"Freelance
Escaping into the jungle during a surprise coup attempt, an ex-soldier and a disgraced journalist must work together with a cunning dictator to escape."

Huh?
#Netflix #AdCopy #Advertising #ProofReading

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:

https://stancarey.com/

My #current list:

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

#proofreading
* "The Surprise Play" by Katy Archer

#reading
* "The Lamb" by Lucy Rose

I want to #work with [you] people in the #Fediverse !
Translating your articles, #proofreading your #writing, doing #research for your video essay on a 20th century philosophical school, teach you one or two #languages, doing admin for your educational non-profit, exchanging broader knowledge around politics, humanities, literature, helping sell you woodcarving art pieces...
but above all I want to make #art and creative things with you.

I run out of options and ressources to find "normal" work IRL where I live, or escaping to study in Europe,
and it is in part because I had already started being too influenced by people on here to be able to continue accepting the dire conditions offered in my immediate environment,
but also, I joined here because I did not really belong in said environment already.
so the thing is, I can only do the things listed remotely, online, for now.

Anyone interested?
#translation #job #jobsearch

Attention Authors!

I have openings for all levels of editing in July and August!

https://www.hottreeediting.com

Secure your spot today by reaching out to Donna via email!

"Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations."
https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/springer-nature-book-on-machine-learning-is-full-of-made-up-citations/

PS: Will this kind of slipshod practice decline on its own? Or does it require public shaming? I don't know. But I'm grateful to @retractionwatch for turning on its spotlight.

Looking for a human translator to convey your human words to a human audience? Maybe that's me!

I translate from Swedish, French, Norwegian and Danish into English (mainly UK but US possible depending on the text - I also work with a USian translator as a team where required). I'm a full Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting for both Swedish and French.

I'm also an Intermediate Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading – in other words, I offer proofreading/editing/copyediting services too.

Oh, and copywriting!

I work on everything from press releases through sustainability reports to novels. Particularly fond of archaeology/history (got to get use from my MA somehow) and personal development, but really I'm interested in almost everything and translation allows me to be a nerd about all kinds of things.

The subjects I *don't* do are legal, financial and medical.

#comissionsopen
#getfedihired
#translation
#copywriting
#proofreading
#editing
#archaeology
#PersonalDevelopment

I feel like this needs a pic, so here are two of my three cats looking comfy (if a bit warm).

Spent the entire day post-proofing my wife's new book. No shade on the original proof-reader! We all see different things, and some of the things I've seen are due to me knowing the story in advance, so I can suggest changes that are clarity-enhancing for readers, knowing what they were expected to get out of a passage.
Anyway, job done now until the beginning of next month when I need to format it into the ePub and paperback layouts.
#IndieAuthor #ProofReading #IndiePublishing @bookstodon

Here's a strange one:

After a friendly exchange with a former client (I'm a freelance copy-editor and proofreader), I visited their website and found that they now also copy-edit and proofread and are *using my writing, from my website, as their own, on their website*.

Entire sentences and paragraphs are identical. It's been like this for years. And this from someone I helped earn a doctorate.

What to do?

Interesting case of false attraction in this BBC Sport article, where reversing the syntax of "certain doors swing open" puts the verb beside singular "that" and draws the error (which has since been corrected).

I wrote about this problem here: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/grammatical-disagreement-through-false-attraction/

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!

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.

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 ...