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Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS @kokedit.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Listen to #editor @laurapoole.bsky.social talk with #podcaster @nadiageageapupa.bsky.social about how she helps take #authors’ #nonfiction #manuscripts from good to great. You may have seen her posts that illustrate her #technique, using a “snip, snip” metaphor. redcircle.com/shows/0f3e97...

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Snip Snip: The Art of Concise Editing

Listen to The Editor's Half Hour on RedCircle

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Business training for freelancer editors! Erin Brenner will guide you on creating web copy that can turn visitors into clients. Happening on June 25, so register now! www.righttouchediting.com/product/clie...

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Client-Winning Website Copy Webinar - Right Touch Editing

Learn proven techniques for writing persuasive website copy specifically for editing services and motivate visitors to contact you!

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WordRake @wordrake.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

“In the last ten years” only works as a timeframe if your work is being read right now. If you want your non-fiction work to last, copyeditor @laurapoole.bsky.social recommends getting more specific about how you refer to time. hubs.li/Q03bzyG60

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Learn from the BEST! Erin Brenner (author of the Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors) is offering several webinars aimed at freelancer editors and business building. Coming up next week (May 21): Website Foundations www.righttouchediting.com/product/webs...

righttouchediting.com

Website Foundations Webinar - Right Touch Editing

Learn the essential foundations of a client-converting editing website and motivate visitors to become clients!

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WordRake @wordrake.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

You exist! Don’t write yourself out of your own work. Copyeditor @laurapoole.bsky.social explains why the convention of avoiding “I” and “we” in scholarly writing is out of date and out of touch. hubs.li/Q03bzB7z0

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Carolina VonKampen 📚 Freelance Editor @carolinavonkampen.com · 04/04/2025

A much-anticipated #ACES2025 panel! Ctrl-Alt-Del: Robinson Prize Winners on Their Most Memorable Mistakes with @ebrenner.bsky.social, Karen Conlin @GramrgednAngel.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy, @laurapoole.bsky.social, moderated by Erin Servais! #amediting #freelanceeditor #copyediting #copyeditor #bookeditor

The panelists sitting behind a table with the presentation on the screen.

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Carolina VonKampen 📚 Freelance Editor @carolinavonkampen.com · 04/04/2025

Next up at #ACES2025: Snippets: Phrase-Level Editing by @laurapoole.bsky.social Improving conciseness and clarity, reducing redundancy and wordiness—these are all part of a #copyeditor's job. There are many changes an #editor can make at the phrase level to achieve these goals. #amediting

Laura Poole at the front of the conference room with slides on the screen.

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Carolina VonKampen 📚 Freelance Editor @carolinavonkampen.com · 03/04/2025

Seek common and familiar language because it: ✅ improves readability ✅ boosts reader engagement ✅ increases potential impact Beware of complexity! Readers may: ❓ become lost in the message ❓ lose interest ❓ misunderstand or misinterpret intended meaning #ACES2025 #plainlanguage

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

TIL that "condominium" has a second meaning... "joint control of a country's or territory's affairs by other countries." #AmEditing #NeatWords

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I'm pleased to be a part of this panel... learn from my mistakes so you won't repeat them! See you at #ACES2025!

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I used to think I was middle-aged when I got my new music from the coffee shop background music. Now I get it from IG reels.

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Feeling utterly sick at everything that's happening.

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Reduce. Reuse. Rethink. Respond. Resist.

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Yesterday's resistance: used all 3 credit bureaus to put a freeze on my credit.

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Erin Brenner (she/her) @ebrenner.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

If you were hoping for more #Quadlings CommaCon posts, I'm sorry to disappoint. I was so in the moment that I forgot! Check out the rest of the Quad: @kokedit.bsky.social, @scieditor.ca, @amyjschneider.bsky.social, @laurapoole.bsky.social, @loripax.bsky.social, @sarahgrey513.bsky.social #AmEditing

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I am one of eight panelists participating in the ACES 2025 Ask the Editing Experts Roundtable on April 2, 2025, at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center. I'll be sharing information and taking questions on mastermind groups for editors. Learn more and register here: aceseditors.org/conference/2....

A photo of a smiling woman with short purple hair, glasses, and a purple shirt. Ask Laura Poole about mastermind groups at the Ask the Editing Experts Roundtable, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 1 to 4 pm, Hilton Salt Lake City Center. Register today.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 04/02/2025

I logged into SSA.gov and downloaded the history of social security and Medicare payments associated with my account, because who knows what is going to happen to government security.

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The United States Social Security Administration | SSA

Official website of the U.S. Social Security Administration.

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Today's resistance: I used resistbot to email my congress critters to oppose the power grab. And I'll be making a donation to my local food kitchen, because with WIC funding being cut, people will be hungry.

