Looking forward to the Indian Copyeditors Forum’s #travel series this Saturday! Dr Vihang Ghalsasi is a travel blogger, biologist and freelance #copyeditor who runs a YouTube channel on #science communication. Hosted by my friend Vivek Kumar @copyeditorvivek@IndianEditors
Has anyone written a history of style guides—Chicago, AP, etc.?
I would read that book!
This footnote about the 1970s Chicago Tribune made me realize how little I know about how style guides change & why. (From Josh Levin, THE QUEEN: THE FORGOTTEN LIFE BEHIND AN AMERICAN MYTH.)
Save the date! International Editing Conference June 11-14, 2020 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ISMTE members receive the Editors Canada member rate, saving up to $200CAD. tinyurl.com/yxj3bhle
Indian Copyeditors Forum (ICF) will be conducting a series of 3 workshops on August 28 (Wednesday) at YMCA Delhi. The trainer is Yateendra Joshi. The 3 topics are as follows: Punctuation Matters, Using Microsoft Word More Effectively, and Becoming a More Effective Writer.
Agenda for ICF meeting, Mumbai, July 27:
10:00 am: Common Comma Confusion (a chalk and board session with Nilima Vyas)
11:15 am: Rethinking Networking (by Michelle Pereira)
11:45 am: Price and Value – A Discussion
12:30 pm: To Be Announced
Venue: Cactus Communications
It was a pleasure to have Indian Copyeditors Forum's Mumbai meeting at the Cactus office on April 28, 2019. A big thanks to Abhishek Goel for offering Cactus to be our venue partner. We are seeking venue partners in other cities as well to hold our meetings cum workshops.
Do not miss @IndianEditors meeting on April 28 from 10 am to 2 pm at
Cactus Communications Pvt. Ltd A-603, Satellite Gazebo Guru Hargobind Singh Marg, Opposite Mirador Hotel, Andheri East, Mumbai – 400 093.
We hope to see many ICF and non-ICF members there!
This is a wonderful read to round of work at the end of the week: #Editing is an art, a craft, and let's take a moment to appreciate that fact: let us now praise #editors! Thanks to @copyeditorvivek for the share. ow.ly/9bqo30o96Ri