TRUE CRIME, ALL THE TIME
Louise, from Chapter and Verse, tells us about her experience with true crime... Read All About It I’ve just read (and loved) The Girls by Emma Cline*, and like so many [...]
CONFESSIONS OF AN ACADEMIC EDITOR (PART 3 – REVIEWER 2)
An academic writes... The cruelties of ‘Reviewer 2’ and the vicissitudes of the academic peer review process in general are so well-known that ‘Reviewer 2’ is even its own meme. [...]
CONFESSIONS OF AN ACADEMIC EDITOR (PART 2)
An academic writes… Academia is a busy world, and alongside the continual slog to get material published, the average academic is working hard to teach, administrate and care for their students [...]
CONFESSIONS OF AN ACADEMIC EDITOR
An academic writes… Getting your work published in a (reputable, peer-reviewed) academic journal is the first step on the ladder of an academic career. But you’re more likely to get [...]
FEARLESS FREELANCERS
The Joys of Freelancing If you're anything like me, you've probably spent much of the last year reading about the so-called 'gig economy'. The theory goes that more and more [...]
CHESTER DRAWERS – ENGLISH LANGUAGE PORBELMS
A guest post from our friend Louise of the Chapter and Verse blog Living in Birmingham (though really it could be anywhere, couldn't it?), I am able to witness [...]
EDITOR’S CALL – IMPRACTICAL OR IMPRACTICABLE
Similar Words and Fine Distinctions Proofreading and editing dilemmas When you're learning to proofread and copy-edit you will increasingly become aware of similar words which have slightly different meanings. Impractical [...]
A PROOFREADER RUNS AMOK OR AMUCK
Editor's Note You don't have to be a copy-editor or proofreader to be obsessive about words. Nor vice versa, it goes without saying. But if you've no interest at all [...]
PLAYS – SOME EDITORIAL NOTES
Hedding in the Wrong Direction Think I just mentioned Hedda Gabler. Well, a number of editorial points occurred to me while watching the live transmission from the National Theatre. You [...]
HEDDA GABLER BURNING BOOKS
Hedda * ... incurring the severest and most tomato-y punishment allowable by this court... Just saw the National Theatre's Hedda Gabler at a live screening in Devon. These [...]