by Tammy Ditmore | Mar 3, 2013 | Editing, personal reflections, Publishing
Last summer I proofread a book that taught me a lot about aging and how small adaptations can make regular houses safer and more comfortable as we get older. Staying Power: Age-Proof Your Home for Comfort, Safety and Style by Rachel Adelson has now hit the shelves;...
by Tammy Ditmore | Feb 14, 2013 | Editing, Writing
Like most writers and editors I know, I work in Microsoft Word most of the time. And like most writers and editors I know, I have a love/hate relationship with the capital W Word program. But today, in honor of Valentine’s Day, I decided to focus on the love side. So...
by Tammy Ditmore | Jan 18, 2013 | Editing, Language
Found some advice this week that made me smile. And it came from an unlikely source—the SBL Handbook of Style: For Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies. I’m editing a book of essays on the Apostle Paul and his writings, and needed to know how...
by Tammy Ditmore | Jan 8, 2013 | Editing, Language, Writing
#Hashtag. The American Dialect Society voted last week to dub #hashtag the Word of the Year for 2012. When I first heard that news, I winced. The word seems too trendy and tech-focused. I know a lot of people who have never used Twitter and never plan to use Twitter....
by Tammy Ditmore | Jan 1, 2013 | Editing, New Year's Resolutions, personal reflections
I began 2012 with a post publicizing the resolutions I was making for myself and eDitmore Editorial Services. Today, I want to revisit those resolutions and determine how I have fared in the past 366 days. 2012: I resolve to find a way to meet with other editors and...
by Tammy Ditmore | Nov 10, 2012 | Editing, Language
Copy editing is a profession full of rules and guidelines. The first rule of editing? The rules don’t always apply. That no rules rule especially affects editors working with fiction. Colleen Barry in her “Ask Copy Curmudgeon” blog addresses this dilemma in her Friday...
