November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
•
I’m a freelance nonfiction copy editor and writer, now booking for Winter 2026. If you have a project you’d like some help with, get in touch! 💻📖🖊️
•
#Freelance #Editor #FreelanceEditor #EditorForHire #Copyediting #EditingCommunity #AmEditing #WritingCommunity
I’m a freelance nonfiction copy editor and writer, now booking for Winter 2026. If you have a project you’d like some help with, get in touch! 💻📖🖊️
•
#Freelance #Editor #FreelanceEditor #EditorForHire #Copyediting #EditingCommunity #AmEditing #WritingCommunity
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
•
I’m a freelance nonfiction copy editor and writer, now booking for Winter 2026. If you have a project you’d like some help with, get in touch! 💻📖🖊️
•
#Freelance #Editor #FreelanceEditor #EditorForHire #Copyediting #EditingCommunity #AmEditing #WritingCommunity
I’m a freelance nonfiction copy editor and writer, now booking for Winter 2026. If you have a project you’d like some help with, get in touch! 💻📖🖊️
•
#Freelance #Editor #FreelanceEditor #EditorForHire #Copyediting #EditingCommunity #AmEditing #WritingCommunity
Me: Huh, I wonder if this term should be one word or two?
Merriam-Webster: One.
Me: Okay, then this other, similar term must also be one word, right?
Merriam-Webster: You wish.
#AmEditing #copyediting
Merriam-Webster: One.
Me: Okay, then this other, similar term must also be one word, right?
Merriam-Webster: You wish.
#AmEditing #copyediting
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Me: Huh, I wonder if this term should be one word or two?
Merriam-Webster: One.
Me: Okay, then this other, similar term must also be one word, right?
Merriam-Webster: You wish.
#AmEditing #copyediting
Merriam-Webster: One.
Me: Okay, then this other, similar term must also be one word, right?
Merriam-Webster: You wish.
#AmEditing #copyediting
✍️ FROM CONCEPT TO BESTSELLER. Tired of confusing #publishing options? We offer Copy Editing, professional #Formatting, #ISBN, #GlobalDistribution, and Royalty Management. Your story, flawlessly presented. zurl.co/5tNhh#BookPublishing #AuthorServices #CopyEditing #SelfPublishing
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
✍️ FROM CONCEPT TO BESTSELLER. Tired of confusing #publishing options? We offer Copy Editing, professional #Formatting, #ISBN, #GlobalDistribution, and Royalty Management. Your story, flawlessly presented. zurl.co/5tNhh#BookPublishing #AuthorServices #CopyEditing #SelfPublishing
Watch your homophones when writing, people - I may have spotted the following in my current #copyediting job, but spellcheck wouldn't!
toed > towed
first aid kid > ... kit
prayed > preyed
principal > principle (and vice versa)
breaks > brakes
straight jacket > straitjacket
mange > manage
toed > towed
first aid kid > ... kit
prayed > preyed
principal > principle (and vice versa)
breaks > brakes
straight jacket > straitjacket
mange > manage
November 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Watch your homophones when writing, people - I may have spotted the following in my current #copyediting job, but spellcheck wouldn't!
toed > towed
first aid kid > ... kit
prayed > preyed
principal > principle (and vice versa)
breaks > brakes
straight jacket > straitjacket
mange > manage
toed > towed
first aid kid > ... kit
prayed > preyed
principal > principle (and vice versa)
breaks > brakes
straight jacket > straitjacket
mange > manage
I've seen "new lease in life," "new lease on life," and "new lease of life." Which is it? (Merriam-Webster says "on.") #copyediting
November 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I've seen "new lease in life," "new lease on life," and "new lease of life." Which is it? (Merriam-Webster says "on.") #copyediting
Duane Roberts, frozen burrito magnate and Mission Inn owner, dies at 88
Duane Roberts, frozen burrito magnate and Mission Inn owner, dies at 88
Duane Roberts, who parlayed his business success into a prominent role in Inland Empire Republican politics and attained local fame as owner of the historic Mission Inn, has died, his family says.
www.latimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Your words deserve to shine. ✨ Professional #Editing Services: #Fiction #Nonfiction – All Genres – #Proofreading #Copyediting #LineEditing #StructuralEditing #DevelopmentalEditing #CreativeConsultations #PublishingCoach 📚🦉
Learn More ➩ NightOwlFreelance.com
Learn More ➩ NightOwlFreelance.com
Indie Publishing Services
Publishing Services for Independent (Indie) Authors.
