Kirby Anne

Copyeditor of science & medicine. Dormant poet. Returned Peace Corps Volunteer. Bad at Twitter.

[Kirby Anne @KirbyAnneEdits]

Seize the time !
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[Kirby Anne @KirbyAnneEdits]

Official website https://t.co/n0IQyM5FlM
@FLORA07779604 @AgileXps @skywebservice @DJRobbyRobbRob @JustinDavisJr1 @MdRipon51613468 @Barbie_Killa605 @ChrisAshiaby @tweeter123C @DiedofEnnui

[Kirby Anne @KirbyAnneEdits]

"The challenge is that editors are highly literate people. They don’t always understand how difficult reading is for most people. ... 87% of readers are less able to process the words than the people who produced them are." https://t.co/OtotudNUbn

[Kirby Anne @KirbyAnneEdits]

Just started using @asana for personal project management & was beyond delighted to discover this open-text Pronouns box in the profile settings. So simple, & so thoughtful. Love their transparency in explaining the feature's development, too. 👏👏👏👏👏https://t.co/k2KRyk7dIi

[Kirby Anne @KirbyAnneEdits]

@ArrantPedantry Maybe only of interest to me as an academic editor, but I'd love a corpus exploration of "healthcare" v "health care." I see medical writers/researchers consistently use the former, despite AMA Manual of Style (and most other media, that I've observed) preferring the latter.

[AMWA @AmMedWriters]

The fall issue of the #AMWAJournal is now available online https://t.co/QsDT6TKWOA

[Kirby Anne @KirbyAnneEdits]

My new strategy for making friends as an introverted 30-something: https://t.co/lZSKXmTXJv

[Kirby Anne @KirbyAnneEdits]

Copyediting catch of the day: "...selected marking of the desired area was assed." #amediting 🍑

[Kirby Anne @KirbyAnneEdits]

"At face value, these efforts seem benevolent, but they obscure the real problem, which is the role that corporate polluters play in the plastic problem."
https://t.co/829vDfJoQt

[Daniël Lakens @lakens]

An abbreviation (ABB) in a journal article (JA) is rarely worth the words it saves. Every ABB requires cognitive resources (CR) and at my age by the time I'm halfway through a JA I no longer have the CR to remember what your ABB stood for.

[Kirby Anne @KirbyAnneEdits]

Excited to speak on this panel tomorrow with @ISMTE and @journalexperts about communicating with editors & the journal production process. Research authors and editors alike, sign up to listen in! https://t.co/0KbRTI6ERw #STEM #researchpublishing https://t.co/wRDPJMeMRw

[AJE: American Journal Experts @journalexperts]

Join us in #Durham, NC for a panel with @ISMTE to learn more about communicating with editors and choosing a journal! Sign up to attend virtually: https://t.co/4yr8wiolC9
#researchpublishing #rtp #sciencetalks

[Kirby Anne @KirbyAnneEdits]

Word of the day: Fecalith: a concretion of dry compact feces formed in the intestine or vermiform appendix. #AmEditing #MedicalEditor

[Kirby Anne @KirbyAnneEdits]

Well this is fun https://t.co/FulF2xt0Am

[Open Culture @openculture]

Find the Address of Your Home on Pangaea: Open Source Project Lets You Explore the Ancient Land Masses of Our Planet https://t.co/0u9P3IUYcX

[Kirby Anne @KirbyAnneEdits]

Today's revelation: Trader Joe's is basically just an expanded, healthier convenience store, minus the cigarettes and lottery cards. #somuchplastic #solittlefreshproduce

[Kirby Anne @KirbyAnneEdits]

@KOKEdit Oh my, I have to know where you got this shirt, and so do all my coworkers.

[Kirby Anne @KirbyAnneEdits]

If you're not rooting for #ISL in the World Cup, you're not doing it right. @rvkgrapevine https://t.co/oVyaaNQbgW

[The Reykjavík Grapevine @rvkgrapevine]

It’s matchday! #ISL will smite #CRO and pillage the trophy. To celebrate the battle, we’re giving away five dragonproof #SmiteTheWorld shirts. Enter:

🎯 Helmet ready
🎯 Quiver full
🎯 Modrić cursed
🎯 Victory @EinstokBeer packed
🎯 RT to win!!!

#AdoptIceland #ISLCRO #WorldCup

[Kirby Anne @KirbyAnneEdits]

@AMAManual I didn't say I disagree with that usage. Just pondering about how many medical writers don't use it.

[Kirby Anne @KirbyAnneEdits]

If @AMAManual says "health care" is two words but no author ever writes it that way, is it still two words? #amediting #healthcare

[Kirby Anne @KirbyAnneEdits]

@profmusgrave @sesquiotic Tossup between Centerfold by J. Giles Band and Do They Know It's Christmas by Band Aid...

[Kirby Anne @KirbyAnneEdits]

Hey there tweeters (twitterers? twits? where am I even?). I'm looking for books/resources about professional goal setting, especially for early-career professionals. Who's got something for me?