by Tammy Ditmore | Apr 22, 2012 | Editing, Language, personal reflections
Words have power. So says the new brochure for eDitmore Editorial Services. I was reminded of that phrase Saturday at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books because it is powerful to watch thousands of people browsing through hundreds of booths filled with words in...
by Tammy Ditmore | Feb 6, 2012 | Editing, Publishing
In the past year, I have spent hours researching the current state of publishing as I try to determine the future and the direction of eDitmore Editorial Services. And I think I can say with absolute certainty that no one can say with absolute certainty what...
by Tammy Ditmore | Jan 15, 2012 | Editing, personal reflections
Am I an editor who writes or a writer who edits? It’s a question I have pondered frequently over a long career working with words. And one that took on new meaning in the past year as I began creating my own career path through eDitmore Editorial Services. After a...
by Tammy Ditmore | Jan 1, 2012 | Editing, personal reflections
New Year’s resolutions have never been my strong suit. Well, keeping resolutions has never been my strong suit; I can make resolutions with the best of them. Nevertheless, as we begin 2012 and eDitmore enters its second year, I’m going to make a few resolutions and...
by Tammy Ditmore | May 12, 2011 | Editing, Publishing, Writing
As an editor, I spend a lot of time perfecting punctuation marks and verifying information. Determining where an author’s words end and a quote from another source begins can be one of my most difficult challenges. And yet, protecting an author from claims of...
by Tammy Ditmore | Jan 5, 2011 | Editing, personal reflections, Writing
I’ve been looking for a forum to offer up my wisdom on writing and editing for a long time. Now that I have one, I’m not quite sure where to start. So I guess I’ll try beginning at the beginning—or close to it. My mother tells me that long before I could read my...
