Essay Writing Skills – The Basics
In regards to essay writing, there are three primary parts: the introduction, the body and the end. The debut is what captures the reader’s attention because this is where they [...]
LEARN TO PROOFREAD AND EDIT
News For Proofreaders Slow News Tortoise is an online news broadcaster. But in this age of fast means better this is a slow read. It suits me. As a proofreader and [...]
Proofreading and Editing After Covid
Freelancing in the Covid Years I have no idea whether we are off the Covid hook. The virus is in retreat. But who knows? Variants may be growing in Tooting [...]
An Editor Contemplates Conker Season
Conker season Passing by a horse chestnut tree this morning I observe it is once more conker season. You know conkers, of course. The shiny, brown, appealing-looking horse chestnut seed. [...]
Proofreading and Editing Textbooks – the Future
Are textbooks dead? I spent a small chunk of my life proofreading and editing textbooks for the university market. Seems sad it’s all over. Or is it? Digitising books has [...]
Are Proofreaders Bourgeois?
Are proofreaders bourgeois, and does it matter? One thing is clear. To be bourgeois is a bad thing. It is usually a term of abuse. Very loosely it means middle [...]
Fetus vs Foetus – Spellings for Proofreaders and Editors
Fetus vs Foetus Fetus vs Foetus. It's a hotly contested topic. Many think that fetus is an Americanism. They avoid it. They use foetus. They are wrong. Fetus comes from the Latin [...]
A Cool Figure of Speech – Hendiadys
An editor’s excuse for a blog Sometimes there simply isn’t one. An excuse, I mean. A blog just happens. This one doesn’t relate to editing or copy-editing. The editorial process [...]
Copy-editing The Titanic
Titanic books Eva Hart was seven when tragedy struck. In 1912 RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, hit an iceberg. A mighty ship, no problem. But [...]
Nice Distinctions for Editors
Fell is fowl and fowl is fell, and other nice distinctions for editors English is full of stumbling blocks. While these can prove tricky to navigate, they do create some [...]