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July 20, 2018 Around Town / Editor Notes / Friday Fun / From The Editor's Desk

Coffee Shops, Caffeine, and Editing (or Writing)

Yesterday morning while scrolling social media, to glean ideas for the next (this) blog post, I came across a friend

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October 31, 2017 Did You Know ? / Editor Notes / Words

Why is there an apostrophe in Hallowe’en?

One early spelling of “Halloween” was “All Hallows’ Even (Even = evening). The “all” and “s” were dropped, “hallows’ ”

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October 24, 2017 Editor Notes / research

Research Risks via xkcd

https://www.xkcd.com/1904/   For those of you who are unaware of the existence of xkcd, what planet have you been living

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October 12, 2017 Editor Notes / Language / Word Wednesday / Words

Thursday Word of the Day: Lemma

lemma [lem-uh] noun In morphology and lexicography, a lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata) is the canonical form, dictionary form, or

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October 3, 2017 Editor Notes / From The Editor's Desk

When the Editor has Editor’s Block…

With a little bit of help from Winnie the Pooh…   …and Jack Skellington

March 26, 2016 Editor Notes / Fact-Checking / Science

Just the facts … about Fact-checking

As an editor, I enjoy expanding my knowledge and keeping my skills fresh. One never knows of the next opportunity

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February 22, 2016 Editor Notes

It’s Monday… Let’s Do This!

By the power of Kermit… whatever you are trying to accomplish today… let’s do this.  

September 24, 2014 Editor Notes

Teaching an Old Editor New Tricks… Scrivener

I love when my clients force me to learn new things as I go along for editing. I am always

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