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I quilt or stitch to keep the monsters out. Sometimes I feel like I'm stitching myself back together. Today's lunch break was cutting some fabric and sewing a few quilt blocks.

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Welp, just came across the first quotation of song lyrics of the year. SMITE with extreme prejudice.

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

"in columns 1 and 2 of Panel A of Table 3" <snip snip> "In Table 3, Panel A, columns 1 and 2" #Snippets #AmEditing #Clarity

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

"those with between 8 and 14 years of experience" <snip snip> "those with 8 to 14 years of experience" Don't stack prepositions (with between). #Snippets #AmEditing #Clarity

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

The Robinson Prize from ACES is now taking nominations (through 1/31)! If you know a great editor--someone who really furthers the craft--nominate them, or yourself! Cash prize and great trophy, awarded with fanfare at the spring 2025 conference in Salt Lake City aceseditors.org/awards/robin...

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Robinson Prize

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DTwyman @dtwyman.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The best way to help victims of natural disasters is not to send clothes or food etc. it is to send cash to disaster relief organizations who are on the ground & know what the immediate needs are, they have relationships with suppliers & can leverage your $$ increasing your impact. #California

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

I’m going to move to Washington state, open up a lovely B&B, and call it “Pacific North Rest” It will be for us tired peri/postmeno women, and crafters who want a gentle retreat space. (This was my most popular post on Threads, so why not milk it here too?!)

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Popping back to Bluesky, giving it another try. Hello editor pals! Also hoping to find the quilters and stuff here.

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 24/04/2024

I have developed a unique skill over the years (or maybe a general predisposition): I freakin' LOVE planning travel and I'm oddly very good at finding great places to stay, things to do, transfers from airports, and other logistics. My editor group somewhat relies on me to find the good stuff!

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Carolina VonKampen 📚 Freelance Editor @carolinavonkampen.com · 06/04/2024

Congrats to @ebrenner.bsky.social, this year’s Robinson Prize winner! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 #ACES2024

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Erin Brenner (she/her) @ebrenner.bsky.social · 04/04/2024

Just a reminder that I will be signing my new book, _The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors_, at 11 am PT TODAY at the CMoS table. Don't have your book with you? I've got bookplates I can for you. #ACES2024

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Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS @kokedit.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

It may be pouring rain, but I'm cheered that my copy of the #book written my #edibuddy @ebrenner.bsky.social has been delivered! The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors: How to Take Care of Your Business, Your Clients, and Yourself from Start-Up to Sustainability. tinyurl.com/2bu3ha46 #AmEditing

Image of smiling woman holding her copy of the new book The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors: How to Take Care of Your Business, Your Clients, and Yourself from Start-Up to Sustainability, written by Erin Brenner. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo213434367.html

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Erin Brenner (she/her) @ebrenner.bsky.social · 29/03/2024

Look what came in the mail! If you want to hold my in your hands before the official release date on April 30, you can preorder it now at bit.ly/StartFreelan.... Retailers won't ship until release day. #AmEditing #FreelanceEditing

Erin Brenner, smiling at the camera and holding her new book, The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

Random life hack: Calculate how many spoons you need (actual spoons in your silverware drawer). Now double it. Now add a zero to the end of that number. Now buy that many spoons.

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 25/01/2024

"In the case of Bob, he appears" <snip snip> "Bob appears"

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Erin Brenner (she/her) @ebrenner.bsky.social · 17/01/2024

Fellow editors, what would you be interested in seeing from the Quad? We are: @loripax.bsky.social, @scieditor.bsky.social, @laurapoole.bsky.social, @amyjschneider.bsky.social, Sarah Grey, @kokedit.bsky.social, and yours truly. #AmEditing #FreelanceEditing

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 16/01/2024

Saying "no" is sometimes a form of self-care. #GentleJanuary

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 28/12/2023

"We are in pursuit of acquiring liberty" <snip snip> "We pursue liberty" #AmEditing

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Madam Grammar @madamgrammar.bsky.social · 28/12/2023

“the reason behind why” —> “the reason” Not #AmEditing but #WishIcouldHaveEdited

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

"As mentioned by Bob" <snip snip> "As Bob mentioned," #AmEditing #Concise #ActiveVerbs

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 18/12/2023

"The people would be in agreement" <snip snip> "The people would agree" #AmEditing #Concise #ActiveVerbs

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

Editing. Because "immolate" is not the same as "imitate" and spell-check will not save you.

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

"each of these sources of data" <snip snip> "each data source" #AmEditing Tip: Quite often, the phrase "each of these <plural somethings>" can be tightened up to "each <something>"

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Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

TIL that you can't ship a liquor box via UPS. Even with no liquor in it.

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