Monthly Archives: January 2014

Copy Editing Commandment #8: Thou Shalt Be Aware of Publishing Law

Copy editors are not expected to know the ins and outs of the law, but they are expected to recognize when a document may be violating one of the four areas of publishing law: libel, obscenity, invasion of privacy, and copyright infringement. If a problem is suspected, the copy editor should discuss the issue withContinue Reading

The Most Important Edit You’ll Do All Year

Happy New Year! I hope, like me, you’re psyched for 2014. One of the most important things I’ve done in the last couple of years is write (and edit and edit and edit) my personal mission statement. When I’m depressed or scared or plain old grumpy, I recite my mission statement to ground myself andContinue Reading