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Lessons learned from editing my own writing (and why I haven’t hired a copyeditor… yet)
For months, I’ve been procrastinating a task on my to-do list: copyediting my own blog. I usually copyedit my posts before I publish...
Dec 14, 20214 min read
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Writing concisely
Especially when writing about complex ideas, writers can struggle to create clear, straightforward, and uncomplicated sentences. Writing...
Aug 9, 20215 min read
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Key takeaways from Copyediting Crash Course
written by Meg Miller, writer and editor I’ve been an editor for five years and a writer for design and culture publications for longer....
Jul 9, 20214 min read
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Working as collaborative translators in arts and culture
cowritten with Julia van Duijvenvoorde (Heritage in Translation) At the beginning of 2021, I started working together with Julia van...
Jun 7, 20214 min read
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Taaldienstenserie: editen, corrigeren, redigeren, nakijken…
Jij hebt een tekst en je weet dat je hulp nodig hebt met jouw tekst. Hoe weet je wat voor soort dienst je nodig hebt? Wat zijn de...
Jun 7, 20214 min read
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Handy characteristics for copyeditors
My experience with copyediting dates back to my days in high school, when I worked on the high school’s student-run literary magazine....
May 10, 20213 min read
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Resource list
These resources are for (aspiring) copyeditors, proofreaders, writers, copywriters, and anyone else working with language in some way. I...
Apr 13, 20214 min read
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Editing with style... sheets
I’ve recently discovered the beauty and utility of style sheets. For every editing project that I work on, I usually take notes on a...
Feb 15, 20218 min read
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Plain language in museums: Breaking the “dumbing-down” myth
Some of you may know me as a copyeditor and language services professional; some of you may know that I worked in museums for nearly a...
Nov 11, 20207 min read
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Language services series: Copyediting
You have a text, and you know your text needs some help. How do you know what kind of service your text needs? Proofreading, copyediting,...
Oct 12, 20203 min read
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