Laura Poole
@laurapoole.bsky.social
Editor, baker, modern quilter, pluviophile, pasta enthusiast, rhubarb lover. Retroflex r. Short and mighty.
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Listen to #editor @laurapoole.bsky.social talk with #podcaster @nadiageageapupa.bsky.social about how she helps take #authors’ #nonfiction #manuscripts from good to great. You may have seen her posts that illustrate her #technique, using a “snip, snip” metaphor. redcircle.com/shows/0f3e97...
Snip Snip: The Art of Concise Editing
Listen to The Editor's Half Hour on RedCircle
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September 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Listen to #editor @laurapoole.bsky.social talk with #podcaster @nadiageageapupa.bsky.social about how she helps take #authors’ #nonfiction #manuscripts from good to great. You may have seen her posts that illustrate her #technique, using a “snip, snip” metaphor. redcircle.com/shows/0f3e97...
Business training for freelancer editors! Erin Brenner will guide you on creating web copy that can turn visitors into clients. Happening on June 25, so register now!
www.righttouchediting.com/product/clie...
www.righttouchediting.com/product/clie...
Client-Winning Website Copy Webinar - Right Touch Editing
Learn proven techniques for writing persuasive website copy specifically for editing services and motivate visitors to contact you!
www.righttouchediting.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Business training for freelancer editors! Erin Brenner will guide you on creating web copy that can turn visitors into clients. Happening on June 25, so register now!
www.righttouchediting.com/product/clie...
www.righttouchediting.com/product/clie...
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“In the last ten years” only works as a timeframe if your work is being read right now. If you want your non-fiction work to last, copyeditor @laurapoole.bsky.social recommends getting more specific about how you refer to time. hubs.li/Q03bzyG60
May 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
“In the last ten years” only works as a timeframe if your work is being read right now. If you want your non-fiction work to last, copyeditor @laurapoole.bsky.social recommends getting more specific about how you refer to time. hubs.li/Q03bzyG60
Learn from the BEST! Erin Brenner (author of the Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors) is offering several webinars aimed at freelancer editors and business building.
Coming up next week (May 21): Website Foundations www.righttouchediting.com/product/webs...
Coming up next week (May 21): Website Foundations www.righttouchediting.com/product/webs...
Website Foundations Webinar - Right Touch Editing
Learn the essential foundations of a client-converting editing website and motivate visitors to become clients!
www.righttouchediting.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Learn from the BEST! Erin Brenner (author of the Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors) is offering several webinars aimed at freelancer editors and business building.
Coming up next week (May 21): Website Foundations www.righttouchediting.com/product/webs...
Coming up next week (May 21): Website Foundations www.righttouchediting.com/product/webs...
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You exist! Don’t write yourself out of your own work. Copyeditor @laurapoole.bsky.social explains why the convention of avoiding “I” and “we” in scholarly writing is out of date and out of touch. hubs.li/Q03bzB7z0
April 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
You exist! Don’t write yourself out of your own work. Copyeditor @laurapoole.bsky.social explains why the convention of avoiding “I” and “we” in scholarly writing is out of date and out of touch. hubs.li/Q03bzB7z0
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A much-anticipated #ACES2025 panel! Ctrl-Alt-Del: Robinson Prize Winners on Their Most Memorable Mistakes with @ebrenner.bsky.social, Karen Conlin @GramrgednAngel.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy, @laurapoole.bsky.social, moderated by Erin Servais!
#amediting #freelanceeditor #copyediting #copyeditor #bookeditor
#amediting #freelanceeditor #copyediting #copyeditor #bookeditor
April 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
A much-anticipated #ACES2025 panel! Ctrl-Alt-Del: Robinson Prize Winners on Their Most Memorable Mistakes with @ebrenner.bsky.social, Karen Conlin @GramrgednAngel.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy, @laurapoole.bsky.social, moderated by Erin Servais!
#amediting #freelanceeditor #copyediting #copyeditor #bookeditor
#amediting #freelanceeditor #copyediting #copyeditor #bookeditor
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Next up at #ACES2025: Snippets: Phrase-Level Editing by @laurapoole.bsky.social
Improving conciseness and clarity, reducing redundancy and wordiness—these are all part of a #copyeditor's job. There are many changes an #editor can make at the phrase level to achieve these goals.
#amediting
Improving conciseness and clarity, reducing redundancy and wordiness—these are all part of a #copyeditor's job. There are many changes an #editor can make at the phrase level to achieve these goals.
#amediting
April 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Next up at #ACES2025: Snippets: Phrase-Level Editing by @laurapoole.bsky.social
Improving conciseness and clarity, reducing redundancy and wordiness—these are all part of a #copyeditor's job. There are many changes an #editor can make at the phrase level to achieve these goals.
#amediting
Improving conciseness and clarity, reducing redundancy and wordiness—these are all part of a #copyeditor's job. There are many changes an #editor can make at the phrase level to achieve these goals.
#amediting
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Seek common and familiar language because it:
✅ improves readability
✅ boosts reader engagement
✅ increases potential impact
Beware of complexity! Readers may:
❓ become lost in the message
❓ lose interest
❓ misunderstand or misinterpret intended meaning
#ACES2025 #plainlanguage
✅ improves readability
✅ boosts reader engagement
✅ increases potential impact
Beware of complexity! Readers may:
❓ become lost in the message
❓ lose interest
❓ misunderstand or misinterpret intended meaning
#ACES2025 #plainlanguage
April 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Seek common and familiar language because it:
✅ improves readability
✅ boosts reader engagement
✅ increases potential impact
Beware of complexity! Readers may:
❓ become lost in the message
❓ lose interest
❓ misunderstand or misinterpret intended meaning
#ACES2025 #plainlanguage
✅ improves readability
✅ boosts reader engagement
✅ increases potential impact
Beware of complexity! Readers may:
❓ become lost in the message
❓ lose interest
❓ misunderstand or misinterpret intended meaning
#ACES2025 #plainlanguage
TIL that "condominium" has a second meaning... "joint control of a country's or territory's affairs by other countries."
