Found an erroneously bolded period 💅 #AmProofreading
May 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Found an erroneously bolded period 💅 #AmProofreading
Typo of the day: ½ cup (120 ml) heaving whipping cream.
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December 10, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Typo of the day: ½ cup (120 ml) heaving whipping cream.
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Well, that's an unfortunate line break. #AmProofreading
August 12, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Well, that's an unfortunate line break. #AmProofreading
Proofreading catch of the day: a text box that had somehow been rotated by –0.25°. #AmProofreading
June 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Proofreading catch of the day: a text box that had somehow been rotated by –0.25°. #AmProofreading
quadruped ➡️ quadrupled #AmProofreading
May 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
quadruped ➡️ quadrupled #AmProofreading
It appears my most boring talent is spotting italic full points in pdfs. #AmProofreading
January 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It appears my most boring talent is spotting italic full points in pdfs. #AmProofreading
I'm doing some proofreading and checking end-of-line breaks, and I just remembered that Merriam-Webster no longer shows hyphenation. 😑
Dictionary.com doesn't show hyphenation either, so I guess I'm off to the American Heritage Dictionary.
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Dictionary.com doesn't show hyphenation either, so I guess I'm off to the American Heritage Dictionary.
#AmEditing #AmProofreading
April 3, 2026 at 7:19 PM
I'm doing some proofreading and checking end-of-line breaks, and I just remembered that Merriam-Webster no longer shows hyphenation. 😑
Dictionary.com doesn't show hyphenation either, so I guess I'm off to the American Heritage Dictionary.
#AmEditing #AmProofreading
Dictionary.com doesn't show hyphenation either, so I guess I'm off to the American Heritage Dictionary.
#AmEditing #AmProofreading
August 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I swear I did not plan this, but the final endnote in my forthcoming book "The Conscious Style Guide" is about the word "fuck."
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January 15, 2024 at 9:22 PM
I swear I did not plan this, but the final endnote in my forthcoming book "The Conscious Style Guide" is about the word "fuck."
#AmEditing #AmProofreading #AmReading
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Hey, Adobe, you know what would save me time? Not having to click to get rid of this pop-up every damn time I open a file.
Okay, rant over.
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Okay, rant over.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Hey, Adobe, you know what would save me time? Not having to click to get rid of this pop-up every damn time I open a file.
Okay, rant over.
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Okay, rant over.
#AmProofreading
Yesterday I was in Glasgow (well, virtually!) at #CIEP2023; today I'm in 18th century Madrid! #AmProofreading #LoveMyJob
September 12, 2023 at 9:17 AM
Yesterday I was in Glasgow (well, virtually!) at #CIEP2023; today I'm in 18th century Madrid! #AmProofreading #LoveMyJob
Got my page proofs today! So excited to share these stories with you all in the spring! #narrativenonfiction #amproofreading
November 14, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Got my page proofs today! So excited to share these stories with you all in the spring! #narrativenonfiction #amproofreading
Thinking about a Roman army true crime show. Could call it 'Only Murders in the Vicus'
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February 16, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Thinking about a Roman army true crime show. Could call it 'Only Murders in the Vicus'
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#AmProofreading
October 1, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Thanks to @nadiageageapupa.bsky.social for inviting me to come talk about the book and editing/proofreading comics!
#AmEditing #AmProofreading #Comics #GraphicNovels
#AmEditing #AmProofreading #Comics #GraphicNovels
🦸♀️✨ Final Episode Alert! ✨🦸♂️
💥 Don’t miss the season finale of The Editor’s Half Hour podcast, featuring an epic interview with @madeleinevasaly.com, author of “The Proofreader’s Guide to Comic Book Style.”
📗 comicbookstyle.com
YouTube: youtu.be/GZeeYiFFLx8?...
💥 Don’t miss the season finale of The Editor’s Half Hour podcast, featuring an epic interview with @madeleinevasaly.com, author of “The Proofreader’s Guide to Comic Book Style.”
📗 comicbookstyle.com
YouTube: youtu.be/GZeeYiFFLx8?...