NightOwlFreelance.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Your words deserve to shine. ✨ Professional #Editing Services: #Fiction #Nonfiction – All Genres – #Proofreading #Copyediting #LineEditing #StructuralEditing #DevelopmentalEditing #CreativeConsultations #PublishingCoach 📚🦉
Learn More ➩ NightOwlFreelance.com
Learn More ➩ NightOwlFreelance.com
Ripoff = noun. Rip off = verb. See also login , log in. #copyediting
November 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Ripoff = noun. Rip off = verb. See also login , log in. #copyediting
I'm here to help you succeed in your writing journey. Subscribe to Angel Editing and be kept in the loop of what I can do for you. Sign up today at:
www.angel-editing.com/contact
#wip #editing #writingtips #writingfiction #copyediting #creativewriting #blogger #writerscommunity #booksky
www.angel-editing.com/contact
#wip #editing #writingtips #writingfiction #copyediting #creativewriting #blogger #writerscommunity #booksky
October 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I'm here to help you succeed in your writing journey. Subscribe to Angel Editing and be kept in the loop of what I can do for you. Sign up today at:
www.angel-editing.com/contact
#wip #editing #writingtips #writingfiction #copyediting #creativewriting #blogger #writerscommunity #booksky
www.angel-editing.com/contact
#wip #editing #writingtips #writingfiction #copyediting #creativewriting #blogger #writerscommunity #booksky
I have completed my Goodreads reading challenge of 40 books! I may make it to 48 by the end of this year. 😊
Book 40 was The Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction by Amy J. Schneider—a brilliant resource for any editor who copyedits fiction!
#copyeditors #copyediting
Book 40 was The Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction by Amy J. Schneider—a brilliant resource for any editor who copyedits fiction!
#copyeditors #copyediting
October 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I have completed my Goodreads reading challenge of 40 books! I may make it to 48 by the end of this year. 😊
Book 40 was The Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction by Amy J. Schneider—a brilliant resource for any editor who copyedits fiction!
#copyeditors #copyediting
Book 40 was The Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction by Amy J. Schneider—a brilliant resource for any editor who copyedits fiction!
#copyeditors #copyediting
If you have a project you’d like some help with, get in touch! 💻📖🖊️
•
#EditorsTeaClubCommunity #Freelance #Editor #FreelanceEditor #EditorForHire #Copyediting #EditingCommunity #AmEditing #WritingCommunity
•
#EditorsTeaClubCommunity #Freelance #Editor #FreelanceEditor #EditorForHire #Copyediting #EditingCommunity #AmEditing #WritingCommunity
October 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
If you have a project you’d like some help with, get in touch! 💻📖🖊️
•
#EditorsTeaClubCommunity #Freelance #Editor #FreelanceEditor #EditorForHire #Copyediting #EditingCommunity #AmEditing #WritingCommunity
•
#EditorsTeaClubCommunity #Freelance #Editor #FreelanceEditor #EditorForHire #Copyediting #EditingCommunity #AmEditing #WritingCommunity
#copyediting
97 times out of 100, a sentence beginning "There is" or "There are" can start in a more effective way.
97 times out of 100, a sentence beginning "There is" or "There are" can start in a more effective way.
October 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
#copyediting
97 times out of 100, a sentence beginning "There is" or "There are" can start in a more effective way.
97 times out of 100, a sentence beginning "There is" or "There are" can start in a more effective way.
