Category: Editing Blog
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The art of the semicolon
A favourite of poets and academics alike, the humble semicolon can be a powerful tool in your writing; if you use it well, that is.
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Explained: the difference between the em dash and en dash
There was an idyllic time in my life where I thought there was just one type of dash. It turns out that dash was, in fact, a hyphen. And what I thought was a hyphen was actually an en dash. And a long dash, the kind I’d seen in books, wasn’t a long hyphen but…
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The different types of proofreading and editing
It doesn’t take years in this industry to figure out that all too often, when you’re asked to proofread something, it’s not actually a proof it needs. What people mean most of the time is that they need line or copyediting. Then there’s developmental editing, which you’ll mostly come across in manuscripts, generally for non-fiction…
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How white is your bookshelf?
The recent events in the US have had me thinking a great deal about a lot of things, but specifically, white privilege, police brutality, and the systemic oppression of Black people not just stateside, but all over the world. Not just in 2020, but historically, century upon century. And then I started thinking about what…
Kelly Dent | Editor & Writer 