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Helping the Reluctant with Technology", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2013/07/too-late-to-learn-helping-the-reluctant-with-technology/", "published_at": "2013-07-26T03:53:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95b-add4-735e-a063-4bb38f2fdd1f", "title": "And the Winner Is . . .", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2013/04/and-the-winner-is/", "published_at": "2013-04-01T01:05:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95b-add4-735e-a063-4bb390167b5c", "title": "Copyeditor Confessions: Me First", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2013/03/copyeditor-confessions-me-first/", "published_at": "2013-03-25T02:07:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95b-add4-735e-a063-4bb390f2a1f5", "title": "Wannabe Editors: Can You Pass a Proofreading Test?", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2013/03/wannabe-editors-can-you-pass-a-proofreading-test/", "published_at": "2013-03-04T01:12:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95b-add4-735e-a063-4bb39140f0b1", "title": "An Opportunity for Word Nerds: Beta-Test the Dictionary of Regional English", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2013/01/an-opportunity-for-word-nerds-beta-test-the-dictionary-of-regional-english/", "published_at": "2013-01-25T03:10:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95c-0e26-730f-9b7f-19d7fd2d65a2", "title": "Tech Tips: Two Chores Made Easy", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2013/01/tech-tips-two-chores-made-easy/", "published_at": "2013-01-09T01:42:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95c-0e26-730f-9b7f-19d7fe251ed8", "title": "How Sticklers Give Copyediting a Bad Name", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2012/12/how-sticklers-give-copyediting-a-bad-name/", "published_at": "2012-12-12T02:36:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95c-0e26-730f-9b7f-19d7feed74a7", "title": "For Writers: Promoting Your Book; Is There Any Point?", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2012/11/for/", "published_at": "2012-11-28T03:22:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95c-0e26-730f-9b7f-19d7ff58e194", "title": "Dear Carol: My Staff Is Out of Control!", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2012/11/dear-carol-my-staff-is-out-of-control/", "published_at": "2012-11-20T01:19:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95c-0e26-730f-9b7f-19d8002cbbb7", "title": "Going Up? Plan Ahead", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2012/11/going-up-plan-ahead/", "published_at": "2012-11-13T02:01:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95c-0e26-730f-9b7f-19d8012aa522", "title": "Getting Freelance Work: The Essentials", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2012/10/getting-freelance-work-the-essentials/", "published_at": "2012-10-31T02:05:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95c-0e26-730f-9b7f-19d80162a236", "title": "On Being Offended by Language", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2012/10/on-being-offended-by-language/", "published_at": "2012-10-23T18:29:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95c-0e26-730f-9b7f-19d801b95f1c", "title": "Away from my desk . . .", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2012/10/away-from-my-desk/", "published_at": "2012-10-10T02:08:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95c-0e26-730f-9b7f-19d801c11c68", "title": "So You Think You Know Where You’re Going?", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2012/10/so-you-think-you-know-where-youre-going/", "published_at": "2012-10-03T01:52:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95c-0e26-730f-9b7f-19d8029614b3", "title": "Dear Carol: Editing in Batches, Publisher’s Names, Is Secure Secured?", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2012/09/dear-carol-editing-in-batches-publishers-names-is-secure-secured/", "published_at": "2012-09-26T01:31:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95c-6f98-70d4-bb8b-e6862bedd839", "title": "You’ve Got the Power: For Good or Evil", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2012/09/youve-got-the-power-good-or-evil/", "published_at": "2012-09-19T01:42:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95c-6f98-70d4-bb8b-e6862bf21b3f", "title": "Clumsy Quoting: Spot the Problem", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2012/09/clumsy-quoting-whats-the-problem/", "published_at": "2012-09-12T01:18:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95c-6f99-73f9-82d5-dff474e5953f", "title": "Super Shortcuts to ©-§—¶…®! (Typing Popular Symbols)", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2012/09/super-shortcuts-to-typing-symbols/", "published_at": "2012-09-05T02:13:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95c-6f99-73f9-82d5-dff475da80a5", "title": "“Dear Carol: I Committed the Sin of Overediting”", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2012/08/dear-carol-i-committed-the-sin-of-overediting/", "published_at": "2012-08-29T02:07:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95c-6f99-73f9-82d5-dff4764550a7", "title": "Dear Author: Your Dangler Is Showing . . .", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2012/08/dear-author-your-dangler-is-showing/", "published_at": "2012-08-22T01:45:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95c-6f99-73f9-82d5-dff476c7f915", "title": "Let’s Make a Macro!", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2012/08/lets-make-a-macro/", "published_at": "2012-08-15T01:34:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95c-6f99-73f9-82d5-dff4779ddbfa", "title": "Writers and Editors: Are You Shortsighted?", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2012/08/for-shortsighted-writers-and-editors/", "published_at": "2012-08-08T01:14:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95c-6f99-73f9-82d5-dff4786f44c1", "title": "The August Q&A is up . . .", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2012/08/the-august-qa-is-up/", "published_at": "2012-08-02T06:04:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95c-6f99-73f9-82d5-dff479462322", "title": "Dear Carol: How Do I Know When to Meddle?", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2012/08/dear-carol-how-do-i-know-when-to-meddle/", "published_at": "2012-08-01T00:34:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d95c-6f99-73f9-82d5-dff479d3bed7", "title": "Too Many Eyes: When Editing Is Second-Guessed", "url": "https://subversivecopyeditor.com/2012/07/too-many-eyes-when-editing-is-second-guessed/", "published_at": "2012-07-24T23:53:42+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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3 Oct 2024

