by Jamie Chavez | Oct 19, 2013 | Miscellany, Words & Language
We’ve been talking about lists and short fiction this week—and we’re always talking about grammar and punctuation—so I couldn’t resist leaving you with this short Short Saturday post. Who doesn’t love a bar joke? A man walks into a bar … and something unexpected...
by Jamie Chavez | Aug 22, 2013 | Your Editor Says …
When I was a kid, some of my best friends were teachers. What grade was I in when my teacher read aloud to us every day after lunch? The Story of Doctor Doolittle (by Hugh Lofting, published 1920) influenced me in many more ways than just giving me a delight for...
by Jamie Chavez | Nov 29, 2012 | Your Editor Says …
I was delighted when I happened upon this article about the ten most common errors this copyeditor (the author uses “a manuscript editor”) encounters—and she works on academic books. Oh, you mean this isn’t just my little problem? (Cue the hysterical laughter.) Or—put...
by Jamie Chavez | Nov 10, 2012 | Your Editor Says …
Some months ago I ran an article about why you shouldn’t double space after a period. The comments on the blog itself were from fellow editors and thus supportive, but the amount of angry (angry!) push-back that showed up on Facebook (my account and those of my...
by Jamie Chavez | Aug 23, 2012 | Your Editor Says …
It’s called an ellipsis, that little bit of punctuation we are all so fond of. (Yes, even me.) When there are more than one of them—and there often are—we say ellipses. As in There are ’way too many ellipses in your manuscript, my friend. Ellipse is a mathematical...
