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Castle Walls Update: New Edition of the Chicago Manual & Other News

This fall is full of exciting happenings in my editing world! Style alert! CMOS 18 hits the streets My appearance on Club Ed Discussions My upcoming course on editing horror My upcoming presentation for ACES VCON24 The Chicago Manual of Style releases a new edition While the Associated Press frequently updates its style guide to accommodate the fast pace […]

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A promotional bag and James Gallagher's badge from EFACON 2023

A Look Back at EFACON 2023

Attending EFACON 2023 on August 18 and 19 in Alexandria, Virginia, increased my editorial knowledge and strengthened my ties in the editorial community. I left the conference with renewed enthusiasm for my work and already look forward to future events from the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA). In the following I discuss benefits of the conference […]

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Course Review: Editing for Point of View and Perspective

The self-paced Editing for Point of View and Perspective class from Club Ed delves into finer editing considerations of particular benefit to developmental editors and line editors. As with all Club Ed courses, the materials and exercises are first-rate. After having taken many quality courses from Club Ed creator Jennifer Lawler, I’d picked up this […]

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My First Annual Report for Castle Walls Editing

I finally did it. For the first time since committing to full-time freelancing at the end of 2017, I’ve drafted an annual report for Castle Walls Editing. While the report is for my eyes only, putting it together has been tremendously helpful, and I’ve already started my 2022 report, which I’ll be updating throughout the [...]
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