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Anna Dobbin
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Anna Dobbin
@akdobbin
Production editor. Contributing author: THE HERO NEXT DOOR (Crown) and TOTALLY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Delacorte). She/her. 💖💜💙
Entrou em Kasım 2012
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@akdobbin I'm in the process of looking his up when my search led me here. First google result. Also, was it 2 words? That's what I'm thinking.
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Editing kids’ books means I have a responsibility to help writers check their biases, use inclusive language, and avoid unintentionally doing harm to young readers.
It also means I have a responsibility to look up whether “butt crack” is one or two words.
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We are pleased to have @diversebooks anthology The Hero Next Door edited by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich on the 23-24 MCBA list.
@RJPalacio @ElloEllenOh @LRGiles @Mike_Jung @henakhanbooks @LindaSuePark @akdobbin @RonSmithbooks @suma_v_s @OneCrazyRita
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I had a baby last week, and she is perfect in every way, but of course my husband and I are completely exhausted. In our delirium we’ve started using names of wines and cocktails to refer to my breastmilk. Current faves:
Momignon Blanc
Boobjolais
Mamaschewitz
Mom Collins
Momtini
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⭐️ The 2023 WNDB Internship Grant application is now OPEN! ⭐️
Are you of a diverse background and looking to work in either children's OR adult publishing? We continue to offer $3,000 grants, 12 for children's-focused internships and 12 for adult-focused! bit.ly/igp2023
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#CallForSubmissions! Our Spring/Summer 2023 Edition theme is Lost in Translation. We’re looking for stories, poems, and essays about miscommunications and cultural differences.
Submissions close Feb. 28 at 11:59 p.m. CT.
Full guidelines here: capsulestories.submittable.com/submit
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Glad to see that the majority of you think the exclamation point is the way to go. In recent copyedits, I’ve switched commas out for exclamation points a number of times in these situations, so I was starting to worry about it. Thanks, #edibuddies‼️
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Poll for my #edibuddies: With the speech tag "shouted" (or a synonym—she yelled, she cried, she exclaimed, etc.), should the dialogue itself end with an exclamation point? In other words: ["Don't go," she shouted.] Would you change the comma to an exclamation point?
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Poll for my #edibuddies: With the speech tag "shouted" (or a synonym—she yelled, she cried, she exclaimed, etc.), should the dialogue itself end with an exclamation point?
In other words: ["Don't go," she shouted.] Would you change the comma to an exclamation point?
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I’m super excited and honored to share that @CapsuleStories has nominated my essay “Unexpecting” for a Pushcart Prize! What an *unexpected* (heh) delight!!!
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Announcing our 2022 #PushcartPrize noms! 🎉 🖋️ “To Lose” by Veronica Nation 🖋️ “Suncatcher” by Hantian Zhang 🖋️ “Cradled” by Eve Croskery 🖋️ “The Light and the Lake” by Dana Getka 🖋️ “Dear Tree Committee” by Jennifer Clark 🖋️ “Unexpecting” by @akdobbin capsulestories.com/2022-pushcart-…
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Announcing our 2022 #PushcartPrize noms! 🎉
🖋️ “To Lose” by Veronica Nation
🖋️ “Suncatcher” by Hantian Zhang
🖋️ “Cradled” by Eve Croskery
🖋️ “The Light and the Lake” by Dana Getka
🖋️ “Dear Tree Committee” by Jennifer Clark
🖋️ “Unexpecting” by @akdobbin
capsulestories.com/2022-pushcart-…
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@akdobbin’s #essay “Unexpecting” is published in Capsule Stories Winter 2022 Edition: Hibernation, now available in paperback and ebook. Buy your copy here: capsulestories.com/winter-2022-ed…
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Today’s #CapsuleCollective highlight: @akdobbin is an author and freelance copy editor, proofreader, and conscious language specialist. Her writing has appeared in the middle grade anthologies The Hero Next Door and Totally Middle School.
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New blog post! As we deal with the wreckage of #RoeVWade and escalating anti-trans legislation, it's vital to talk/write about #abortion and #ReproductiveJustice in ways that are inclusive of #trans, #nonbinary, and #intersex folks. Get the full practices: radicalcopyeditor.com/2023/02/06/abo…
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I #AmEditing and just caught a usage of “stalagmite” that should be “stalactite,” which I know the difference between only from watching @BillNye the Science Guy as a child.
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Welp, I guess I can retire now. These acknowledgments in a book I copyedited are just too much for my lil heart to take 🥹🥹🥹 #WinJar
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Please stop giving villains in books messy teeth or skin conditions or scars or disabilities. And don’t make them short and/or fat either. It equates disability and/or fatness with evil. And publishers should be questioning + addressing these things in the editing process.
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