January - 2016

The Joys of Teaching Engineers to Write

An editing colleague saw that I specialize in teaching engineers and scientists to write, and she asked me some provocative questions,...

Subject-Verb Agreement and the Singular They

This blog post was originally published on copyediting.com. The singular they might just be 2015’s word of the year. As questions of...

Disembodied Hands and the Passive Voice

This blog piece first appeared on Karin's blog "Plainly Spoken" (http://www.catheredit.com/blog/) and is being reposted with her...

A Nerd and Some Hyphens

I have wondered what difference will it make when a reader sees an en dash. Will he think that it was some wrongly elongated hyphen, or...

Crossing Cultural Lines: Copyediting in an Age of Globalization

With the outsourcing of writing and editorial services to countries located halfway around the world, a writer located in Bengaluru may...

Tips for Freelance Success

A version of this article was originally published in the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) newsletter, The Freelancer...

Offshore editorial function in India in scholarly/academic publishing: lost opportunities and potent

Editors’ Conclave in Chennai, India: Let’s Have More of Them

Crossing Cultural Lines: Copyediting in an Age of Globalization

Making choices: Mindfulness in difficult times

I found my calling as an editor—but it was a long and arduous journey

The scholarly copy editor

The “prenatal” history of the Editorial Freelancers Association

An American Editor in India: Bridging the Gap Between Different Versions of the English Language

A resource copy editors should check every day

What type of business is yours?

National Association of Independent Writers and Editors

Errors Copyeditors Cannot Leave in Their Resume

History of the Founding of Christian Editor Network LLC