by Tammy Ditmore | Jun 14, 2014 | Alzheimer's, Events, personal reflections, Uncategorized
Father’s Day hasn’t been an easy day for me since my father started slipping down the rabbit hole of Alzheimer’s disease. It’s not that I don’t want to celebrate my father and all the ways he worked for me and loved me; it’s just that it’s difficult to know how. I...
by Tammy Ditmore | Apr 11, 2014 | Events, Publishing
In 1996, my husband and I took our four-year-old son to the first-ever Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. The main draw for us was a chance for our son to get to meet some of the characters from his favorite PBS shows—none of us remember now which ones. The event,...
by Tammy Ditmore | Mar 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
What a great few days at the 2014 convention of the American Copy Editors Society! I was lucky enough to present a session, “Learning to Speak Scholar,” where I got a chance to share some of the things I’ve learned while working with academic writers in the past 20...
by Tammy Ditmore | Feb 20, 2014 | Editing, Language
One of the best things about working as an independent editor is the wide variety of material I get to read, and glancing back at some of the words and ideas I’ve looked up in the past few days simply makes me smile. I can’t help it; I think words are fun. This...
by Tammy Ditmore | Jan 15, 2014 | Editing, personal reflections
This week I’m marking the third anniversary of eDitmore Editorial Services, and I’m thrilled to be here. There have been ups and downs since I posted my first piece here more than three years ago, but I feel very blessed to be able to say there have been very few...