2023

Is a Comma Needed to Introduce Dialogue?original ↗

14 Feb 2023

Does Your Novel Need a Copyeditor before Submission?original ↗

16 Jan 2023

2022

Should Your Novel Have Chapter Numbers or Chapter Titles?original ↗

16 Dec 2022

When Your Novel Quotes a Real Source original ↗

25 Nov 2022

“Erg, no kidding?” Interjections in Creative Writing original ↗

22 Oct 2022

What Makes a Chapter of a Novel?original ↗

14 Sept 2022

3 Easy E-Tricks for Writers, and 1 for Fun original ↗

18 Aug 2022

Exclamation Points in Creative Writing original ↗

15 Jul 2022

Is the Subjunctive Mood Right for Fiction?original ↗

13 Jun 2022

When to Capitalize after a Colon original ↗

10 May 2022

Does Your Novel Need a Table of Contents?original ↗

7 Apr 2022

How to Reorganize Book Chapters with a Click original ↗

11 Mar 2022

How to Mention a Real Newspaper, Book, or Song in Fiction original ↗

10 Feb 2022

When Friends Find Grammar “Errors” in Your Novel original ↗

1 Jan 2022

2021

Counting Pages or Words in a Manuscript Submission original ↗

22 Nov 2021

When to Delete “That”original ↗

22 Oct 2021

Is Blogging for You? Parts 2 and 3 original ↗

14 Oct 2021

Is Blogging for You? Part 1 original ↗

30 Sept 2021

“Whoever/Whomever” in Fiction: Which Should Your Character Use?original ↗

22 Sept 2021

Jack Hart Talks about “Wordcraft”original ↗

20 Aug 2021

Very Long Sentences in Fiction original ↗

9 Aug 2021

Gender-Neutral Pronouns in Creative Writing original ↗

29 Jun 2021

How Grammar “Goofs” Work in Creative Writing original ↗

11 May 2021

Commas between Adjectives in Creative Writing original ↗

13 Apr 2021

How to Format a Novel for Submission original ↗

12 Apr 2021

8 Tips for Creative Writers on Facebook original ↗

19 Jan 2021

2020

How to Start a Novel original ↗

8 Dec 2020

Style and Grammar in Promotional Copy original ↗

13 Oct 2020

Who Gets Capitalized in a Novel?original ↗

13 Oct 2020

Paragraphing in Manuscripts for Submission original ↗

15 Sept 2020

Abbreviations in Fiction original ↗

14 Jul 2020

How to “Take Back” an Online Error original ↗

14 Jul 2020

Crediting Images at an Author Website original ↗

16 Jun 2020

Formatting Text Messages in Fiction original ↗

12 May 2020

How to Edit Blurbs original ↗

14 Apr 2020

“Had had”? Flashbacks and the Past Perfect original ↗

18 Feb 2020

When Page Numbers Don’t Help original ↗

18 Feb 2020

Numbers in Creative Writing original ↗

31 Jan 2020

2019

Do You Overstep When Editing Fiction? Three Easy Cures original ↗

20 Nov 2019

Can I Put an iPhone in My Novel?original ↗

19 Nov 2019

Preparing an Audiobook for a Narrator Who Isn’t You original ↗

15 Oct 2019

Sure, You Got A’s in English—But Do You Know Where Commas Go?original ↗

11 Sept 2019

“Hazel and I’s puppy”? When Fiction Meets Bad Grammar original ↗

8 Aug 2019

When Characters Speak: Formatting Dialogue original ↗

9 Jul 2019

Fiction+ for Creative Writers and Their Editors original ↗

23 Apr 2019

2018

Change Is Good! (Right?)original ↗

31 Dec 2018

10 New Favorite MS Word Tricks for Editors original ↗

11 Sept 2018

Life as a Copyeditor original ↗

10 Jul 2018

Is It Time to Rethink the Third-Person Author Bio?original ↗

17 Apr 2018

