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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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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  7. @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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

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

    books2read.com/ap/RDLNLR/Kathy

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

    #writing #publishing

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. ❗ 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: ecnl.org/job-openings
    #Hiring #JobOpportunity #Editor #Proofreading #HumanRights

  21. "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

    ----------------------
    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.

    ----------------------
    #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

  22. Power users of pronunciation dictionaries, I have a pretty specific situation here. The person I'm proofing for uses actual space characters rather than tabs at the beginnings of his paragraphs, this results in having runs reported by text analyzer every time I get to a new paragraph. Having JAWS speak character count works, but this usually means seeing the space count at the beginning of each paragraph twice unless I turn off indentation indication. Yet, I need indentation indication to report justification levels such as centered or whether or not text is justified. I mark the ends of my sentences with one space. He marks them with two. is there a way I can make one dictionary entry that will allow me to set a sound to play when there are two spaces after colons or other other punctuation marks that normally end sentences? Or do I have to create an entry for every one of these? Just creating one for two spaces doesn't work because it gets triggered when two or more spaces in a row are encountered, so the three spaces my client uses for paragraph starters gets indicated... and we're back to square one. Help? #JAWS #JFW #JAWSForWindows #A11y #SpeechDictionaries #Blind #Screenreader #Technology #Proofreading #Editing

  23. Proofing an annual report this morning, and I came across a page heading with two (count em!) exclamation points.

    Ugh

    Seriously, people, this is an annual report, not a middle-school book report. 😳

    #xl8
    #translationfreelancer
    #languagepro
    #proofreading

  24. I made a few changes to my website – added new images, adjusted some text, changed the header, etc.

    It's a work in progress. I'm not very techy and am open to feedback if anything doesn't work or looks off to you:

    stancarey.com/

    #website #WebDesign #WordPress #freelance #copyediting #copyeditor #proofreading #proofreader #writing

  25. "Kerri :usad: :knife_lgbt:
    @digitalsnow
    Well, I'm desperate, so here we go...

    If anyone is in need of a copywriter or knows of any openings, I need a job. I've got 18 years of copywriting/copyediting/communications experience across a range of industries.

    Remote positions are preferable."

    #job #jobs #RemoteJobs #CopyWriting #Communications #Comms #hire #hiring #work #worker #role #JobOpening #publications #publishing #writing #editing #editor #proofread #proofreaders #proofreading

  26. #theuse of #AI for #proofreading and #editing has numerous #benefits, including improving the #accuracy and #quality of written #content. By incorporating #feedback and #insights from #workspace posts, we can further refine this #opinion and provide a more #nuanced perspective.

  27. #theuse of #AI for #proofreading and #editing has numerous #benefits, including improving the #accuracy and #quality of written #content. By incorporating #feedback and #insights from #workspace posts, we can further refine this #opinion and provide a more #nuanced perspective.

  28. #theuse of #AI for #proofreading and #editing has numerous #benefits, including improving the #accuracy and #quality of written #content. By incorporating #feedback and #insights from #workspace posts, we can further refine this #opinion and provide a more #nuanced perspective.

  29. #theuse of #AI for #proofreading and #editing has numerous #benefits, including improving the #accuracy and #quality of written #content. By incorporating #feedback and #insights from #workspace posts, we can further refine this #opinion and provide a more #nuanced perspective.

  30. #theuse of #AI for #proofreading and #editing has numerous #benefits, including improving the #accuracy and #quality of written #content. By incorporating #feedback and #insights from #workspace posts, we can further refine this #opinion and provide a more #nuanced perspective.

  31. Testimonials on my website from people whose writing I've copy-edited or proofread: stancarey.com/testimonials/

    If this is something you're interested in getting done, I'd love to hear from you.

    #copyeditor #proofreader #writing #WritingCommunity #copyediting #proofreading #selfpublishing #JobSearch #FediHire #GetFediHired