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Does customer service really apply to us as editorial freelancers? If so, how? Jo Causon (of the @instituteofcs),… https://t.co/S9UqIndwJz DocEditor@thedoceditorApr 24
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@SelfHarmNotts @lovethetree @BBC @MrNickKnowles @tingledesign and I watched this today while Mum was round for lunc… https://t.co/oXvn5u63tL DocEditor@thedoceditorApr 17
Talking now about desktops that elevate at the touch of a button if you want to stand for a while to work. Question… https://t.co/aixLKLIiRA DocEditor@thedoceditorApr 17
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We're being encouraged to use 'My crabat is quite spongeous' (my sofa is quite sponge-like) to try and bring back t… https://t.co/jLMWICkbcB DocEditor@thedoceditorApr 17
At @DiscoveryDundee at the fab @TheSfEP Dundee Eventette with @EdinEdits, @SfEPGlasgow and Dundee colleagues. Chuck… https://t.co/QTJE2Mnb3a DocEditor@thedoceditorApr 16
@SaffreySW Your friend is merely being seasonal. I hope the same friend will also eat seven Easter eggs on Sunday. DocEditor@thedoceditorApr 14
@Grammar_sass "Mocomatrol" for remote control. We'd not corrected it until last week because it sounded cute, but a… https://t.co/I70HQKo8u0 DocEditor@thedoceditorApr 11
@ljedit Hey, grey never goes out of style if you wear it right. At least, that's what I tell myself. DocEditor@thedoceditorApr 9
@School_Proof @laura_ripper @HelenSaltedit Piccalilli, broccoli. 🥦 Don't often run into these words when editing bo… https://t.co/vNY0B2gPId DocEditor@thedoceditorApr 6
@ljedit @PrismDocuments Oh YES, I used to play that one on repeat. Beautiful. DocEditor@thedoceditorApr 5
@SaffreySW @KiaThomasEdits @JPS_Editing Oh yeah, yep, OK. Maybe a mini version then. Less chance for honeycomb to adhere. DocEditor@thedoceditorApr 5
@SaffreySW @KiaThomasEdits @JPS_Editing And what's wrong with a Crunchie, I should like to know? Especially on a Friday. DocEditor@thedoceditorApr 5
@KiaThomasEdits Oh, go on then. By which I mean that I've purchased it rather than go on swearing, not that there's… https://t.co/wFRxrViVjb DocEditor@thedoceditorApr 5
@Jane_Belton @EllenEditorial @lukefinleyedit I was 38 years old when I moved to Edinburgh. Had never encountered 'o… https://t.co/yKhsP2Z6Hb DocEditor@thedoceditorApr 5
*Sighs happily* How Dickens, Bronte and Eliot influenced Vincent van Gogh, by Kathryn Hughes. Takes me back to the… https://t.co/pCm30hZuQ2 DocEditor@thedoceditorApr 5
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@lukefinleyedit I've noticed its spread, too. Such a great term can't be confined forever. What next? Oxters? DocEditor@thedoceditorApr 4
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@LouiseHarnby @dinnydaethat 😢Oh dear oh dear oh dear. It's the last one of the series.
But
😀there are bloopers!… https://t.co/1eKsagre2Z DocEditor@thedoceditorApr 3
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@LouiseHarnby @dinnydaethat Fab episode -- penultimate one of the series? -- all about location. (What will we do w… https://t.co/Luo1bVmuvk DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 26
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@Jane_Belton Ah, Jane, you're another person in my Twitter network to thank, then, for going on the march. Thank you. 💐 DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 23
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@KiaThomasEdits @NEEditors Thank you! Walnuts not compulsory. Can bring my own, even. Just happy for an excuse to eat cake 🍰 DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 22
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First order of the day: booking my place at @TheSfEP conference this September in Aston. Now I am so excited that I… https://t.co/37MKY60dNf DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 16
RT @donagalella: Many thanks to @sarahinthepark for this opportunity to analyze The Fortress of Solitude and the politics of white a… https://t.co/5ike1dpzdH DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 16
RT @PTCBookHouse: Basic Proofreading co-author Margaret Aherne talks you through the jobs of copy-editor and proofreader, and the ski… https://t.co/KTa4VsndFI DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 14
RT @presentations: Chatting about my writing and editing processes with The Editing Podcast - https://t.co/49cHyLCxca DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 14
@dinnydaethat I agree, the cover's bee-yoo-ti-ful! I'll looking at semicolons for the next @TheSfEP Editing Matters… https://t.co/beKJxaOc9i DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 14
