http://technorati.com/tag/EditorMom Posts tagged with "EditorMom" on Technorati Thu, 15 May 2008 11:23:25 -0700 Technorati v1.0 http://static.technorati.com/pix/logos/logo_sm.gif http://technorati.com/tag/EditorMom support@technorati.com (Technorati Support) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 EditorMom http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/05/authors-humanity.html http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/05/authors-humanity.html Wed, 14 May 2008 18:08:09 -0700 Earlier today, I looked at the properties of a Word document—a book chapter—that I'm editing. In the Author line on the Summary tab, I expected to see the physician author's name, followed by his string of advanced degrees, as is usually the case with these kinds of files. Instead, it read simply: Dad. I love that. He must've written his chapter on his home computer while logged in under his identity rather than one of his children's identities. He's somebody's dad, someone whom I picture havi 2008-05-14 18:08:09 PDT http://technorati.com/search/editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/05/authors-humanity.html 22 36 http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/05/china-quake-and-my-authors.html http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/05/china-quake-and-my-authors.html Tue, 13 May 2008 21:58:14 -0700 The massive 7.9-magnitude earthquake in southwest China that killed at least 10,000 has me worried. China is home to 6 of the many authors for whom I do ESL (English as a second language) editing of the manuscripts that they want to submit to U.S. medical journals for publication. I have e-mailed all of them expressing my concern and asking that they write back to tell me whether they and their family members and colleagues are okay. Their replies are starting to come in. Baojun in Hebei (aka 2008-05-13 21:58:14 PDT http://technorati.com/search/editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/05/china-quake-and-my-authors.html 22 36 http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/embarrassing-mistake.html http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/embarrassing-mistake.html Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:31:56 -0700 Wanna see an editor look ridiculous? Here's your chance. Enjoy! copyeditor copyediting editor editing publishing EditorMom 2008-04-28 05:31:56 PDT http://technorati.com/search/editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/embarrassing-mistake.html 22 36 http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/two-jordans-one-home-one-dead-in-iraq.html http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/two-jordans-one-home-one-dead-in-iraq.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:06:06 -0700 My nephew, Jordan, who just turned 21, is back in the U.S. from Iraq after a stint with the U.S. Marines—for now—though he is not home yet. I am so glad that he's safe. But on the front page of the Long Island newspaper today is the photo and story of another Jordan, 19 and also a marine, who was killed in Iraq. My husband, Ed, worked for years with the mother of the 19-year-old Jordan. It's so sad and shocking to Ed. The last time he saw that Jordan, the boy was about 11 years old. I just ca 2008-04-25 10:06:06 PDT http://technorati.com/search/editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/two-jordans-one-home-one-dead-in-iraq.html 22 36 http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/nothing-to-see-here-move-along.html http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/nothing-to-see-here-move-along.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:13:16 -0700 I've been quiet here lately. It's not that life hasn't been interesting enough for me to comment on. It's just that you might find it boring. I've just been in the editing zone for several days, editing manuscripts that are well written and interesting while my sons are home from school during spring break, which means no getting up groggily at 6 a.m. to roll two children out the door and onto the bus. The weather's been all mellow springness, all blue skies and budding trees and flowers. I sip 2008-04-24 11:13:16 PDT http://technorati.com/search/editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/nothing-to-see-here-move-along.html 22 36 http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/human-connection.html http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/human-connection.html Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:56:42 -0700 I got the sweetest phone call yesterday from an author about my copyediting of her fun guidebook to all things Texan. It's always such a pleasure to hear from a happy author. She thanked me, in her lilting Alabama accent, for my kind comments on her manuscript and for the catches I made. She was so friendly that she made my Texas accent come out of hiding. She said, "This is my ninth book, and it's the first time any editor has ever made nice little comments like that on my writing. I just had 2008-04-16 07:56:42 PDT http://technorati.com/search/editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/human-connection.html 22 36 http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/campaign-season-lament.html http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/campaign-season-lament.