Is there a tariff on #proofreading?
#safety #workgloves

It's so exciting when I get to unwaprd a package I've been waiting for!

Proofreading: it matters!

Sad news from the world of publishing. When will this inter-style-guide warfare end? #copyediting #proofreading
https://theonion.com/4-copy-editors-killed-in-ongoing-ap-style-chicago-manu-1819574341/

Plain weaves and twill weaves are accepted, though.

Proofreading: It matters!

Proofreading: It matters!

My #current list:

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

#proofreading
* "The Forever Play" by Katy Archer

#reading
* "When I'm Dead" by Hannah Morrissey
* "Different Seasons" by Stephen King

#listening
* "Mr. Mercedes" by Stephen King

This morning I'm sharing a brief thread on my freelance gigs, because social media sharing is good for the discoverability of these gigs and for the search algorithm within Fiverr, for better or for worse. (I'm not here to argue these points; please skip, if uninterested.)

First up, though it may require login, is my profile: https://www.fiverr.com/s/lj01yy7

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

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

Punctuation: It matters!

Those quotation marks really don't "help."

Proofreading a book with Professor Albert Gelpi in Summer 1986. #111Words #AlbertGelpi #Proofreading #Stanford #1986 #Poetry #RalphWaldoEmerson #WaltWhitman #EmilyDickinson #AdrienneRich https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/02/proofreading-book-with-professor-albert.html

Sometimes your draft just needs a little word tornado. (And maybe a Stetson hat.)

#writing #writingcommunity #humor #humour #proofreading #editing #bookstodon

Cartoon by @grantdraws

When you printed a glorious knight late at night in 1489, and woke up to notice that you forgot the lance ...

Proofreading: It matters!

New Year's resolutions for editors and proofreaders. I wrote these for AFEPI Ireland a couple of years ago; some apply more broadly to freelance or office work:

https://afepi-ireland.com/blog/new-years-resolutions-for-editors-and-proofreaders/

I wrote a last-minute blog on “Fast and Easy Winter Break #Networking” for this holiday season.

Useful for #editing, #proofreading, #freelancing, and #smallbiz peeps out there … and everyone else too. Enjoy! @edibuddies

https://pamelabarroway.com/2024/12/23/fast-and-easy-winter-break-networking/

New #comics #proofreading credits just dropped.

(from “It's All Greek!” https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/225641773/its-all-greek )

#ThreeGoodThings

~ Applied to a contract #editing / #proofreading gig with a terrific company I’d really like to get work with that pays #freelancers a living wage.

~ Made egg-in-a-hole for lunch. Yummy! (It’s something my Nana, originally from Richmond, made all the time when I was a kid.)

~ Baked THREE koginut winter squashes for my famous mashed squash and cubes apple side dish for #Thanksgiving.

Night y’all.

Yesterday I published a new biz blog post with a theme a lot of people can relate to right now. Enjoy!

“Do Something New to Get Your #Freelance #Editing Biz (and Life) Moving Forward”

#Proofreading #Writing #Freelancing #Goals #GoalSetting @edibuddies

https://pamelabarroway.com/2024/11/20/do-something-new-to-get-your-freelance-editing-biz-and-life-moving-forward/