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FOR EDITORS, PROOFREADERS AND WRITERS

Understanding microaggressions in editing

19/1/2022

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Improve your understanding of microaggressions during the editing process and how to serve your author well regardless of your own identity and lived experience.
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Summary of Episode 82

Crystal Shelley joins Louise and Denise to talk about how editors can improve their professional practice by being aware of microaggressions. Here's a summary of what we chat about:
  • What microaggressions are
  • Microaggressions in editing
  • Why microaggressions occur during the editing process
  • How microaggressions affect writers
  • Why it's important for editors to know about microaggressions
  • How editors can avoid doing this type of harm in their work
  • How editors can learn about what they don’t know


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Resources mentioned in the show

  • Conscious Style Guide
  • Crystal Shelley, Rabbit with a Red Pen
  • Fuhrmann, Henry, ‘Drop the hyphen in Asian American’, Conscious Style Guide, 2018
  • King, Ruth, Mindful of Race: Understanding and Transforming Habits of Harm: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out, Sounds True Inc, 2018


​Music credit

‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Louise Harnby is a line editor, copyeditor and proofreader who specializes in working with crime, mystery, suspense and thriller writers.

She is an Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP), a member of ACES, a Partner Member of The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), and co-hosts The Editing Podcast.

  • Get in touch: Louise Harnby | Fiction Editor & Proofreader
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5 ways to spruce up your editing or proofreading business in the year ahead

5/1/2022

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Learn about 5 things you can do to give your editing and proofreading business a new-year polish.
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Listen to find out more about:

  • How to be the editor who says, 'It's down to me.'
  • Reviewing which changes you can make to your business.
  • How to measure your editorial-business success fairly.
  • Organizational tips to help you track, plan and schedule.
  • Creating templates and resources that will save you time.


​Join our Patreon community

If you'd like to support The Editing Podcast, thank you! That means the world to us. There are two tiers to choose from: 
  • EditPod Tea Pot: Buy us a cuppa and help keep the podcast ad-free and independent.
  • EditPod Tea Party: All of the above plus you get exclusive access to quarterly live Q&As that help you keep your business on track.
SUPPORT THE EDITING PODCAST


​Music credit

‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Louise Harnby is a line editor, copyeditor and proofreader who specializes in working with crime, mystery, suspense and thriller writers.

She is an Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP), a member of ACES, a Partner Member of The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), and co-hosts The Editing Podcast.

  • Get in touch: Louise Harnby | Fiction Editor & Proofreader
  • Connect: Twitter at @LouiseHarnby, Facebook and LinkedIn
  • Learn: Books and courses
  • Discover: Resources for authors and editors
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How we’re ramping up The Editing Podcast!

5/1/2022

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Find out more about the new broadcast schedule for The Editing Podcast and how you can join our community and access quarterly live Zoom Q&As!
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Summary of Episode 80

  • Our brand-new year-round fortnightly broadcasting schedule 
  • The Editing Podcast audience stats
  • How to support us via Patreon
  • How to join an exclusive community with access to quarterly live Zoom Q&As


​Join our exclusive Patreon community

We’re so grateful for all the kind messages of support we’ve received over the years, including some that asked offered to buy us a cup of tea or coffee as a thank-you.

In response to that, we've now set up a Patreon community with two tiers.
Tier 1: EditPod Tea Pot
Perhaps you’d like to buy us a pot of tea to help fuel us during the writing and recording process!
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Tier 2: EditPod Tea Party
Or for just a few quid more, meet and chat with us live during our quarterly tea parties.
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With the tea-party tier, you’ll receive exclusive invitations every 3 months to join us on Zoom for an hour’s conversation about topics related to editing and running an editorial business.

​Ask questions, get guidance on how to solve your editorial business problems, or just sit back and soak up the chat. 
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BECOME A PATRON!


​Music credit

‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Louise Harnby is a line editor, copyeditor and proofreader who specializes in working with crime, mystery, suspense and thriller writers.

She is an Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP), a member of ACES, a Partner Member of The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), and co-hosts The Editing Podcast.

  • Get in touch: Louise Harnby | Fiction Editor & Proofreader
  • Connect: Twitter at @LouiseHarnby, Facebook and LinkedIn
  • Learn: Books and courses
  • Discover: Resources for authors and editors
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