Elizabeth Frazier

Copy editor at Bethany House Publishers. Writing, crafting & Motown at all other times 🎶 Opinions my own.

[Publishers Weekly @PublishersWkly]

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@diversebooks @PocPub @WritersofColor @GetInkluded

[Elizabeth Frazier @Elizabeth_stets]

Heightened anxiety over the global pandemic has crept into my editing habits this week (hello, quadruple checking 🧐). I appreciated this thoughtful take from @copyeditors. Editing with OCD, or Anxiety in General https://t.co/1LbOQ4PEux #amediting #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

[Literary Hub @lithub]

Starting tonight, The Great American Read will explore and celebrate the power of reading, told through the prism of America’s 100 best-loved novels. Find out more here:

[Elizabeth Frazier @Elizabeth_stets]

.@cybertext just showed us how to use autocorrect to insert commonly used editorial queries in a few keystrokes. A collective "ooh!" just went through the room. #ACESMSWordTips #ACES2018

[Megan Stolz Rogers @megan_stolz]

Being a good editor requires enormous emotional empathy to get into a reader’s head. @IsaFurth #ACESEmotionalLabor #ACES2018

[Copyediting @Copyediting]

Are the words you're choosing to use creating a false expectation? People have very emotional responses to certain words. "I can help you with that" can create an imbalance or responsibility. "I can work with you on that" is collaborative.
#ACES2018 #ACESEmotionalLabor

[Elizabeth Frazier @Elizabeth_stets]

"Every time you edit well, it bolsters the profession." @word_czar #ACES2018

[Elizabeth Frazier @Elizabeth_stets]

Headed to Chicago from Minneapolis. It's my first ACES conference and my first time in Chicago. Looking forward to meeting everyone! #ACES2018 https://t.co/zm3N3XTN0q

[ACES: The Society for Editing (use other social) @ACESEditors]

Happy #ACES2018 Eve, editors. RT with where you're traveling from. See you tomorrow!

[Elizabeth Frazier @Elizabeth_stets]

Good morning! A friendly heads up: I'm reviving this account for a copyediting conference today through Saturday. You may want to mute me.

[Elizabeth Frazier @Elizabeth_stets]

.@s2ceball gives a shout-out to the Journal of Electronic Publishing! Here's the article she references: https://t.co/kOI3H3v20x #LPForum17

[Elizabeth Frazier @Elizabeth_stets]

In a world of information overload, authoritative information is precious. UPs provide authoritative info & need to guard it. #lpforum17

[Elizabeth Frazier @Elizabeth_stets]

“Citations are political. It matters when you over cite certain groups and under cite others.” -@safiyanoble #lpforum17

[Elizabeth Frazier @Elizabeth_stets]

“We use words like ‘marginalized people,’ but do we really know what that means or where that margin came from?” -@safiyanoble #lpforum17