A few months ago, I wrote a short post called “Crimes Against the Humanities” that included a list of appalling assaults on good writing committed in a recently published bestseller. Last week, I finished editing another title in which the English language, common sense, and storytelling itself all took a brutal pummeling. There are two [...]
Speaking of the lost art of editing… The other day, a publishing friend of mine sent me the title page from a book she found on her boss’s shelf. (Look closely now. Or at least more closely than the editor did.) Also, here’s the pile of books I have to proofread this month:
I just came across a guest post called “Do Editors Edit Anymore?” by Caroline Tolley on the blog Writer Unboxed. Her piece is a superb analysis of the state of editing today, and it has prompted me to post one of my own that I’ve been meaning to write for some time. (Read Caroline’s post [...]
