Getting Started in Freelance Editing
This is a bit of a bio / instruction list. So it runs a bit long. I’m a freelance copyeditor, typesetter, and writer. I started editing when I was in high school, and was the editor of my college’s literary magazine for three years. When I was in college, I started a typing service (that […]
If You Keep Peeking Over that Peak, I’m Going to Get Seriously Piqued!
Some more sound-alikes to cause you trouble. A peak is the top of something, like a mountain. It’s a noun. Examples: Everest is the highest mountain peak on Earth. Bob reached the peak of his career in 1998. To peak means to reach the topmost limit of ability or performance. It’s a verb. Example: His […]
What? Your Sense of Touch Is Impaired? or Are You Just Guilty?
A very common mistake that a lot of people make (besides writing redundant stuff like the ten words I just wrote) is to say “I feel badly about that.” It seems that this would be correct, but it isn’t. The reason is that little verb “feel.” “Feel” is a funny word. It can mean something […]
How Does an Annulment Differ From a Divorce?
This question is, of course, raised by the recent appalling marriage and dissolution of marriage between Britney Spears and Jason Alexander. An annulment is the legal dissolution of a marriage which, essentially, erases the marriage from existence. Legally, the marriage never happened, as there was some problem with the legal contract of the marriage, or […]