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Oh, goody! I went to Simon's @presentations seminar just before #ATOMICON19. He mentioned his editor, Claire (mostl… https://t.co/UaLfWLLuXv DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 14
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The Editing Podcast is always well worth a listen, but this episode is my favourite. From work processes to Word fe… https://t.co/e3rxAd7Edx DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 12
RT @TheSfEP: If you're at #LBF19 on Thursday 14 March, @TheSfEP have a seminar 'Authors are our business: the collaborative rel… https://t.co/Mqgc1JgJWC DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 12
@ajentscotland @OfficialLeeDunn Argh, so jealous! Have a brilliant time! DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 12
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@EllenEditorial @TheSfEP @EdinEdits @SfEP You're right -- it really is such a lovely group. Not sure what I'd have… https://t.co/XLBAJoEcGx DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 11
Just renewed my @TheSfEP membership. Always a good opportunity to ask 'What has it given me?' and as ever the answe… https://t.co/pOn69uVKoM DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 11
In Editing Podcast 8, @dinnydaethat and @LouiseHarnby define what proofreading is (a specific part of the publishin… https://t.co/lj3DJwD6Ut DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 10
@ljedit Love the idea of new clients emerging out of the darkness. Thanks for this, Liz. Glad you are writing again. DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 10
@LisaPoisso It is a particular highlight when you're asked "Do you mean 'shift'?" and you say to yourself: "Ah! I w… https://t.co/yVDAkrpcmG DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 9
@ProfRodham 😀 I wondered what on earth was being referred to -- but it was only trousers! I'm rarely seen out of my… https://t.co/rVn8XJB5VZ DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 8
@lynneguist I use 'in a tearing hurry' quite often. However, I had older parents (born pre-WWII) who said things like 'What a swizz.' DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 8
@SaffreySW Bearing in mind the timing, are you including a special place for those who promoted Brexit without the… https://t.co/OAaFBkQ12N DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 7
@ProfRodham Excellent use of the word "nethers" there, @ProfRodham. Anyway, must go -- need to make a phone call ab… https://t.co/3Lb17RkOwZ DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 5
@SueHLawrence Oops - I dipped one in my coffee the other day. Those look delicious, Sue. Happy Shrove Tuesday! DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 4
@artisaneditor Yes, and you might want to add the Tingle tendency towards technical terminology, which can be concl… https://t.co/3OiZDUuaDQ DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 3
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@GreyEditing But @TheSfEP Editing Matters is out today, and you're quoted in it, so at least there's that 😀 DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 27
From business copywriters to novelists, every writer needs a style sheet, and so do those who help them. From the b… https://t.co/hmNJS9f17l DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 23
@tingledesign @petergunstone @twurchordinand This is us at Whatcombe in the early 80s (I think). We had the best ti… https://t.co/LIDFXTt5XF DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 22
@NEEditors @KiaThomasEdits It doesn't get much better than that. Well, I suppose it might if I had a big trophy, a… https://t.co/zD3QiMwo9g DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 22
@NEEditors Am I the first? 😀 Suddenly panicked that all the tickets would go 🤣 DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 22
RT @frankcottrell_b: I’m so thrilled by these new covers by @StevenLenton that I’m going to give a full set of signed copies to someone… https://t.co/TTZxmNcRSd DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 21
@SelfHarmNotts @ProfRodham @lovethetree Yes, it was *30*(!) years ago. All well, thank you, but I've only gone and… https://t.co/rCkmGINOYN DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 21
@ProfRodham @SelfHarmNotts But... but... I know you both! I used to sit next to Ellen in Mr Dixon's biology class!… https://t.co/0oETV1lHdB DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 21
@SarabandBooks @SueHLawrence @BlackwellEdin How exciting! Can't wait to be both haunted and moved. See you there. https://t.co/E7CvER6KVq DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 20
You won't want to miss this one, guys. It includes *whispers* The Horrible Legend of the Frankenstein Edit...