#AmEditing #NeatWords
#AmEditing #NeatWords
March 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
TIL that "condominium" has a second meaning... "joint control of a country's or territory's affairs by other countries."
#AmEditing #NeatWords
#AmEditing #NeatWords
I gathered up some of my Snippets and general editing tips for WordRake! Check it out... www.wordrake.com/blog/clearin...
Clearing the Fog: Simple Ways to Improve Scholarly Nonfiction
Ways to improve scholarly writing. Scholarly writing recommendations. How to write scholarly non-fiction. Scholarly nonfiction writing tips Laura Poole
www.wordrake.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I gathered up some of my Snippets and general editing tips for WordRake! Check it out... www.wordrake.com/blog/clearin...
I used to think I was middle-aged when I got my new music from the coffee shop background music. Now I get it from IG reels.
March 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I used to think I was middle-aged when I got my new music from the coffee shop background music. Now I get it from IG reels.
Feeling utterly sick at everything that's happening.
February 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Feeling utterly sick at everything that's happening.
Reduce. Reuse. Rethink. Respond. Resist.
February 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Reduce. Reuse. Rethink. Respond. Resist.
Yesterday's resistance: used all 3 credit bureaus to put a freeze on my credit.
February 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Yesterday's resistance: used all 3 credit bureaus to put a freeze on my credit.
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If you were hoping for more #Quadlings CommaCon posts, I'm sorry to disappoint. I was so in the moment that I forgot! Check out the rest of the Quad:
@kokedit.bsky.social, @scieditor.ca, @amyjschneider.bsky.social, @laurapoole.bsky.social, @loripax.bsky.social, @sarahgrey513.bsky.social
#AmEditing
@kokedit.bsky.social, @scieditor.ca, @amyjschneider.bsky.social, @laurapoole.bsky.social, @loripax.bsky.social, @sarahgrey513.bsky.social
#AmEditing
February 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
If you were hoping for more #Quadlings CommaCon posts, I'm sorry to disappoint. I was so in the moment that I forgot! Check out the rest of the Quad:
@kokedit.bsky.social, @scieditor.ca, @amyjschneider.bsky.social, @laurapoole.bsky.social, @loripax.bsky.social, @sarahgrey513.bsky.social
#AmEditing
@kokedit.bsky.social, @scieditor.ca, @amyjschneider.bsky.social, @laurapoole.bsky.social, @loripax.bsky.social, @sarahgrey513.bsky.social
#AmEditing
I am one of eight panelists participating in the ACES 2025 Ask the Editing Experts Roundtable on April 2, 2025, at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center.
I'll be sharing information and taking questions on mastermind groups for editors.
Learn more and register here: aceseditors.org/conference/2....
I'll be sharing information and taking questions on mastermind groups for editors.
Learn more and register here: aceseditors.org/conference/2....
February 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I am one of eight panelists participating in the ACES 2025 Ask the Editing Experts Roundtable on April 2, 2025, at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center.
I'll be sharing information and taking questions on mastermind groups for editors.
Learn more and register here: aceseditors.org/conference/2....
I'll be sharing information and taking questions on mastermind groups for editors.
Learn more and register here: aceseditors.org/conference/2....
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I logged into SSA.gov and downloaded the history of social security and Medicare payments associated with my account, because who knows what is going to happen to government security.
The United States Social Security Administration | SSA
Official website of the U.S. Social Security Administration.
SSA.gov
February 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I logged into SSA.gov and downloaded the history of social security and Medicare payments associated with my account, because who knows what is going to happen to government security.
Today's resistance: I used resistbot to email my congress critters to oppose the power grab. And I'll be making a donation to my local food kitchen, because with WIC funding being cut, people will be hungry.
January 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today's resistance: I used resistbot to email my congress critters to oppose the power grab. And I'll be making a donation to my local food kitchen, because with WIC funding being cut, people will be hungry.
I quilt or stitch to keep the monsters out. Sometimes I feel like I'm stitching myself back together.
Today's lunch break was cutting some fabric and sewing a few quilt blocks.
Today's lunch break was cutting some fabric and sewing a few quilt blocks.
January 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I quilt or stitch to keep the monsters out. Sometimes I feel like I'm stitching myself back together.
Today's lunch break was cutting some fabric and sewing a few quilt blocks.
Today's lunch break was cutting some fabric and sewing a few quilt blocks.
Welp, just came across the first quotation of song lyrics of the year. SMITE with extreme prejudice.
January 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Welp, just came across the first quotation of song lyrics of the year. SMITE with extreme prejudice.
"in columns 1 and 2 of Panel A of Table 3" "In Table 3, Panel A, columns 1 and 2"
#Snippets
#AmEditing
#Clarity
#Snippets
#AmEditing
#Clarity
January 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"in columns 1 and 2 of Panel A of Table 3" "In Table 3, Panel A, columns 1 and 2"
#Snippets
#AmEditing
#Clarity
#Snippets
#AmEditing
#Clarity
"those with between 8 and 14 years of experience" "those with 8 to 14 years of experience"
Don't stack prepositions (with between).
#Snippets
#AmEditing
#Clarity
Don't stack prepositions (with between).
#Snippets
#AmEditing
#Clarity
January 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"those with between 8 and 14 years of experience" "those with 8 to 14 years of experience"
Don't stack prepositions (with between).
#Snippets
#AmEditing
#Clarity
Don't stack prepositions (with between).
#Snippets
#AmEditing
#Clarity