by Tammy Ditmore | Feb 3, 2026 | Editing
The Harlem Hellfighters was one of the most highly decorated American units in World War I. They spent more time in continuous combat than any similar American unit: 191 days on the front lines and suffered more losses than any other American regiment, with more than...
by Tammy Ditmore | Feb 2, 2026 | Editing
What is Black History month? It was originally founded as Negro History Week in 1926 by Dr. Carter G. Woodson to help promote and preserve information about African American life, history, and culture to the global community. The second week of February was first...
by Tammy Ditmore | Feb 1, 2026 | Editing
In 2025, I decided at the last second that I was going to try to post something on my Facebook account every day for Black History Month. Honestly, I was expecting that it would be easy to find things online that I could repost without much effort. When it turned out...
by Tammy Ditmore | May 28, 2025 | Editing, Publishing
One of the most rewarding moments as an editor is receiving a copy of a finished book from an author I worked with months ago. And it’s a special treat when the book is as enjoyable as Melissa Carter’s Facing Inward. If I told you a book that this is a...
by Tammy Ditmore | Jan 17, 2025 | Events, personal reflections
Over the past ten days, horribly destructive fires in Southern California have been in all the headlines, and friends and family from around the country have contacted me, wanting to know if we are okay. Many of them have only a rudimentary idea of where we live or...
by Tammy Ditmore | Dec 16, 2022 | personal reflections
Eleven years with a gem of a dog still doesn’t feel long enough.
by Tammy Ditmore | Jun 1, 2022 | personal reflections
I don’t think there are many people outside my family who made a bigger impact on my life than Charlie Marler, who passed away last week in Abilene, Texas. Decades after my last journalism class with him, I hear his voice in my ear when I write, and sometimes I...
by Tammy Ditmore | Sep 11, 2021 | Editing, Events, personal reflections
I’ve been watching lots of 9/11 documentaries in the past few weeks, and the images are still searing, even 20 years later. Passenger jetliners plow directly into skyscrapers. Fireballs, plumes of smoke, bloodied pedestrians streaming out of the Twin Towers as...
by Tammy Ditmore | Jan 24, 2021 | Editing
Ten years ago this month, I first sat down to work under the (virtual) banner of eDitmore Editorial Services. I was excited and nervous, unsure if I would be able to sustain the effort for even ten months. But here I am in 2021, still tracking changes under that same...
by Tammy Ditmore | Oct 2, 2019 | Editing
Most days I spend my work days in front of a computer, my workplace interactions limited to email or the occasional phone call. But on Monday, October 7, I’m going to be talking about editing to a real audience of writers. I’ll be speaking to the Ventura...
