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That moment when you notice a typo in the 7th book you’ve proofed that has been in all 6 previous books 😅

#TTRPG #StoryGames #Proofreading #Praxis #BlackMonk #BlackMonkCholera #PbtA

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I have made a translation of a Venetian letter from 1576, written during one of the worst plague epidemics ever to hit Venice, and I'm looking for proof-readers of the English text.

The letter is a first-hand eyewitness account of a very severe plague epidemic in Venice, written by a person in the middle of the storm. It describes how the plague arrived, how the state and the population reacted, and what was done to counter the epidemic.

#Venice #Plague #HelpNeeded #ProofReading #History

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Note to self: Don't eat at Sweeties!

#weird #signs #proofreading #matters #humor #humour

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@upworthy.com Poor Journalism in that you've got 'Grease' mis-spelt at the top of the page. Or was that an AI thing you forgot to correct? #badjournalism #proofreading

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My #current list: :blobcatbook:

#editing
* "Tommy" by S.J. Rowe
* Assessing submissions to Hot Tree Publishing

#proofreading
* "Mr. Almost Perfect" by M.A. Foster

#reading
* "The Woman in Cabin 10" by Ruth Ware
* "Behind Her Eyes" by Sarah Pinborough

My #current list: :blobcatbook:

#editing
* "Law" by S.J. Rowe
* Assessing submissions to Hot Tree Publishing

#proofreading
* "Mr. Almost Perfect" by M.A. Foster

#reading
* "The Devil Wears Prada" by Lauren Weisberger

Prompts I use - Agentic Engineering Patterns - Simon Willison simonwillison.net/guides/agentic… #AI #prompts #AltText #proofreading

My #current list: :blobcatbook:

#editing
* "Law" by S.J. Rowe
* Assessing submissions to Hot Tree Publishing

#proofreading
* "Mr. Almost Perfect" by M.A. Foster

#reading
* "When the Wolf Comes Home" by Nat Cassidy

#listening
* "The Gate of the Feral Gods" by Matt Dinniman

My #current list: :blobcatbook:

#editing
* "Daycare Shadows" by MariaLisa deMora
* Assessing submissions to Hot Tree Publishing

#proofreading
* "Mr. Almost Perfect" by M.A. Foster

#reading
* "All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women’s Bodies and Why It Matters Today" by Elizabeth Comen

#listening
* "The Gate of the Feral Gods" by Matt Dinniman

@ianRobinson have you considered human proofreaders? #fedihired #proofreading #editing

3/ So #proofreading fertig. 382 Kommentare. Werden mit #docloop von #paperhive zu #github rübergeschaufelt und dort zu issues. Die arbeite ich jetzt ab. Buch dann vielleicht noch im Februar. #LanguageScienePress

My #current list: :blobcatbook:

#editing
* Assessing submissions to Hot Tree Publishing

#proofreading
* "Just One Kiss" by Christina Tetreault

#reading
* "Carl's Doomsday Scenario" by Matt Dinniman

Dear fellow author I am currently reading -- it is fazed, not phased. It is retched, not wretched. If you know you can't spell, get someone who can to check your work. #spelling #proofreading

My #current list: :blobcatbook:

#editing
* "A Tide of Tales and Torment" by Cas E. Crowe
* Assessing submissions to Hot Tree Publishing

#proofreading
* "The Holiday Play" by Katy Archer

#reading
* "Wild Dark Shore" by Charlotte McConaghy

#listening
* "Calico Confusion" by Katherine Hayton

#DRM now enabled on #Amazon - #books always available on multiple platforms and formats!

https://books2read.com/ap/RDLNLR/Kathy-Bryson

also did another round #proofreading (🤦 🙄 ) & added alt text to illustrations! What did you do to get set up for 2026?

#writing #publishing

Words¹ misspelled² so often, even in edited text, that my copy-editor's heart does a little happy dance when I see them spelled appropriately:

ad nauseam, complement, its, just deserts, led, minuscule, principle, supersede

¹ In a broad sense, to include phrases.
² The descriptivist in me protests the implicit judgement, but "spelled in a nonstandardized way" is on the wordy side for a throwaway Mastodon post.

#language #spelling #words #EnglishUsage #editing #copyediting #proofreading

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My #current list: :blobcatbook:

#editing
* Assessing submissions to Tangled Tree Publishing & Hot Tree Publishing

#proofreading
* "Fight for Us" by Sophia Quinn

#reading
* "The Haunting of Paynes Hollow" by Kelley Armstrong
* "Advent" by Daniel Pyle
* "The Xmas Day Butcher" by Spencer Guerrero

Editing catch of the day:

A reference to Chico in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" is now a reference to Chico in "A Fistful of Dollars". A good reminder of the always-look-it-up principle

#AmEditing #copyediting #proofreading #editing

❗ Experienced editor/proofreader (5+ yrs experience in reviewing analytical reports, civic freedoms terminology) wanted for the Monitoring Action for Civic Space (#MACS) project.

📖 You will review 7 country reports to ensure clarity, consistency, accuracy, and alignment with our standards.

💡 Our goal is to advance democratic rights and European values by empowering civil society.
Apply by 8 December: https://ecnl.org/job-openings
#Hiring #JobOpportunity #Editor #Proofreading #HumanRights

"The following groups of words illustrate variations in spelling that may occur in roots or inflectional endings of related words in different parts of speech."

Spelling and Vocabulary for the Secretary
by Long, Tillett, and Woodbridge
for Katharine Gibbs School, New York

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After I became a proofreader, my dad gave me this reference book, which belonged to my grandmother who I never met. She traveled to New York to attend Katharine Gibbs School in the 1930s and later became a chief administrator at Duke Hospital.

She must have used this book quite often. It is worn and filled with her handwritten notes. I wish I could have connected with her as a fellow word nerd.

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#page42 #pagina42 #hashtaggames
• Grab the nearest book.
• Turn to page 42.
• Find the 2nd sentence.
• Post the sentence in a toot with the hashtag and write the rules as a comment to it.
• Don't look for your favorite, coolest or wittiest book. Go for the closest.
• Don’t forget the hashtags.

#proofreading #spelling #secretary #bookstodon #book