Editing

How Many Books Do You Read a Week?

Carole Baron | Posted 10.19.2009 | Books

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Carole Baron

My only regret sometimes is that I read so many unpublished works that are submitted to me as an editor, that I don't have time to read all the published books that interest me. But I try, how I try...

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Remixing the Book

Hugh McGuire | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books

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Hugh McGuire

Writers will probably always want to keep control of their work, but who is to say that the particular collaboration between a writer and her editor results in the best possible book?

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National Punctuation Day: Take The Huffington Post Punctuation Quiz!

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 11.24.2009 | Home

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Today, friends, is National Punctuation Day, "a celebration of the lowly comma, correctly used quotes, and other proper uses of periods, semicolons, a...

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New York Times CorrectionWatch: Brilliant Idea Was Totally Bogus

Melissa Kirsch | Posted 05.14.2009 | Media

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Melissa Kirsch

I tend to think if it's in the Times, it's true. Is this latest gaffe indicative of the breakdown of editorial process in the Age of the Blog?

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"Jailhouse Talk"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living

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Jerry Zezima

I knew it was only a matter of time before my journalistic crimes landed me in jail. I just didn't think I would end up on Rikers Island.

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The Problem With Online Job Boards

Sophie Brickman | Posted 02.18.2009 | Style

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Sophie Brickman

Job headline: "An Int'l Moving Company searching for a professional writer." A moving company of... ideas? I click on this link in Craigslist's "Writing/Editing" job section.

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