What It’s Really Like To Be A Copy Editor | The Awl
December 15, 2012 § Leave a comment
This is wonderful. Copy editors (copyeditors?), you’ll be able to relate.
I never necessarily aspired to be a copy editor. I enjoyed the experience-seriously, your job is to sit and read articles-but when my day-camp counselor asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I did not tell her that I hoped one day to correct who-whom mix-ups or determine whether “faucetry” was a real, dictionary-approved word. I told her I wanted to be a princess.
Take that, English majors.
April 24, 2012 § Leave a comment
I entered my first writing competition a few weeks ago, submitting a personal essay I wrote for a class earlier this semester. I figured it might be a long shot, but—I took second place! (And it came with a cash prize, so it still feels like a win to me.) I’m going to a reading later this week for some of the contest winners. The essay, titled “Manzanilla,” (as in the chamomile tea, not the wine) is available here or on my Academic Writing page. Enjoy!
MARY GABLE 