Anna Dobbin

Production editor. Contributing author: THE HERO NEXT DOOR (Crown) and TOTALLY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Delacorte). She/her. 💖💜💙

[Anna Dobbin @akdobbin]

Introvert starter pack

[Anna Dobbin @akdobbin]

@Author_Cisneros Correct—two words!

[Anna Dobbin @akdobbin]

Editing kids’ books means I have a responsibility to help writers check their biases, use inclusive language, and avoid unintentionally doing harm to young readers.

It also means I have a responsibility to look up whether “butt crack” is one or two words.

[Massachusetts Childrens Book Award @mcbareading]

We are pleased to have @diversebooks anthology The Hero Next Door edited by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich on the 23-24 MCBA list.
@RJPalacio @ElloEllenOh @LRGiles @Mike_Jung @henakhanbooks @LindaSuePark @akdobbin @RonSmithbooks @suma_v_s @OneCrazyRita

[Anna Dobbin @akdobbin]

I had a baby last week, and she is perfect in every way, but of course my husband and I are completely exhausted. In our delirium we’ve started using names of wines and cocktails to refer to my breastmilk. Current faves:

Momignon Blanc
Boobjolais
Mamaschewitz
Mom Collins
Momtini

[Anna Dobbin @akdobbin]

@literarylaura Sounds like a perfect Sunday!

[Anna Dobbin @akdobbin]

(They do.) #copyediting

[Anna Dobbin @akdobbin]

On today's episode of Being A Copy Editor:

[We Need Diverse Books @diversebooks]

⭐️ The 2023 WNDB Internship Grant application is now OPEN! ⭐️

Are you of a diverse background and looking to work in either children's OR adult publishing? We continue to offer $3,000 grants, 12 for children's-focused internships and 12 for adult-focused! https://t.co/F6AeziwdVS

[Capsule Stories @CapsuleStories]

#CallForSubmissions! Our Spring/Summer 2023 Edition theme is Lost in Translation. We’re looking for stories, poems, and essays about miscommunications and cultural differences.

Submissions close Feb. 28 at 11:59 p.m. CT.

Full guidelines here: https://t.co/iF7jdgW10R

[Anna Dobbin @akdobbin]

Glad to see that the majority of you think the exclamation point is the way to go. In recent copyedits, I’ve switched commas out for exclamation points a number of times in these situations, so I was starting to worry about it. Thanks, #edibuddies‼️

[Anna Dobbin @akdobbin]

Poll for my #edibuddies: With the speech tag "shouted" (or a synonym—she yelled, she cried, she exclaimed, etc.), should the dialogue itself end with an exclamation point?

In other words: ["Don't go," she shouted.] Would you change the comma to an exclamation point?

[Anna Dobbin @akdobbin]

Poll for my #edibuddies: With the speech tag "shouted" (or a synonym—she yelled, she cried, she exclaimed, etc.), should the dialogue itself end with an exclamation point?

In other words: ["Don't go," she shouted.] Would you change the comma to an exclamation point?

[Anna Dobbin @akdobbin]

I’m super excited and honored to share that @CapsuleStories has nominated my essay “Unexpecting” for a Pushcart Prize! What an *unexpected* (heh) delight!!!

[Capsule Stories @CapsuleStories]

Announcing our 2022 #PushcartPrize noms! 🎉

🖋️ “To Lose” by Veronica Nation
🖋️ “Suncatcher” by Hantian Zhang
🖋️ “Cradled” by Eve Croskery
🖋️ “The Light and the Lake” by Dana Getka
🖋️ “Dear Tree Committee” by Jennifer Clark
🖋️ “Unexpecting” by @akdobbin

https://t.co/r29PjEUSIH

[Capsule Stories @CapsuleStories]

Announcing our 2022 #PushcartPrize noms! 🎉

🖋️ “To Lose” by Veronica Nation
🖋️ “Suncatcher” by Hantian Zhang
🖋️ “Cradled” by Eve Croskery
🖋️ “The Light and the Lake” by Dana Getka
🖋️ “Dear Tree Committee” by Jennifer Clark
🖋️ “Unexpecting” by @akdobbin

https://t.co/r29PjEUSIH

[Capsule Stories @CapsuleStories]

@akdobbin’s #essay “Unexpecting” is published in Capsule Stories Winter 2022 Edition: Hibernation, now available in paperback and ebook. Buy your copy here: https://t.co/a7LruowBbj

[Capsule Stories @CapsuleStories]

Today’s #CapsuleCollective highlight: @akdobbin is an author and freelance copy editor, proofreader, and conscious language specialist. Her writing has appeared in the middle grade anthologies The Hero Next Door and Totally Middle School.

[Alex Kapitan (Radical Copyeditor) @ZrAlexKapitan]

New blog post! As we deal with the wreckage of #RoeVWade and escalating anti-trans legislation, it's vital to talk/write about #abortion and #ReproductiveJustice in ways that are inclusive of #trans, #nonbinary, and #intersex folks. Get the full practices: https://t.co/ySU420eeEX

[Anna Dobbin @akdobbin]

I have watched this 20 times in a row

[Anna Dobbin @akdobbin]

Never Eat Spicy Worms 🌶🐛

[Anna Dobbin @akdobbin]

I #AmEditing and just caught a usage of “stalagmite” that should be “stalactite,” which I know the difference between only from watching @BillNye the Science Guy as a child.

[Anna Dobbin @akdobbin]

Welp, I guess I can retire now. These acknowledgments in a book I copyedited are just too much for my lil heart to take 🥹🥹🥹 #WinJar

[Jael Ealey Richardson @JaelRichardson]

Please stop giving villains in books messy teeth or skin conditions or scars or disabilities. And don’t make them short and/or fat either. It equates disability and/or fatness with evil. And publishers should be questioning + addressing these things in the editing process.