When I’m not editing, you’ll usually find me eating meatballs– or at least writing or talking about it. Our family hosts Friday Night Meatballs, a weekly spaghetti dinner that brings a whole range of people to our table for dinner and conversation. I wrote an article about it last year for […]
If you spend a lot of time in Microsoft Word or similar programs, you’ve probably come across them: those instances where spellcheck (or grammar check) gets it horribly, horribly wrong. Whether it’s completely mixing up its/it’s and you’re/your or suggesting substitutions that completely change the meaning or even the politics of a sentence, automated programs can’t always be […]
Spellchecking software is a useful tool… except when it isn’t.
Microsoft Word’s “helpful” spelling and grammar suggestions offer everything from bad grammar and wacky word substitutions to suggestions that actually change the meaning of a text (no, Word, “blacker women” is not the same thing as “more black women,” for the love of God). I’m always coming […]
It’s been a busy summer here at Grey Editing! I’ve been writing, editing, and creating social media strategies, working on topics as diverse as language localization, slave revolts, wedding planning, domestic violence, and Marxist economics. I even edited a novel for the first time, an exciting and creative experience that I look forward […]
If you’ve lost a loved one to the violence of war, Memorial Day isn’t about picnics; it’s a day of deep sadness and loss. And the people who profit from war are never the same people who fight and die– whether soldiers or civilians. That basic inequality has been the driving force behind a strong […]
Lefty novelist Ron Jacobs has published a glowing review of Gregg Shotwell’s new book Autoworkers Under the Gun, a title I thoroughly enjoyed proofreading. Autoworkers, new this spring from Haymarket Books, traces Shotwell’s career as a rabble-rousing rank-and-filer in […]
One of the greatest joys of working as a freelance editor is having the freedom to choose projects that move you. As a longtime social justice activist, I love working with authors whose work changes the world for the better. That’s why I’m excited to be working with Rabbi Brant Rosen on a new blog-to-book […]
Much of the discrimination that was legal in the Jim Crow era is today illegal when applied to black people but perfectly legal when applied to “criminals.” The problem is that through conscious and unconscious choices, black people have been targeted at significantly higher rates for arrest and prosecution. So, where does this leave criminal […]
