I don’t think there is a government in the world that has read, heard, or understood this line.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #TSElliot
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #TSElliot
September 25, 2026 at 1:03 PM
I don’t think there is a government in the world that has read, heard, or understood this line.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #TSElliot
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #TSElliot
In honor of Halloween, I present this singularly unnerving description of an intelligent psychopath and sadist.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Hannibal
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Hannibal
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In honor of Halloween, I present this singularly unnerving description of an intelligent psychopath and sadist.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Hannibal
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Hannibal
Permissions Editor—Essentially your go-to copyright Jedi, verifying copyright status and ownership of anything requiring permission to republish, such as images,
extensive excerpts from another author, poems, or song lyrics.
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
extensive excerpts from another author, poems, or song lyrics.
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
August 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Permissions Editor—Essentially your go-to copyright Jedi, verifying copyright status and ownership of anything requiring permission to republish, such as images,
extensive excerpts from another author, poems, or song lyrics.
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
extensive excerpts from another author, poems, or song lyrics.
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
I could not independently confirm the attribution or find the original context, but every writer I know has the confidence of chihuahua faced with a blizzard, so a little encouragement seemed appropriate.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #RayBradbury
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #RayBradbury
May 29, 2026 at 1:04 PM
I could not independently confirm the attribution or find the original context, but every writer I know has the confidence of chihuahua faced with a blizzard, so a little encouragement seemed appropriate.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #RayBradbury
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #RayBradbury
A reminder for all those who, like me, are struggling to build and maintain a consistent work and life schedule.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #VictoriaErickson
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #VictoriaErickson
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A reminder for all those who, like me, are struggling to build and maintain a consistent work and life schedule.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #VictoriaErickson
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #VictoriaErickson
One of the reasons I love this show is that a lot of the dialogue is like this: esoteric and alien to everyday modes of expression. English has such a wealth of language; it is a pity to waste such a trove for the sake of expediency.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Hannibal
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Hannibal
September 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
One of the reasons I love this show is that a lot of the dialogue is like this: esoteric and alien to everyday modes of expression. English has such a wealth of language; it is a pity to waste such a trove for the sake of expediency.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Hannibal
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #Hannibal
Acquisitions Editor—Works for a publisher evaluating proposals for commercial potential and to see if they fit with the publisher’s guidelines and catalogue. They develop relationships with literary agents and may contract directly with writers.
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
June 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Acquisitions Editor—Works for a publisher evaluating proposals for commercial potential and to see if they fit with the publisher’s guidelines and catalogue. They develop relationships with literary agents and may contract directly with writers.
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
Humans love to be right. Combine that with a lack of critical thought
and healthy debate, and it becomes all too easy to perceive attack in a mere disagreement.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #RalphWaldoEmerson
and healthy debate, and it becomes all too easy to perceive attack in a mere disagreement.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #RalphWaldoEmerson
July 24, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Humans love to be right. Combine that with a lack of critical thought
and healthy debate, and it becomes all too easy to perceive attack in a mere disagreement.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #RalphWaldoEmerson
and healthy debate, and it becomes all too easy to perceive attack in a mere disagreement.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #RalphWaldoEmerson
August 14, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Reading is such a unique pleasure, at once intellectual, tactile, imaginative, and challenging. Non-fiction connects you to the experts, the famous, and the dead, while fiction connects you to yourself and to the imaginary.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #YoshidoKenkō
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #YoshidoKenkō
May 8, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Reading is such a unique pleasure, at once intellectual, tactile, imaginative, and challenging. Non-fiction connects you to the experts, the famous, and the dead, while fiction connects you to yourself and to the imaginary.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #YoshidoKenkō
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #YoshidoKenkō
I think this is something that people easily forget, and it leads to a lack of media literacy that allows morally grey characters to be hailed as heroes or written off as villains when they often hover in the middle.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #ErnestHemmingway
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #ErnestHemmingway
May 15, 2026 at 1:03 PM
I think this is something that people easily forget, and it leads to a lack of media literacy that allows morally grey characters to be hailed as heroes or written off as villains when they often hover in the middle.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #ErnestHemmingway
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #ErnestHemmingway
Sniglet, noun
any word that should appear in the dictionary but doesn’t.
Origin: Coined by comedian Rich Hall, who published a book of them.
In a sentence: I’ve got a new sniglet out of this vacation: holidon’t.
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEdits
any word that should appear in the dictionary but doesn’t.
Origin: Coined by comedian Rich Hall, who published a book of them.
In a sentence: I’ve got a new sniglet out of this vacation: holidon’t.
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEdits
July 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sniglet, noun
any word that should appear in the dictionary but doesn’t.
Origin: Coined by comedian Rich Hall, who published a book of them.
In a sentence: I’ve got a new sniglet out of this vacation: holidon’t.
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEdits
any word that should appear in the dictionary but doesn’t.
Origin: Coined by comedian Rich Hall, who published a book of them.
In a sentence: I’ve got a new sniglet out of this vacation: holidon’t.
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEdits
The other half is often an RP British accent, but an eclectic vocabulary
will do!
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #PatrickRothfuss
will do!
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #PatrickRothfuss
February 20, 2026 at 2:04 PM
The other half is often an RP British accent, but an eclectic vocabulary
will do!
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #PatrickRothfuss
will do!
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #PatrickRothfuss
Sensitivity Reader—A person who reads a manuscript with a focus on the depiction of characters and themes related to a specific lived experience that falls within their area of expertise, such as race, class, nationality, or disability.
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
June 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Sensitivity Reader—A person who reads a manuscript with a focus on the depiction of characters and themes related to a specific lived experience that falls within their area of expertise, such as race, class, nationality, or disability.
