along with some comments on the world of a freelance editor
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My name is Bob Land. I am a full-time freelance editor and proofreader, and occasional indexer. This blog is my website.
You'll find my rate sheet and client list here, as well as musings on the life of a freelancer; editing, proofreading, and indexing concerns and issues; my ongoing battles with books and production; and the occasional personal revelation.
Feel free to contact me directly with additional questions: landondemand@gmail.com.
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Saturday, October 31, 2015
Pity the Author Didn't Learn to Spell While There
"I taught—and learned to teach effectively—at Such-and-So Middle School in Tuscon, Arizona."
Sunday, October 25, 2015
For All You Self-Publishers Out There: CreateSpace
Bob, I just sent
book out last night and it's due to arrive on Tuesday (I
couldn't bring myself to spend $45 for Monday!) As a product of CreateSpace, it is all you said it
would likely be; in short, stunningly disappointing and defective in just about
every way. (In my own defense, I tried hard to get our team to go to
another publisher; the numbers were just too good for CS.) If you would
like to point out any defects, feel free, and we will try to fix the ones we
can.
Their margin of
error is a whopping 1/8 inch, so bindings almost all off center, the books are
all wavy, the cover stays open after a single perusal and bends skyward, the
bold of one author’s story bleeds too much (we are going to use a different
typeface; if you have any recommendations of other ways, typefaces to set his
story off, they are most welcome), and our designer said the back print job is
worse than the local Kinko's would do. Other than that, pretty good inside,
except the color is stark white, so we are going to try to change to a cream or
beige.
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Hometown Gets No Respect
Myrna and Harvey Frommer argue that the general practice in New York City politics was to run, for the slots of mayor, comptroller, and president of the city council, one man from the Bronx, one from Manhattan, and one from Brooklyn, one Irish, one Jewish, and one Italian. Residents of Staten Island and Queens, women, and people from other ethnic or racial groups were decidedly and deliberately left out. [emphasis added]
Some Things Never Change
From the Jim Crow era, but just as true today:
As the Washington Evening Star put it, “It must be viewed as one of the ironies of history that the Confederacy, which was never able to capture Washington during the course of that war, now holds it as a helpless pawn."
As the Washington Evening Star put it, “It must be viewed as one of the ironies of history that the Confederacy, which was never able to capture Washington during the course of that war, now holds it as a helpless pawn."
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Well, You Know I'm Not Watching College Football
Today’s project:
"From 1962 to 1964, he was in the U.S. Army and served as an
aide to the commanding general of the Military District of Washington. A social
aide to President John F. Kennedy, [Richard] Lipsey was the only nonmedical
attendee to oversee the president’s autopsy."
I wonder, How is he still alive?
I wonder, How is he still alive?
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Ripped from the headlines:
"E! and other celebrity news media said on Friday that Odom
had opened his eyes, saw Kardashian at his bedside and uttered a few words
before falling back to sleep."
Headline, LandonDemand News Service:
"Oh, Christ, I’m Not Dead Yet?”
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[I believe I have overcome the white Gmail background. Must be a mistake.]
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Sounding It Out
I don't often copyedit with an ear toward a book being read aloud, but I just couldn't let slide an all-encompassing reference to the Judeo-Christian deity as "s/he/it."
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