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Light-year (or lightyear): The distance light can travel through a vacuum during one Earth-standard year. Light year: A year with less mass (weight) than an Earth-standard year. Lite year: A year with fewer calories than an Earth-standard year. (It may … Continue reading
Sometimes, he REALLY enjoys editing… but it does weird things to his brain.
In case you’re wondering, I’m almost halfway through editing The Sleeping and the Dead. No, I’m not getting so caught up in the story that I forget to correct the occasional punctuation glitch, and I’m trying to keep the jokes … Continue reading
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Tagged editing, obscure fiction-reference humor, Paul B. Spence, real life, The Sleeping and the Dead
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…And now for a FAQ post.
“Why so many ‘Writing Glitch’ posts about science lately, Weaver?” Because that’s what I found the last time I went to Pinterest and “raided” a few boards for examples. (One of my own boards on Pinterest is titled “Science for … Continue reading
Reading, Writing, and Real Life in November, 2018
Don’t worry; I do intend to blog soon about something other than grammar… There are a few novels I’ve read (or tried to read) recently, and I want to tell you about them. (Of course, part of that will be … Continue reading
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Tagged cats, editing, reading, real life, snark, writing
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Sometimes, he shares a polite(ish) rant about editing.
Today, Cait Reynolds, as a guest on Kristen Lamb’s blog, has an excellent post about five things editors hate. “The National Association of Recovering Freelancers* put out a study that said four out of five freelance editors suffer a nervous … Continue reading
Copyediting nightmares can happen to trad-published authors, too.
‘I don’t have to edit my manuscript or hire a copyeditor, the publisher will have someone do that for me.’ I hear (read) this a lot. First of all, friends, you may have noticed that traditional publishers (the smaller presses … Continue reading
How the WRONG Copyeditor Can Make a Mess of Your Manuscript: part 2
Back for more, are you? Is it horrified fascination that brings you here, or are you hoping to learn a bit about what can go very, very badly if an author chooses the wrong (not competent, not familiar with the … Continue reading
