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Someone needs to buy Elissa Bassist this book.
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YES.
It’s so true.
“Saller’s project, in about 100 pages, is to (a) civilize the editing process, and (b) keep copy editors — meticulous and learned and hard-working, but also stubborn and obsessive, sometimes injuriously so (see: garbage can) — from going insane.”
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February 27th, 2009 at 10:08 am
YES.
February 27th, 2009 at 10:12 am
It’s so true.
February 27th, 2009 at 10:18 am
“Saller’s project, in about 100 pages, is to (a) civilize the editing process, and (b) keep copy editors — meticulous and learned and hard-working, but also stubborn and obsessive, sometimes injuriously so (see: garbage can) — from going insane.”