Seems like "déjà vu" has been completely replaced by Yogi Berra's "déjà vu all over again," which in my humorless opinion stopped being funny a while ago. Time to go back to the original. #copyediting
October 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Seems like "déjà vu" has been completely replaced by Yogi Berra's "déjà vu all over again," which in my humorless opinion stopped being funny a while ago. Time to go back to the original. #copyediting
First time I've seen "at pace," meaning "at a quick pace," obviously modeled after the now-common tech term "at scale," meaning "at a large scale." Crazy shit. #copyediting
October 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
First time I've seen "at pace," meaning "at a quick pace," obviously modeled after the now-common tech term "at scale," meaning "at a large scale." Crazy shit. #copyediting
One of the most common AI phrases I see in blog content I edit: “X isn’t just about Y, it’s Z.”
As in: “Grocery shopping isn’t just about buying food, it’s a smart investment in your health.” (Yeah, these constructions *often* aren’t parallel constructions LOL)
#amediting #copyediting
As in: “Grocery shopping isn’t just about buying food, it’s a smart investment in your health.” (Yeah, these constructions *often* aren’t parallel constructions LOL)
#amediting #copyediting
October 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
One of the most common AI phrases I see in blog content I edit: “X isn’t just about Y, it’s Z.”
As in: “Grocery shopping isn’t just about buying food, it’s a smart investment in your health.” (Yeah, these constructions *often* aren’t parallel constructions LOL)
#amediting #copyediting
As in: “Grocery shopping isn’t just about buying food, it’s a smart investment in your health.” (Yeah, these constructions *often* aren’t parallel constructions LOL)
#amediting #copyediting
#Copyediting tip: If you've already framed a list as being nonexhaustive, you don't need to end that list with a repetitive "etc."
YES: Examples of great vegetable include zucchini, squash, and pumpkin.
NOPE: Examples of great vegetables include zucchini, squash, pumpkin, and others.
YES: Examples of great vegetable include zucchini, squash, and pumpkin.
NOPE: Examples of great vegetables include zucchini, squash, pumpkin, and others.
October 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
#Copyediting tip: If you've already framed a list as being nonexhaustive, you don't need to end that list with a repetitive "etc."
YES: Examples of great vegetable include zucchini, squash, and pumpkin.
NOPE: Examples of great vegetables include zucchini, squash, pumpkin, and others.
YES: Examples of great vegetable include zucchini, squash, and pumpkin.
NOPE: Examples of great vegetables include zucchini, squash, pumpkin, and others.
Is academic copy editing for you? Find out in our Oct. 21 webinar with James Harbeck, which will examine the particularities of copy editing academic books and the skills required. Sign up now to learn more: webinars.editors.ca/upcoming_web...
#Editing #CopyEditing #AcademicEditing
#Editing #CopyEditing #AcademicEditing
October 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Is academic copy editing for you? Find out in our Oct. 21 webinar with James Harbeck, which will examine the particularities of copy editing academic books and the skills required. Sign up now to learn more: webinars.editors.ca/upcoming_web...
#Editing #CopyEditing #AcademicEditing
#Editing #CopyEditing #AcademicEditing
Now's the time to claim your spot! @bcdreyer.social's "Four Lessons on the Art, Craft, and Refinement of Prose" begins one week from today -- Monday, October 6.
Register now for this four-session online class:
Register now for this four-session online class:
A Copy Editor’s Guide: Four Lessons on the Art, Craft, and Refinement of Prose, with Benjamin Dreyer - StoryStudio Chicago
Benjamin Dreyer, retired copy chief of Random House and the author of the New York Times bestseller Dreyer’s English, will unpack his capacious bag of tricks, previously secret advice, and all-round…
buff.ly
September 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
#copyediting
You can write "around the freaking bend" or "round the freaking bend"; there's no reason on earth to write "'round the freaking bend."
You can write "around the freaking bend" or "round the freaking bend"; there's no reason on earth to write "'round the freaking bend."
I cannot tell you how much the “Thank you for your attention to this matter” thing drives me around the freaking bend.
September 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
#copyediting
You can write "around the freaking bend" or "round the freaking bend"; there's no reason on earth to write "'round the freaking bend."
You can write "around the freaking bend" or "round the freaking bend"; there's no reason on earth to write "'round the freaking bend."
#copyediting tutorial
Those two-letter all-cap state abbreviations (ME, NY, CA, FL, GA, SC, etc.) are fine for envelopes and parcels.
For all other uses, please avail yourself of the tried and true human-looking abbreviations: Me., N.Y., Cal. or Calif., Fla., Ga., S.C., also etc.