Nev… https://t.co/Hbo4ufIJuy DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 19
*Sighs contentedly.* Such a lovely way to transport yourself into 23 different worlds within the space of a few min… https://t.co/tjisfkzfCU DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 17
@LouiseHarnby @dinnydaethat Yeah, I was gonna say. That's more open-mouthed admiration than sobbing. DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 17
RT @editdare: My first blog post! Two’s company, three’s a society https://t.co/jAaYasT3LD DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 16
@BCDreyer Excellent. A justifiable reason to buy it again. And then read it again. DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 16
*Rushes in* Am I too late to tweet-review this, @dinnydaethat and @LouiseHarnby? S1 E5 looks at choosing the right… https://t.co/PDPSgPrDPZ DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 15
RT @NEEditors: SPEAKER REVEAL! We are super-excited that Denise Cowle @dinnydaethat will be speaking at our mini-conference… https://t.co/8rhl3KvPmp DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 15
RT @dinnydaethat: All set! @Spotlight_Ed and I are at @TheSfEP stand to answer all your questions about a career in editing. Come and… https://t.co/CI9OTlBEc8 DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 14
Agreed. I can't be the only one of us who has considered moving to Orkney solely on the basis of @OrkneyLibrary twe… https://t.co/KPSGayANOa DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 14
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I'm correcting proofs in a car park in Angus, Scotland
Hurrah for pdfs, and the inte… https://t.co/IM84PNnwhW DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 11
RT @SaffreySW: OOh look editors and proofreaders of the world @TheSfEP has a nice little offer on https://t.co/C3guLtgmXJ DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 10
Rarely have I been more content to spend an idle couple of hours at Luton Airport than I was today with your magica… https://t.co/QrL5DVbAKF DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 6
@LouiseHarnby and @dinnydaethat talking a lot of sense about pounds and pence. In fact, I just recommended this epi… https://t.co/bBqzNtrVEL DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 6
Useful reminder, @EditorMark, that we in the UK can easily transpose to "Mum/mum" or "Mam/mam". My sister (… https://t.co/k7ZR3zgEG5 DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 5
Heck of a treat, this: Random House Copy Chief: Stand Tall, Wordsmiths! (But Choose Your Battles) https://t.co/ADOwTeBKG7 DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 4
RT @PublishScotland: Just got @thebookseller print edition in the office this morning and we are loving it. Thanks to all the Bookseller… https://t.co/KwwjKsPoFk DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 2
Dreyer's English has arrived in Scotland, @BCDreyer https://t.co/unvbeqT0km DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 1
@SueHLawrence @SarabandBooks @agentjenny Got our review copy, Sue - looks fabulous! DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 1
RT @SueHLawrence: Always exciting when first finished copy of the new #novel arrives. Thankyou @SarabandBooks @agentjenny #fiction… https://t.co/B8Hdn8KHCP DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 1
RT @JPS_Editing: A reminder (here's looking at you, @BBCNews) that you can't unilaterally decide to change organisations' names: the… https://t.co/5b4Hli2UIz DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 1
RT @HelenSaltedit: Editors and Proofreaders: What's in *Your* Diplomatic Bag? My new blog post looks at diplomacy and the editorial fr… https://t.co/zkSHjYSKBZ DocEditor@thedoceditorJan 31
An editor isn’t the police, or a butcher, or, as it turns out, a tree surgeon, heating engineer or therapist. Once… https://t.co/TqA5ro8C0p DocEditor@thedoceditorJan 25
@EllenEditorial @SamBoyceEditor @TheSfEP @EdinEdits I'll miss you guys too! Would have loved seeing @linsaymaclean… https://t.co/2H7Zw53mgZ DocEditor@thedoceditorJan 24
Drop the Hyphen in “Asian American” https://t.co/J56xB4eJZL via @consciousstyles DocEditor@thedoceditorJan 23
Quickly gaining traction as the “everything you ever wanted to know about editing but were too afraid to ask” resou… https://t.co/UuwcT29ala DocEditor@thedoceditorJan 23
Inspiring blog from @TheSfEP Wise Owls about 2019 plans. Might note mine down. Anyone want to join? 1. Read new boo… https://t.co/eg09g2Lbx5 DocEditor@thedoceditorJan 22
Some great tips from @HelenSaltedit about Track Changes in Word, a facility that some of us use so much that it fee… https://t.co/6cNgsYgGaq DocEditor@thedoceditorJan 15
From making sure a text fulfils its own promises to a metaphor involving a house to explain the different levels of… https://t.co/J4aKfTvGa7 DocEditor@thedoceditorJan 12
RT @PrismDocuments: A spectacular edition of SfEP Editorial Excellence from the editor’s editor @ljedit https://t.co/lF0CAUSDNk DocEditor@thedoceditorJan 12
RT @HelenSaltedit: The latest good practice bulletin from @thesfep looks at managing editorial workflow. The newsletter is put togeth… https://t.co/aEKvTXB3ro DocEditor@thedoceditorJan 11
RT @ljedit: Please do take a look at the latest edition of @TheSfEP's Editorial Excellence ... and pass it on!
