purchase anywhere else because Amazon was the only importer to Canada. I just miss PBS Masterpiece *weeps*
Every edit found me buried under a mountain of tissues. Join me!
July 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Every edit found me buried under a mountain of tissues. Join me!
and this is why we need skilled copyeditors
July 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
and this is why we need skilled copyeditors
I mean not to be that guy, but how loud is this music? Should these babies have headphones.
June 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I mean not to be that guy, but how loud is this music? Should these babies have headphones.
it's that I have a visceral reaction to the image of bouncing a newborn without properly supporting the head. they are like floppy sacks of potatoes. the once-parent-of-newborns in me is screaming.
a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames
ALT: a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames
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June 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
it's that I have a visceral reaction to the image of bouncing a newborn without properly supporting the head. they are like floppy sacks of potatoes. the once-parent-of-newborns in me is screaming.
A minor quibble to be sure but for the love of god, editors, you can't bounce a newborn on your hip. They are way too floppy for that. You're looking at like maybe 6mos before they have the trunk and neck strength. Get it together.
June 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A minor quibble to be sure but for the love of god, editors, you can't bounce a newborn on your hip. They are way too floppy for that. You're looking at like maybe 6mos before they have the trunk and neck strength. Get it together.
I personally prefer the spicy goat cheese for this one 😆
June 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I personally prefer the spicy goat cheese for this one 😆
Ok so I do a ratatouille sandwich thing with goat cheese.
June 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Ok so I do a ratatouille sandwich thing with goat cheese.
Yeah I'm personally not a fan, but I have also not been sure if this is traditionally within the scope of peer review. I do think it sometimes veers into insulting the author's writing, and that I take issue with. Tactfully suggesting the author engage a line editor would be more effective.
May 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Yeah I'm personally not a fan, but I have also not been sure if this is traditionally within the scope of peer review. I do think it sometimes veers into insulting the author's writing, and that I take issue with. Tactfully suggesting the author engage a line editor would be more effective.
I realize this question is not for me, but when I see that peer reviewers have done this (which has been rare), I am like wow buddy stay in your lane. I worry about what this can do to an author's confidence, and like it is enough to say hey, this MS could use editing beyond the scope of CE.
May 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I realize this question is not for me, but when I see that peer reviewers have done this (which has been rare), I am like wow buddy stay in your lane. I worry about what this can do to an author's confidence, and like it is enough to say hey, this MS could use editing beyond the scope of CE.
Truly.
May 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Truly.