“…you will learn to love words and their meanings.” –Kevin Spacey in Pay It Forward

As a professional editor, I, too, have learned to love words and their meanings. How do I improve my […]

NAIWE members are all listed in NAIWE’s free searchable database! Instead of just hoping for traffic, you can have the confidence that anyone can easily find your NAIWE website. You’ll be able to comm […]

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Today I would like to discuss one of my worst grammar pet peeves: the splitting of the word “another” into “a whole ‘nother” rather than “another whole.”

Example: “I need to reschedule our […]

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

What defines a source?

A source is a person with the cr […]

A week ago, I purchased a new tool that will be highly helpful in my editing. It’s an HP laptop. It was delivered to the store last Tuesday and I set it up Thursday. I’ve only used it for editing once so far, […]

On her way to work one summer morning, a beautiful young television anchorwoman vanishes without a trace. Precious little evidence remains: only her car and a few puzzling clues. Peer behind the […]

(Apologies to Melissa Manchester.)

My Zoom meeting this past week went extraordinarily well. I met, as I said last week, with a woman from my grad school alma mater. She was very enthusiastic about my work and, […]

Many publications have decided recently to capitalize the racial identifier Black. This is a perfect time to review this internal style question.

In the wake of nationwide protests over police brutality and […]

July 12: National Simplicity Day. Henry David Thoreau was born on July 12, 1817. Thoreau was an advocate for living a life of simplicity. In our busy lifestyles, National Simplicity Day is the time to take a step […]

I run three different websites with slightly different WordPress themes: my customer-facing portfolio, my freelancer-facing Dr. Freelance blog, and my publishing company for books about freelancing. Unfortunately, […]

I have come to love Zoom ever since the COVID-19 crisis hit our country. Who hasn’t?

I learned how to use it in April, when my church decided to conduct some small group Bible studies using the platform. I […]

Moses Austin was a dreamer. Much of his adult life was spent looking for the land of promise. But he never quite attained his goal. Whenever he got close to fulfilling his dream, he would lose it all. All, that […]