Jason Whited

Editing bestsellers, mostly fiction.
Used to run newspapers and magazines. Former translator and interpreter. Veteran.
Favorite genre? Great writing.

[Jason Whited @SaltyScribe]

Authors, don't forget that rest and recuperation are also parts of the writing process.
Obstacles such as plot holes, character deficiencies, or mistakes in voice or tone are all easier to solve if you're not exhausted.
Find time and space to take care of yourselves.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.?

Because we gave them that L in 1776.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Many people still don’t realize that literacy isn’t just about being able to read. It’s about being able to comprehend, evaluate, and apply the information in front of you. The gap between the two is becoming increasingly alarming.

[femiiiiii. @femiiiszn]

i hope the next global trend will be empathy and critical thinking.

[Jason Whited @SaltyScribe]

@DavidTheNonBot You've got it precisely correct. It's astounding how many folks persist in supporting so-called leaders who, despite their occasional legislative successes, have largely failed to fight like hell to stop this maniacal rampage that's masquerading as a presidential administration.

[Jason Whited @SaltyScribe]

@reaccionapr @SecWar Please. He's high as a fucking kite, dude.

[Jason Whited @SaltyScribe]

Respectfully, it's not huge news until the AP embraces the Oxford comma.

[Peter Sterne @petersterne]

HUGE NEWS for editors: the AP has changed its style guide. It's now "healthcare" (not "health care") and "childcare" (not "child care") https://t.co/189NypUkyo

[Michael Calderone @mlcalderone]

The Post is eliminating Books section

[Jason Whited @SaltyScribe]

@Mediaite Waiting for @maddow to have him on to retcon his past crimes.

[Jason Whited @SaltyScribe]

Turns out there's a proper verb for the Irish goodbye.

[Words @wordsporn]

Absquatulate

[Jason Whited @SaltyScribe]

@JoyceCarolOates The most heartbreaking aspect of this is that Garland could have said this and it would track with the reality of his fecklessness.

[Jason Whited @SaltyScribe]

@meghanncuniff Thank you for all your superlative reporting all these years. A true journalist who relentlessly checks facts and gives us what we need/want to know. You are America's sui generis courtroom reporter, and we are lucky to have you. Stellar work, Meghann. Happy Thanksgiving!

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

No. If you are a grown adult, you should know what the word “complimentary” means. We shouldn’t have to dumb down our vocabularies to words of one syllable for the benefit of the illiterate. People get dumber when society stops expecting them to know things.

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

The Top MAGA Trolls on This App Have Been Revealed to Be Foreign Accounts
https://t.co/uiOAxWgiMQ

[Jason Whited @SaltyScribe]

@TheRickWilson I'm shocked the syphilis hasn't yet taken Bannon.

[Jason Whited @SaltyScribe]

@LiamKingman @Rep_Davidson Narrator: He was, in fact, that stupid.

[forgotten bookshop @oldbookishplace]

One of my favorite things about owning a bookshop by a middle & high school is that I have kids come in every day after school to study, play chess, or just browse & chat. Most of them had never been in a used bookshop before, and I feel in my small way I’m changing their lives.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Not a single woman. I'm begging you to read “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Gilman. Women have been masters of short horror, and the short story in general, since its inception.

[Philosophy Quotes @philosophors]

“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”

— Sylvia Plath

[Jason Whited @SaltyScribe]

@igorbobic But he's fine with the government spying on the phones of average citizens. Always such a double standard for these plutocrats.

[Jason Whited @SaltyScribe]

@bagagwaa I can't fully enumerate the scores of clients I've edited who started their artistic careers in their fifties and sixties.
It is never too late, my friend. Never.