An Editor’s Holiday Wish
May all wordsmiths be blessed with inspiration to craft stories of peace, understanding, and growth, May all word mechanics and book doctors be blessed with discipline and insight to perfect those stories and let the authors’ voices sing, And may all readers be blessed with open minds and imaginations to allow themselves to journey to [...]
Lands of Imaginary Languages
I read quite a lot of fantasy and science fiction when I was in high school (I was a complete and utter nerd, and fantasy/sci-fi was just part of the package). I still enjoy a good fantasy or sci-fi book every once in a while and wish I had time to read more of them. [...]
I Always Cry at Weedings
I’ve edited many, many books that include wedding scenes, and it is very rare to get through such a scene without running across at least one typo that is, well, funny. I’ve kept a list of my favorites over the years, and I finally have enough funny typos to write my very own wedding story. [...]
10 Unusual Gifts for Editors
Got a word nerd on your Christmas list and don’t know what to get them? Well, most of us already have enough dictionaries, style guides, etc. (Actually, that isn’t true, but who wants a job-related book for Christmas?) Wouldn’t it be grand to give something truly unexpected, to see your editor’s little eyes light up [...]
Descriptions I Do Not Care For
This is another of my pet peeves. It’s not quite bad enough to make me poke my eyes out, but it is pretty darn close. I have never liked books in which every character—every single character, no matter how minor—is described in terms of their height and weight, in addition to hair and eye color [...]
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