As an editor who works quite a bit in the sciences, I have had the experience several times of working with multi-language authors.

Multi-language authors were formerly called “nonnative English speakers” by me […]

October: National Book Month. Curl up on the couch with a good book.

October: National Reading Group Month. Gather a group of friends, and meet weekly to discuss a great book!

October: National Work and […]

Every editor, like every worker, needs tools. The tools may belong to the person (like mine do) or to their institution.

I became a freelance editor (and an editor, period) two years ago. Since then, I have […]

For academic and technical editors, reference management programs are like pineapple on pizza – you either love them or hate them. In the past, when a project arrived with references in EndNote or some other r […]

The posts you share on your member website are eligible to be promoted on NAIWE’s social media pages. The NAIWE Member Activity Feed is scanned each week on Member Monday, and many post titles and links are […]

It’s going to happen – you’re going to do or say something stupid. And you’re going to have to take it back.

If you’re in the public eye in any way, it’s critical that when you make a mistake, you make a […]

Unlike many writers, I actually like punctuation…to a point.

I think my fondness for punctuation began when I was a preschooler watching The Electric Company on PBS. I loved their singing and dancing and […]

We wanted to get to know Tina Glasneck (NAIWE’s Book Promotions Expert) better, so last month we sat down with her. Here is what she shared with us.

What is one thing that you learned about your craft the h […]

Many people still don’t realize that copyright does not need to be formally registered with the U.S. Copyright Office to be protected by copyright law. That said, among the benefits to registration is the right t […]

On August 25, I jumped into a crunch time which lasted until September 3.

This was my first time doing two major editing projects at once. One was a government document of over 120 pages. The other was a […]

See what you need to see in Print Layout view
When you’re editing, you might find it handy to get the headers and footers out of the way. Once you’ve checked that the header and footer have all the relevant i […]

Episode Title: Coming to grips with the characters
Welcome back! In the last blog, I talked of the basic plot for the short story, namely that of a twelve-year-old girl who is struggling to assimilate a life […]