Carol Fisher Saller
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Peoria, Illinois, The United States
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The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago
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2009
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What Editors Do: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing
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2017
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But Can I Start a Sentence with "But"?: Advice from the Chicago Style Q&A
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2016
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Eddie's War
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2011
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Moonlight Blogger
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2011
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Katy's story is one of unbelievable trauma, and Lederman doesn't hold back recounting the anger, grief, and tears. The story doesn't end with a roses and unicorns and happy songs. But it does end with hope, and choosing life, and the conviction that ...more | |
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This book is a careful and effective blend of the historical, political, and personal. Because the author made friends and participated in the Mexico City punk scene herself, her account of how punk relates to anarchism is firmly rooted both in schol ...more | |
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Clifford Garstang is a wonderful writer. Oliver's Travels captures to a T the earnest awkwardness of a young person's immature intellectual gropings as they're introduced to the big philosophical questions of life. If you've been through it yourself ...more | |
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“Knowing how to tinker with a broken piece of prose until it hums is a source of contentment known by all who have mastered a worthy craft.”
― The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago
― The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago
“In editing, as in life, I have found "We can discuss this" to be a reliably effective suggestion. Sometimes the other party thinks, "Oh, well, since I have a choice, I'll let it go," and sometimes, "Omigod-she wants to discuss this endlessly. I'd rather just let it go.”
― The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago
― The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago
“Knowing how to tinker with a broken piece of prose until it hums is a source of contentment known by all who have mastered a worthy craft.”
― The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago
― The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago
“In editing, as in life, I have found "We can discuss this" to be a reliably effective suggestion. Sometimes the other party thinks, "Oh, well, since I have a choice, I'll let it go," and sometimes, "Omigod-she wants to discuss this endlessly. I'd rather just let it go.”
― The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago
― The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago
“Over my entire career in editing, I don't think I've encountered more than half a dozen difficult authors. By "difficult," I mean a writer who simply does not want changes made to his manuscript and is not even prepared to discuss them. We know the stereotypes: The hotshot journalist jealous of every comma. The poet who claims that his misspellings and eccentric punctuation are inspired. Assistant professors writing a first book for tenure are notorious for their inflexibility, and understandably so: their futures are at stake. They take editing personally; red marks on their manuscripts are like little stab wounds. And then there are vain authors who quarrel when we lowercase their job titles, who want their photos plastered all over the piece or their
names in larger type. And don't get me started on writers who don't know what they're talking about, writers who are your boss, writers who are former high school English teachers.”
― The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago
names in larger type. And don't get me started on writers who don't know what they're talking about, writers who are your boss, writers who are former high school English teachers.”
― The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago
“Quilters are so confident of a perfect product that they have a tradition of introducing a flaw into a quilt on purpose, in order not to offend the gods.”
― The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago
― The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago

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