I have a friend who's looking for a developmental editor to help complete the process of divorcing a novel from its fanfic roots. It's a M/F romance, set in the Old West. You must be familiar with Lonesome Dove (LD: The Series and LD: The Outlaw Years).
She's a good writer. If you think this might be a project for you, let me know and I'll pass your info along!
I'm a former atmospheric chemist who became an editor after graduate school. Drifted gradually from scientific editing, to business & tech editing, to web content management.
Here are some hashtags so people can find me by interest:
#reading
#books
#editing
#edibuddies
#videoediting
#videoproduction
#horror
#MutantFam
#losangeles
#tea
#SouthBayLA
#chili
Grammarly, do you see a comma there? Does this LOOK like a nonrestrictive phrase? Okay, maybe it kinda looks like it. But it's decidedly not.
This silly app...
I get extra annoyed when I remember that people with less grammar-related training trust Grammarly. They're being misinformed.
I suppose that's why I and other #edibuddies decided to edit. We can serve writers better than any program can, and we enjoy doing it.
Calling all editors: Let's meet in San Diego in April for the national conference of ACES: The Society for Editing. #journalism #edibuddies https://editdesk.wordpress.com/2024/01/20/san-diego-aces-2024/
On this day before Thanksgiving is celebrated in the USA, I'm #grateful for my #colleagues (aka #edibuddies) around the world, my #authors around the world, & #activists who share info, helping me people as kindly as possible. May the world be good to all of you. #Bookstodon
Question for my @edibuddies
Is the use of "alleged" correct in this sentence from @washingtonpost ?
"The judge overseeing a civil trial over alleged business fraud committed by Donald Trump and his company issued a gag order in the case Tuesday barring the former president from making public comments about his court staff."
The judge already found T to have committed fraud for the past 10 years. Nothing alleged about it. Amiright? Or no?
What's your preferred style for this word?
If you're not sure, you may find this analysis helpful: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/non-life-threatening-unselfconscious-hyphens/
Looking for editorial professionals on Mastodon?
For editors, see #AmEditing #copyediting #edibuddies #editing #EditorsOfMastodon #StetWalk and @edibuddies @stetwalk.
For proofreaders, see #AmProofreading #proofreading.
For book indexers, see #AmIndexing #indexing #indexodon and @indexodon.
Editors, indexers, proofreaders (ACES/CIEP/EFA/SI), please say hi below. I’ll keep this toot pinned to help find each other. 
I've got an unexpected opening in my editing schedule starting mid-August. I'd love to fill it with:
a queer story
or an unsettling horror novel
or a multimedia or branching story
I do SFF/H, commercial/lit fic & memoir dev/line edits.
Wanna work with me? 
TanyaGold.com/contact
Wanna learn more about how I can help?
TanyaGold.com
#editor #editing #books #edibuddies @edibuddies #sff #horror #fictiob #memoir #if #comics @diversebooks @writers @bookstodon @lgbtqbookstodon
#Freelance #editor here, focusing on the biz #editing side. I do connect with other editors (and #writers too) in the #Fediverse.
I recommend using the hashtag #AmEditing and #AmWriting. Specific to editing, follow @edibuddies and the hash #edibuddies.
My new course, LaTeX for Academic Editors, is launching today: https://www.wordsbywes.ink/courses/latex-for-academic-editors/
Do you work with academic authors who use LaTeX? Have you had to turn them away because you don’t know LaTeX or aren’t comfortable working with it? Do you edit in LaTeX by moving the document to Microsoft Word?
If you answered yes to any of those, this course is for you.
#TeXLaTeX #AcademicEditng #AcademicEditors #edibuddies @edibuddies
Things I miss from working on paper manuscripts:
-Oversized rubber bands
-The smell of freshly sharpened pencils
-Flipping through the pages
-Archiving the page proofs in large boxes when the project was done
Things I don't miss:
-Dry hands
-Paper cuts
-Emptying pencil sharpeners
-Never finding that one misspelling I was sure I saw while flipping through the pages
Are you an editor from a background, culture, or community that's been historically underrepresented in publishing?
Want help making your business work better for you?
Then I hope you'll apply for the Diverse Editors for Diverse Books business coaching scholarship. I'm taking applications until June 20.
#Edibuddies! I've got a new workshop!
It's on exploring "passive" income 
You can get it now
It's short and self-paced
It's got loads of photos of my editorial assistants 
There are scholarships available
Check it out!
https://tanyagold.podia.com/passive-income
Want to learn more about memoir and how to help memoirists deliver compelling stories to their readers? Join us!
Editing Memoir starts this Friday and there are still a few spots left!
tanyagold.podia.com/editing-memoir
Thank you, Northwest Editors Guild, for having me again. 
It was wonderful to see old friends, make new ones, and learn a bunch of cool stuff. 
I'm so excited for Northwest Editors Guild's Red Pencil conference this weekend!
Are you going too? Yay! Swing by my session on exploring "passive" income and say hi!
The death of Gordon Lightfoot reminds me of a catch by a copy editor: His signature song was "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" — not "The Wreck of the Ella Fitzgerald." #journalism #edibuddies
The U.S. Copyright Office's A.I. info hub--please read + share widely!
I'm not a lawyer, this is not legal advice--just passing along the primary resource because there's a lot of confusion out there. 
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#Copyright #AI #AIArt #GenerativeAI #Books #Publishing #Bookstodon #Writers #AmWriting #Edibuddies #Editing #WritingCommunity #Writing @bookstodon
Hey, #edibuddies 
I'm running my instructor-led courses, Editing Memoir & Working with Indie Authors, in May and July
They're now both open for registration
There's a Diverse Editors for Diverse Books scholarship for each course
(And there's a course on exploring "passive" income coming in May too.)
Wanna learn more?
Editing Memoir:
https://tanyagold.podia.com/editing-memoir
Working with Indie Authors:
https://tanyagold.podia.com/working-with-indie-authors
Exploring "Passive" Income:
https://tanyagold.podia.com/passive-income
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