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:14:06 -0700 'bama's bitter band of bourgeoisie is so distressed, it wants a recipe for something new, but then, you see, Cindy McCain swiped it from the TV. John McCain can't remember a thing; he changes his course like a bird on wing. Then he says that he said no such thing, till the next time his thoughts take a swing. Hillary Clinton's always preached gun control; her friend led the Million Mom March patrol. But now she's in PA, gun owners to console, raisin' up a rifle in photos oh so droll. All this 2008-04-15 16:14:06 PDT http://technorati.com/search/editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/campaign-season-lament.html 22 36 http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/shrinking-world-through-editing.html http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/shrinking-world-through-editing.html Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:59:42 -0700 It is just so cool to have clients from all over the world. It makes me feel part of an effort to further international understanding and enrich the world's literature. I got a joyful e-mail yesterday from a physician in Egypt whose manuscript I copyedited. She was thrilled to let me know that her article has now been accepted for publication in a large U.S. medical journal. We've corresponded for several months now and have shared photographs of our children. And yesterday I also heard from a 2008-04-13 11:59:42 PDT http://technorati.com/search/editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/shrinking-world-through-editing.html 22 36 http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/its-spring-damn-it.html http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/its-spring-damn-it.html Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:37:17 -0700 I'm damn cranky. That's because it's spring, when a middle-aged mother's fancy lethargically turns to thoughts of sleep. This is that damnable time of year that I long for the school year to be done with, damn it, so that I don't have to spend 15 damn minutes trying to awaken a tall, gangly, dead-to-the-world eighth-grade boy at six damn o'clock every damn weekday morning. Because I've always promised myself that I'd never let a minor child of mine go off to school in the morning without some p 2008-04-08 19:37:17 PDT http://technorati.com/search/editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/04/its-spring-damn-it.html 22 36 http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/lol-together.html http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/lol-together.html Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:51:09 -0700 This is not for those who have no tolerance for silliness. You've seen plenty of LOLcats (and here). (see more crazy cat pics) Now listen to "LOL Together," based on the Beatles' "Come Together" (lyrics here). LOLcats I can has cheezburger LOL Together EditorMom 2008-03-21 13:51:09 PDT http://technorati.com/search/editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/lol-together.html 22 36 http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/voting-miracles-do-happen.html http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/voting-miracles-do-happen.html Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:29:16 -0700 I'm so proud of my brother, the apathetic nonvoter from Texas. Despite my encouragement [grin], he's become an Obama fan. And now, at the age of 41, he's actually going to register to vote for the first time! Here is Monday night's e-mail conversation between the two of us. But first you'll need to know that he's a help-desk guy for a large satellite communications company; before he started working there a few years ago, he had his own business as an information technology specialist. wally: O 2008-03-20 05:29:16 PDT http://technorati.com/search/editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/voting-miracles-do-happen.html 22 36 http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/five-costly-years-in-iraq.html http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/five-costly-years-in-iraq.html Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:02:05 -0700 For 5 long years, the United States has been engaged in an illegal war against Iraq. That is 5 years too many, 5 years too costly, in so many ways. Five years after our military first put on an explosive show of its firepower, nearly 1 in 5 Iraqis is now a displaced citizen or a refugee in another nation, according to the International Organization for Migration. That's nearly 5.1 million human beings—2.7 million displaced and 2.1 million refugees—who have been forced to flee their homes. Five 2008-03-19 04:02:05 PDT http://technorati.com/search/editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/five-costly-years-in-iraq.html 22 36 http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/in-presence-of-greatness.html http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/in-presence-of-greatness.