Those two-letter all-cap state abbreviations (ME, NY, CA, FL, GA, SC, etc.) are fine for envelopes and parcels.
For all other uses, please avail yourself of the tried and true human-looking abbreviations: Me., N.Y., Cal. or Calif., Fla., Ga., S.C., also etc.
Another “great” sign seen today in Cornish, Me., by @nancydreyer.bsky.social.
September 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
#copyediting tutorial
Those two-letter all-cap state abbreviations (ME, NY, CA, FL, GA, SC, etc.) are fine for envelopes and parcels.
For all other uses, please avail yourself of the tried and true human-looking abbreviations: Me., N.Y., Cal. or Calif., Fla., Ga., S.C., also etc.
Those two-letter all-cap state abbreviations (ME, NY, CA, FL, GA, SC, etc.) are fine for envelopes and parcels.
For all other uses, please avail yourself of the tried and true human-looking abbreviations: Me., N.Y., Cal. or Calif., Fla., Ga., S.C., also etc.
#copyediting
amok and amuck are the same word, natch, in different spellings, but amok has become increasingly more popular, perhaps because it looks scarier and wasn't ever preceded by duck
amok and amuck are the same word, natch, in different spellings, but amok has become increasingly more popular, perhaps because it looks scarier and wasn't ever preceded by duck
September 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
#copyediting
amok and amuck are the same word, natch, in different spellings, but amok has become increasingly more popular, perhaps because it looks scarier and wasn't ever preceded by duck
amok and amuck are the same word, natch, in different spellings, but amok has become increasingly more popular, perhaps because it looks scarier and wasn't ever preceded by duck
This Poynter ACES: Discover Macros for Word course on macros looks good! Macros are so intimidating but SO WORTH IT!
www.poynter.org/shop/writing... #amediting #copyediting #macros #copyeditor #copyedit @poynterinstitute.bsky.social @acesediting.bsky.social #freelanceeditor
www.poynter.org/shop/writing... #amediting #copyediting #macros #copyeditor #copyedit @poynterinstitute.bsky.social @acesediting.bsky.social #freelanceeditor
Poynter ACES: Discover Macros for Word - Poynter
This self-paced course unlocks automation for editors, providing immediately applicable training in creating custom keyboard shortcuts. Through video instruction and hands-on exercises, you'll…
www.poynter.org
September 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This Poynter ACES: Discover Macros for Word course on macros looks good! Macros are so intimidating but SO WORTH IT!
www.poynter.org/shop/writing... #amediting #copyediting #macros #copyeditor #copyedit @poynterinstitute.bsky.social @acesediting.bsky.social #freelanceeditor
www.poynter.org/shop/writing... #amediting #copyediting #macros #copyeditor #copyedit @poynterinstitute.bsky.social @acesediting.bsky.social #freelanceeditor
@editrix-rachel.bsky.social is the style sheet queen! 👑 She wrote about her WHALE of a style sheet (150 pages!!!) that she created while editing an RPG. Check it out!
www.rachellapidow.com/writing/2025... #amediting #freelanceeditor #copyeditor #copyediting #ttrpg #rpg #stylesheet
www.rachellapidow.com/writing/2025... #amediting #freelanceeditor #copyeditor #copyediting #ttrpg #rpg #stylesheet
Copyediting TTRPGs: A Whale of an RPG Style Sheet<br/> — Rachel Lapidow, Copy Editor
Learn how I copyedited a 600-page TTRPG with a massive 150-page style sheet. I’ll take you section by section through my RPG style sheet so you can learn how a professional editor tackles big RPG…
www.rachellapidow.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
@editrix-rachel.bsky.social is the style sheet queen! 👑 She wrote about her WHALE of a style sheet (150 pages!!!) that she created while editing an RPG. Check it out!
www.rachellapidow.com/writing/2025... #amediting #freelanceeditor #copyeditor #copyediting #ttrpg #rpg #stylesheet
www.rachellapidow.com/writing/2025... #amediting #freelanceeditor #copyeditor #copyediting #ttrpg #rpg #stylesheet
September 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM