Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor

hard same.

I expected leaving Amazon to be really inconvenient, but so far I think there's been one item we could not purchase anywhere else because Amazon was the only importer to Canada. I just miss PBS Masterpiece *weeps*

Every edit found me buried under a mountain of tissues. Join me!

Now We Are Here | Stanford University Press Who gets to live a life with dignity? Each day, families around the world make the difficult decision to leave their homes in search of safety, stability, and opportunity. For many migrant families, t...

I had the immense honour to work on this book at several different points in its development over the years. An *essential* ethnography of migrant childhood. Buy it. Read it. Gabrielle knows the job. This work has never been more urgent.

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Colonial Surveillance | Stanford University Press In order to compete with Western powers, Japan began to rapidly modernize its governing institutions, in the process creating a national population registration and identification bureaucracy, the Kos...

I line edited this fantastic book and you should pre-order it! Sociology! History! Surveillance studies! A sobering must-read!

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and this is why we need skilled copyeditors

I mean not to be that guy, but how loud is this music? Should these babies have headphones.

a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames ALT: a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames

it's that I have a visceral reaction to the image of bouncing a newborn without properly supporting the head. they are like floppy sacks of potatoes. the once-parent-of-newborns in me is screaming.

A minor quibble to be sure but for the love of god, editors, you can't bounce a newborn on your hip. They are way too floppy for that. You're looking at like maybe 6mos before they have the trunk and neck strength. Get it together.

Who do I know with availability to line edit a dissertation (on committee's recommendation) this summer?

I personally prefer the spicy goat cheese for this one 😆

Ok so I do a ratatouille sandwich thing with goat cheese.

Yeah I'm personally not a fan, but I have also not been sure if this is traditionally within the scope of peer review. I do think it sometimes veers into insulting the author's writing, and that I take issue with. Tactfully suggesting the author engage a line editor would be more effective.

I realize this question is not for me, but when I see that peer reviewers have done this (which has been rare), I am like wow buddy stay in your lane. I worry about what this can do to an author's confidence, and like it is enough to say hey, this MS could use editing beyond the scope of CE.

Truly.

I feel like this specific experience is coming for all of us.

A History of Torture in Mexico's War against Subversives In the same way that impunity reigns today, it reigned supreme in 1970s Mexico. Gladys McCormick writes about how state-sponsored torture became routine practice in the Mexican government's war…

For #LASA2025, we are fortunate to share original content from our authors.

"The depth of impunity in Mexico allowed for unimaginable forms of terror that implicated vast swaths of the population."

THE LAST DOOR author Gladys McCormick on the use of torture in 1970s Mexico:

I love it when they are harmonized though. Like I onboarded with one Mass state school and then found out that was good for another school in the system? Golden.

catch 'em all!

*cackles*

also yes 10000% what would improve my quality of life considerably and restore my faith in humanity (somewhat): reliably comfortable undergarments.

ok but I think Knix *might* make this. emphasis in the might.

On Wisconsin! *cracks a Spotted Cow*

never fear, I've heard the joke before - I just appreciate the riff on it.

This is my favourite one but Dysentary is a close second.

ok but what if sometimes I add these like little stitches tying sentences together.

I had the immense good fortune to work with Santiago on this book - run don't walk!

same and also same.