Am I Too Old to Copyedit? 3 Questions for Those Who Wonder original ↗

20 Mar 2018

2017

Three Social Media Habits for a Better World original ↗

19 Dec 2017

How NOT to Look at Illustrations in “The Chicago Manual of Style”original ↗

11 Oct 2017

Behind the Scenes at CMOS 17 original ↗

8 Aug 2017

Who’s a “Lazy” Copyeditor?original ↗

23 May 2017

So You Wrote a Children’s Book—What’s Next?original ↗

6 May 2017

But Is It “Wrong”?original ↗

14 Mar 2017

3 Rookie Goofs You Can Stop Making Right Now original ↗

31 Jan 2017

2016

“Dos and Don’ts”: Just Don’t original ↗

22 Nov 2016

Why Can’t a Computer Index My Book?original ↗

30 Aug 2016

Are You a Grammar Troll?original ↗

19 Jul 2016

Shortcuts in Editing (Are They Allowed?)original ↗

7 Jun 2016

Should You Attend an Editing Conference?original ↗

13 Apr 2016

But Can I Start a Sentence with “But”?original ↗

29 Mar 2016

For Freelancers: How to Set Fees original ↗

20 Jan 2016

Would You Play Scrabble with This Man?original ↗

12 Jan 2016

2015

The Editor’s Toughest Challenge original ↗

9 Dec 2015

The Danger in Drudgery original ↗

10 Nov 2015

Searching CMOS Online: Finding Your Way in “The Chicago Manual of Style”original ↗

29 Sept 2015

“Work-to-Rule”: Advice for Meeting a Deadline original ↗

27 Aug 2015

Do You Follow Grammar “Rules” You Don’t Understand?original ↗

23 Jul 2015

“I know there’s a rule . . . but where”?original ↗

23 Jun 2015

Consistency: How Much Is Too Much?original ↗

22 May 2015

Announcing . . .original ↗

6 May 2015

2013

What Copyeditors Can Learn Online (Maybe Not What You Think)original ↗

23 Oct 2013

Too Late to Learn? Helping the Reluctant with Technology original ↗

26 Jul 2013

And the Winner Is . . .original ↗

1 Apr 2013

Copyeditor Confessions: Me First original ↗

25 Mar 2013

Wannabe Editors: Can You Pass a Proofreading Test?original ↗

4 Mar 2013

An Opportunity for Word Nerds: Beta-Test the Dictionary of Regional English original ↗

25 Jan 2013

Tech Tips: Two Chores Made Easy original ↗

9 Jan 2013

2012

How Sticklers Give Copyediting a Bad Name original ↗

12 Dec 2012

For Writers: Promoting Your Book; Is There Any Point?original ↗

28 Nov 2012

Dear Carol: My Staff Is Out of Control!original ↗

20 Nov 2012

Going Up? Plan Ahead original ↗

13 Nov 2012

Getting Freelance Work: The Essentials original ↗

31 Oct 2012

On Being Offended by Language original ↗

23 Oct 2012

Away from my desk . . .original ↗

10 Oct 2012

So You Think You Know Where You’re Going?original ↗

3 Oct 2012

Dear Carol: Editing in Batches, Publisher’s Names, Is Secure Secured?original ↗

26 Sept 2012

You’ve Got the Power: For Good or Evil original ↗

19 Sept 2012

Clumsy Quoting: Spot the Problem original ↗

12 Sept 2012

Super Shortcuts to ©-§—¶…®! (Typing Popular Symbols)original ↗

5 Sept 2012

“Dear Carol: I Committed the Sin of Overediting”original ↗

29 Aug 2012

Dear Author: Your Dangler Is Showing . . .original ↗

22 Aug 2012

Let’s Make a Macro!original ↗

15 Aug 2012

Writers and Editors: Are You Shortsighted?original ↗

8 Aug 2012

The August Q&A is up . . .original ↗

2 Aug 2012

Dear Carol: How Do I Know When to Meddle?original ↗

1 Aug 2012

Too Many Eyes: When Editing Is Second-Guessed original ↗

24 Jul 2012