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
Velleity, noun
plural velleities
1: the lowest degree of volition
2: a slight wish or tendency : Inclination
In a sentence: You’re being overly optimistic if you think that his desire to do this is anything more than velleity.
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEdits
plural velleities
1: the lowest degree of volition
2: a slight wish or tendency : Inclination
In a sentence: You’re being overly optimistic if you think that his desire to do this is anything more than velleity.
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEdits
August 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Velleity, noun
plural velleities
1: the lowest degree of volition
2: a slight wish or tendency : Inclination
In a sentence: You’re being overly optimistic if you think that his desire to do this is anything more than velleity.
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEdits
plural velleities
1: the lowest degree of volition
2: a slight wish or tendency : Inclination
In a sentence: You’re being overly optimistic if you think that his desire to do this is anything more than velleity.
#WednesdayWordOfTheWeek #Vocabulary #Words #InkhornEdits
Rereading allows you to see things you didn't before, catch foreshadowing you missed, and appreciate the structure and minutiae that went into it. It also lets you to meet the book with a mind and heart reshaped by experience and pull new meaning from it.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #InkhornEdits #C.S.Lewis
#QuoteOfTheWeek #InkhornEdits #C.S.Lewis
September 4, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Rereading allows you to see things you didn't before, catch foreshadowing you missed, and appreciate the structure and minutiae that went into it. It also lets you to meet the book with a mind and heart reshaped by experience and pull new meaning from it.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #InkhornEdits #C.S.Lewis
#QuoteOfTheWeek #InkhornEdits #C.S.Lewis
I'm shifting my focus to longer content. The quote and vocabulary posts will continue, as will article shares, but otherwise, I'm going to be posting less as I work on the blog I'll be launching later this year. Stay tuned for updates!
#updates #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
#updates #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
November 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I'm shifting my focus to longer content. The quote and vocabulary posts will continue, as will article shares, but otherwise, I'm going to be posting less as I work on the blog I'll be launching later this year. Stay tuned for updates!
#updates #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
#updates #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
Yet another reason for disliking crowds and staying at home!
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #TerryPratchett
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #TerryPratchett
September 18, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Yet another reason for disliking crowds and staying at home!
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #TerryPratchett
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #TerryPratchett
I’ve been slowly going through this game for a while, and it’s full of great lines and dark humor. This one was too deliciously unsettling not to share!
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #SlayThePrincess
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #SlayThePrincess
June 5, 2026 at 1:04 PM
I’ve been slowly going through this game for a while, and it’s full of great lines and dark humor. This one was too deliciously unsettling not to share!
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #SlayThePrincess
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #SlayThePrincess
Manuscript Evaluation—High-level analysis of a manuscript's structure, plot, character development, story elements, mechanics, and genre conformity. Differs from a developmental edit in being much less detailed.
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
August 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Manuscript Evaluation—High-level analysis of a manuscript's structure, plot, character development, story elements, mechanics, and genre conformity. Differs from a developmental edit in being much less detailed.
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
Copyediting—A copy editor goes over mechanical elements such as spelling, grammar, punctuation, and hyphenation; enforces consistency and the chosen style guide; and corrects citations. From there, it varies a lot!
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #copyediting #InkhornEdits
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #copyediting #InkhornEdits
July 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Copyediting—A copy editor goes over mechanical elements such as spelling, grammar, punctuation, and hyphenation; enforces consistency and the chosen style guide; and corrects citations. From there, it varies a lot!
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #copyediting #InkhornEdits
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #copyediting #InkhornEdits
Applicable to all fields of endeavor, not just the sciences. Bad, clumsy, derivative, and immature art is simply the steppingstone to better work. A disaster should be a cause for learning, not self-castigation.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #WPNorthrup
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #WPNorthrup
June 26, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Applicable to all fields of endeavor, not just the sciences. Bad, clumsy, derivative, and immature art is simply the steppingstone to better work. A disaster should be a cause for learning, not self-castigation.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #WPNorthrup
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #WPNorthrup
Lines like this encapsulate the very best and, for me, rarest part of reading: that swooping, bright-eyed wonder as your imagination takes flight, and just for a moment, all things are possible.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #EdenPhilpotts
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #EdenPhilpotts
September 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Lines like this encapsulate the very best and, for me, rarest part of reading: that swooping, bright-eyed wonder as your imagination takes flight, and just for a moment, all things are possible.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #EdenPhilpotts
#QuoteOfTheWeek #quotes #InkhornEdits #EdenPhilpotts
Book coach—Similar to a fitness coach, but for writing. Answers questions, creates work plans, cheers you on, and holds you accountable. It’s tailored support for each writer’s project/journey.
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
September 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Book coach—Similar to a fitness coach, but for writing. Answers questions, creates work plans, cheers you on, and holds you accountable. It’s tailored support for each writer’s project/journey.
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
#EditingTerms #writing #editing #InkhornEdits
Reading isn't mere entertainment, it's connection. Books connect us to other humans. Technology has us more isolated than at any other point in history, and generative AI threatens to cut off yet another point of connection from our lonely species.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #InkhornEdits #WilliamNicholson
#QuoteOfTheWeek #InkhornEdits #WilliamNicholson
June 19, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Reading isn't mere entertainment, it's connection. Books connect us to other humans. Technology has us more isolated than at any other point in history, and generative AI threatens to cut off yet another point of connection from our lonely species.
#QuoteOfTheWeek #InkhornEdits #WilliamNicholson
#QuoteOfTheWeek #InkhornEdits #WilliamNicholson