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Dec 14, 20214 min read
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...
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Aug 9, 20215 min read
Writing concisely
Especially when writing about complex ideas, writers can struggle to create clear, straightforward, and uncomplicated sentences. Writing...
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Jul 9, 20214 min read
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....
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Jun 7, 20214 min read
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...
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Jun 7, 20214 min read
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...
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May 10, 20213 min read
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....
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Apr 13, 20214 min read
Resource list
These resources are for (aspiring) copyeditors, proofreaders, writers, copywriters, and anyone else working with language in some way. I...
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Feb 15, 20218 min read
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...
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Nov 11, 20207 min read
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...
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Oct 12, 20203 min read
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,...
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