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I'm reviewing one of those copyedits where you wonder if maybe it was a bad idea telling the author that they can stet things. #AmEditing

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

I see they started with the copyeditors.

submitted 2 days ago • 41 comments

Ok I will admit this is one of the most intriguing job listings I've ever seen

submitted 2 days ago • 30 comments

Did German newspapers in the '30s normalize the idea of Germany annexing the Sudetenland in the same way that American newspapers today are normalizing the idea of the US annexing Canada?

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

This is one of the pairs of etymologies that bothers me the most. They really feel like they should be related!

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

The great thing about working from home in your bedroom is that you've got pillows handy that you can scream into when authors are driving you up the wall. #AmEditing

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Likest thou alternative rocke? @eve6.bsky.social

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Regrouped and simplified, my ass.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

You know your author is a programmer when they start numbering their chapter files at 0.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Never try to proofread your own wok.

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

I've seen plenty of Black Fridays in [insert month], Black Friday Weeks (make that make sense), Black Novembers, and so on, but Black Week is a new one to me.

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Welp, I finally just deactivated my Twitter account. I hadn't really posted there in months anyway, but it still feels strange to make it official. I made some good friends there and had a lot of good times. It sucks that one thin-skinned fascist billionaire ruined it for the rest of us.

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments