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Client Successes in 2022
The only thing better than working with authors is celebrating their wins. I'm thrilled to say that there were plenty of client successes in 2022 to cheer about. Sam Simon, who describes himself as being engaged in his fourth age of life, started his legal career as a...
Writing Lessons From my Dogs: Ask for Help
Winter equals snow. Especially this winter in Bend, Oregon. We went from a perfect and all-to-short-lived fall to cold temperatures and white stuff falling from the sky. My three dogs love it. In the summer, they complain about the heat and race from shadow to shadow...
How to Copyedit – Language
Now that we’ve dealt with the formatting of your manuscript, we can finally move on to how to copyedit language. I always start by running two spellchecks. The spellcheck attached to Word is much faster, but catches less than Grammarly, which the website describes as...
How to Copyedit – Formatting
Are you ready? Last week we covered copyediting basics. This week, we’re going to tackle what a lot of people would suggest handling last in a copyedit – formatting. Start by turning on Track Changes even if you’re copyediting your own manuscript. You’ll want to be...
How to Copyedit – Basics
I was recently involved in handling a copyedit for a dissertation. The daunting experience reminded me of just how complicated copyediting is. Before we get into that, let’s review copyedit basics: what a copyedit is and is not. A copyedit is not a line edit. In my...