Episode 24: The Proofreader's Guide to Comic Book Style | The Editor's Half Hour Podcast
YouTube video by Pique Publishing, Inc.
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December 1, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Thanks to @nadiageageapupa.bsky.social for inviting me to come talk about the book and editing/proofreading comics!
#AmEditing #AmProofreading #Comics #GraphicNovels
#AmEditing #AmProofreading #Comics #GraphicNovels
Just caught a "lay" that should be "laid" yassss #AmProofreading #AmEditing
April 10, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Just caught a "lay" that should be "laid" yassss #AmProofreading #AmEditing
Some acceptable (per Collegiate) word breaks I hate #AmProofreading
May 20, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Some acceptable (per Collegiate) word breaks I hate #AmProofreading
Proofreading tip: if a document contains the word 'public', search for 'pubic', just in case.
I'm proofreading a sustainability report and just got to the word 'public', which is my warning sign to run a search for editing's most notorious typo. So I thought I'd remind you, too.
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I'm proofreading a sustainability report and just got to the word 'public', which is my warning sign to run a search for editing's most notorious typo. So I thought I'd remind you, too.
#AmProofreading
April 14, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Proofreading tip: if a document contains the word 'public', search for 'pubic', just in case.
I'm proofreading a sustainability report and just got to the word 'public', which is my warning sign to run a search for editing's most notorious typo. So I thought I'd remind you, too.
#AmProofreading
I'm proofreading a sustainability report and just got to the word 'public', which is my warning sign to run a search for editing's most notorious typo. So I thought I'd remind you, too.
#AmProofreading
Winnie the Pooh ----> Winnie-the-Pooh
Evergreen tip: Check names. Even if you "know" it's right. Because sometimes it's not.
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Evergreen tip: Check names. Even if you "know" it's right. Because sometimes it's not.
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September 1, 2023 at 2:30 PM
Winnie the Pooh ----> Winnie-the-Pooh
Evergreen tip: Check names. Even if you "know" it's right. Because sometimes it's not.
#AmEditing #AmProofreading
Evergreen tip: Check names. Even if you "know" it's right. Because sometimes it's not.
#AmEditing #AmProofreading
There's nothing like writing a whole book on editing and proofreading to really hammer home that Muphry's Law is real. #AmEditing #AmProofreading en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%...
Muphry's law - Wikipedia
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October 7, 2024 at 7:41 PM
There's nothing like writing a whole book on editing and proofreading to really hammer home that Muphry's Law is real. #AmEditing #AmProofreading en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%...
New favourite typo: a discussion of a literary character’s ‘rustworthiness’. I love the image that gives me!
#AmProofreading #NonFiction
#AmProofreading #NonFiction
November 19, 2024 at 10:18 AM
New favourite typo: a discussion of a literary character’s ‘rustworthiness’. I love the image that gives me!
#AmProofreading #NonFiction
#AmProofreading #NonFiction
One instance of "lighting" instead of "lightning" (which appeared 14 times) got by me and multiple other people in a document about to go to print. I caught it on my second proofread, which this client almost never asks for. #AmEditing #AmProofreading #WhenSpellCheckWontHelp
January 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
One instance of "lighting" instead of "lightning" (which appeared 14 times) got by me and multiple other people in a document about to go to print. I caught it on my second proofread, which this client almost never asks for. #AmEditing #AmProofreading #WhenSpellCheckWontHelp
April 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
In the book I'm proofreading, the trees do not wither but whither...
#AmProofreading #SpellcheckCannotSaveYou
#AmProofreading #SpellcheckCannotSaveYou
January 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
In the book I'm proofreading, the trees do not wither but whither...
#AmProofreading #SpellcheckCannotSaveYou
#AmProofreading #SpellcheckCannotSaveYou
Editors Canada invited me to share some tips for prose proofreaders thinking about working on their first comics project.
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An Introduction to Proofreading Comics - The Editors' Weekly
Madeleine Vasaly describes standard editorial conventions and the markup tools used in proofreading comics.
blog.editors.ca
May 16, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Editors Canada invited me to share some tips for prose proofreaders thinking about working on their first comics project.
#AmEditing #AmProofreading
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