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Well that's an interesting error 😂

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The last number of the year 1989 is trying to run away (superscript)
October 28, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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sights --> sites

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October 13, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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you are them --> you or them

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September 17, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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he beings to explain --> he begins to explain

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August 29, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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Whew. I made it to page 300 of my current copyediting project. Only 125 more pages. 🤪 (At least it's just a hundred more pages of main text and then the bibliography, which I've been checking as I go.)

I'll get there eventually.

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August 29, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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sooth --> soothe

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August 21, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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Lord's Support --> Lord's Supper

This one made me giggle. 😄
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July 28, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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Week WWO --> Week TWO

This is why we proofread. 😂

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June 1, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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forego --> forgo

Are we trying to go before something or give it up? 😊

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May 21, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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birography --> biography

Speaking of reviewing a ms. before turning it in—I always reread the footnotes/endnotes. There is so much to check in each citation that I need two passes to catch everything.
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earleditorial.bsky.social Marissa Earl @earleditorial.bsky.social · Apr 3
if --> in

This was in one of my notes, which is why I always read through my comments again before turning in a manuscript.
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April 3, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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if --> in

This was in one of my notes, which is why I always read through my comments again before turning in a manuscript.
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April 3, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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pollical --> political

I didn't even know 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 was a word, but apparently spellcheck did. 😅
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April 1, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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aide --> aid

That one usually goes the other way around, but either way, spellcheck didn't catch it. 😉

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March 30, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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lose --> loose

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March 27, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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advisories --> adversaries

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March 27, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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mailable --> malleable

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March 25, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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My very professional organization system. 😂
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The corner of my laptop covered in ragged sticky notes with chapter numbers written on them that I can cross out as I go.
September 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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It's the first day of school, so I'm back in my favorite spot at the library. 😊📚

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Selfie of me in a yellow flowered dress and my Flo mask in front of the blue library wall with a bookshelf in the background.
September 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Wow. I guess November has been so wild that I forgot to post my October summary after I made it. 😅

I have been working on more fiction than I used to, but that's been an interesting way to mix things up. And Halloween with the kids was fun. 🎃

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List of things I worked on in October. I finished up a copyedit and proofread a study guide, a crime fiction romance book, a book of short stories, and a kids picture book. I also read a few published SFF books for fun.
November 18, 2024 at 8:26 PM
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Happy October! 🎃

Here's some of what I was up to in September. Anyone else working on fun projects?

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Blue background frame with a list of things I did in September: started and ended the month copyediting nonfiction books, proofread one fiction and one nonfiction books, read some fantasy books for fun, and got the school year started.
October 2, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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I started the year with a huge copyedit, so this is very late, but happy New Year! It was fun to look more closely at my work from 2023.

I'm working on upping those copyedit numbers and maybe the fiction numbers too. Looking forward to what's to come!
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Marissa's 2023 summary: I worked on 45 books in 2023—proofread 38, copyedited 5, and beta read 2. Of those, 38 were nonfiction and 7 were fiction books.
January 11, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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negative character flaw --> character flaw

A character flaw is a negative character trait, so "negative character flaw" is redundant.

(I will say, we were talking about things seen as character flaws that aren't; no hate here.😊)
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January 10, 2024 at 1:53 AM