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:51:15 -0700 Even when Barack Obama speaks out against others' actions, he doesn't put down the person involved. He doesn't incite anger. We very much need his ability to lead without being divisive. I am convinced that concerning Obama, we are in the presence of greatness. Obama leadership peacemaker EditorMom 2008-03-18 20:51:15 PDT http://technorati.com/search/editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/in-presence-of-greatness.html 22 36 http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/time-to-talk-frankly-with-teens.html http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/time-to-talk-frankly-with-teens.html Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:35:59 -0700 From the New York Times come some stunning figures:Teenage girls and their parents need to read the latest government study of sexually transmitted diseases. The infections are so prevalent they are hard to avoid once a girl becomes sexually active. One in four girls [age] 14 to 19 is infected with at least one of four common diseases. Among African-American girls in the study, almost half were infected.Ed and I just annoyed and embarrassed our 13-year-old son by telling him about this scary sta 2008-03-17 15:35:59 PDT http://technorati.com/search/editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/time-to-talk-frankly-with-teens.html 22 36 http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/blogswarm-against-iraq-war.html http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/blogswarm-against-iraq-war.html Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:06:17 -0700 For 5 long years, the imperialistic United States has been torturing and killing Iraqis. That's 5 years too long. Speak out. Join the March 19 Blogswarm Against the Iraq War Iraq war March 19 blogswarm EditorMom 2008-03-11 04:06:17 PDT http://technorati.com/search/editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/blogswarm-against-iraq-war.html 22 36 http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/so-much-beethoven.html http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/so-much-beethoven.html Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:19:03 -0800 I'm so happy that I can't decide where to start! The mail carrier just delivered my gift for making an annual contribution to WSHU, the local National Public Radio affiliate: an 87-CD collection of the complete works of Beethoven! Beethoven NPR donation EditorMom 2008-03-08 12:19:03 PST http://technorati.com/search/editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/so-much-beethoven.html 22 36 http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-clinton-draws-dislike.html http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-clinton-draws-dislike.html Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:15:23 -0800 Columnist Jeff Greenfield, writing in Slate, has put his finger on what about Hillary Clinton irritates some people. He compares Clinton's temperament to Daffy Duck's and Barack Obama's temperament to Bugs Bunny's. I wouldn't have picked those (or any) cartoon characters, but here's the section of Greenfield's piece that I'm talking about: ... Bugs and Daffy represent polar opposites in how to deal with the world. Bugs is at ease, laid back, secure, confident. His lidded eyes and sly smile sugge 2008-03-06 13:15:23 PST http://technorati.com/search/editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-clinton-draws-dislike.html 22 36 http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/02/i-could-do-what-you-do.html http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/02/i-could-do-what-you-do.html Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:26:14 -0800 Get annoyed when people say, "Oh, I love to read/play with type. I could be an editor/indexer/designer"? Then this cartoon's for you. copyeditor copyediting editor editing indexer indexing designer designing publishing EditorMom 2008-02-25 06:26:14 PST http://technorati.com/search/editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/02/i-could-do-what-you-do.html 22 36 http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/02/county-that-civil-rights-forgot.html http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/02/county-that-civil-rights-forgot.html Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:40:21 -0800 This burns me up: Blacks in Texas—the state I grew up in—are still having to march for the right to vote. From a post yesterday on Burnt Orange Report: Early voting starts today in Texas. In Waller County, a primarily rural county about 60 miles outside Houston, the county made the decision to offer only one early voting location: at the County Courthouse in Hempstead, TX, the county seat. Prairie View A&M students organized to protest the decision, because they felt it hindered their ab 2008-02-20 08:40:21 PST http://technorati.com/search/editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/02/county-that-civil-rights-forgot.html 22 36 http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/02/stem-cells-in-breast-milk.html http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/02/stem-cells-in-breast-milk.html Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:37:32 -0800 Breast milk contains stem cells! How cool is that?! Says an article in ScienceAlert, from Australia and New Zealand: The Perth scientist who made the world-first discovery that human breast milk contains stem cells is confident that within five years scientists will be harvesting them to research treatment for conditions as far-reaching as spinal injuries, diabetes and Parkinson’s disease. But what Dr Mark Cregan is excited about right now is the promise that his discovery could be the start o 2008-02-14 06:37:32 PST http://technorati.com/search/editor-mom.blogspot.com/2008/02/stem-cells-in-breast-milk.html 22 36