(And thanks, H… https://t.co/bongiS3dUr DocEditor@thedoceditorJan 11
RT @rlfwriters: It's not only writers who sometimes long for another pair of eyes,a fact-checker or a detail-wrangler: some profess… https://t.co/BQMrYOq2Tn DocEditor@thedoceditorJan 11
RT @TheSfEP: Cathy Tingle’s follow-up post on the SfEP blog: Working with an assistant: nuts and bolts. https://t.co/l1S8nTS52q DocEditor@thedoceditorJan 3
@frankcottrell_b - "Hello Frank. My granny got The Astounding Broccoli Boy from the library for me. I found it amaz… https://t.co/2adlgqjSyl DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 22
RT @mayamcantu: ‘Reframing the Musical,’ ed. @sarahinthepark, is about to hit the press! My essay on Ada ‘Bricktop’ Smith, queen of… https://t.co/BrBttXom0U DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 21
@SaffreySW @TheSfEP @Editorial_Cat @PrismDocuments @KiaThomasEdits @louisebolotin @NikProwse @SueBrowning_ed… https://t.co/UWOmT3RElB DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 21
@sarahinthepark And what a book! Back for Christmas, too. I'd say that deserves a quick celebratory number. If you have the energy. DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 20
Lovely and funny blog, offering all sorts of insights into editors' everyday lives - although I did get dog envy, c… https://t.co/TCTuZRhsJd DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 20
@EllenEditorial @WhiteHouseEd @Lisa_Cordaro Phew! And relax. Have a fab Christmas and New Year, lovely lady xx DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 19
@Lisa_Cordaro I've done exactly the same this week with a box of Roses. And, erm, a tub of cheese footballs. Christ… https://t.co/sWywedBA9X DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 19
@ProfRodham @ConversationUK @theipaper Pretty darned good, that, Karen - well done! Hopefully that will have put ju… https://t.co/W5HMSsBwO7 DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 18
@ljedit Do what I do - tell them that Santa will start swapping stocking presents for potatoes. Which also has zero effect. DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 15
@HelenSaltedit @dinnydaethat Cake now. Hot chocolate later, if you can rustle one up. Hot water bottle in the interim. X DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 14
@Alison_Edits Bought The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle this very day - and indeed its prettiness induced me to… https://t.co/Ai7IE1ZJyF DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 13
Fa la la la la! Hot on the heels of the marvellous Edinburgh @TheSfEP Christmas lunch, it's the rather more low-key… https://t.co/xX96X9srOD DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 13
This week I cited section 5.48 of @ChicagoManual 17 in notes to a client after we had decided to use gender-neutral… https://t.co/vJMmttzoso DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 12
@BCDreyer Hm then, so, confidentially, what if I ordered it in the UK aaaaaaages ago, being extra eager to get my hands on it? DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 12
RT @EllenEditorial: Great fun and chat with everyone today at the Scottish Arts Club. Love our @TheSfEP Edinburgh group Christmas lunch… https://t.co/OLdu3S8hTC DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 7
@CarolPickyqueen @lepoole Thank you, Carol! I was literally sobbing as soon as I woke up and looked at my phone. Wa… https://t.co/nfTbfUvD2t DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 6
@EllenEditorial @HelenSaltedit @laura_ripper @TheSfEP Sure thing. I'll definitely have sufficient thoughts in order… https://t.co/1M1WH7whNz DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 6
RT @Hamsa_80: @thedoceditor My pleasure 🙂 just finished reading your blog post on SfEP — very refreshing. It gives me hope that I… https://t.co/fwuIyzt5tF DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 6
RT @SENSEtheSociety: Cathy Tingle of the SfEP suggests hiring an assistant to carry out the less challenging elements of editing so that… https://t.co/7eJdxrCmp9 DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 6
@HelenSaltedit @laura_ripper Thanks so much, Helen. Not to get too tubthumping about it but there are so many benef… https://t.co/syyN7WenxW DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 6
@SaffreySW 😄 (Or just use emojis, although there are omissions there too - this is the closest thing I could find to a mince pie ----->🥧) DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 6
@SaffreySW Sorry it's been a week! Thanks for posting my blog in all the chaos. I'd suggest that an assistant might… https://t.co/GFSbUT8DdJ DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 5
@lepoole I got the 45th on my 45th (9 November 2016). Immediately requested a refund, but nothing forthcoming so fa… https://t.co/Sqn8wjfrKy DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 5
@sarahinthepark @AJQuinn88 @DrJamesLovelock ...and it has continued overnight, @AJQuinn88, @DrJamesLovelock and… https://t.co/38l9sKkPkK DocEditor@thedoceditorDec 4
Finding myself whistling various Rodgers and Hammerstein show tunes as I work. I wonder why that might be, @sarahinthepark? DocEditor@thedoceditorNov 29
On my Christmas list! Congratulations @lynneguist https://t.co/vw462DYQOJ DocEditor@thedoceditorNov 29
Can there be a better morning than running by the sea in filthy weather before editing a chapter from a lovely book… https://t.co/fNMLXXEa9C DocEditor@thedoceditorNov 21
Ooh, how marvellous @ProfRodham! I once sold Pam Ayres a pack of Eccles Cakes. (In a shop, rather than on eBay or s… https://t.co/RAdwL6E8i9 DocEditor@thedoceditorNov 20
Ah! Thank you SO much @sarahinthepark! That has made my day (it should have made my yesterday, but I am utterly rub… https://t.co/BHF2xKdJnz DocEditor@thedoceditorNov 7
Yay!! Terrific news (and terrific dancing) @dinnydaethat @PublishScotland https://t.co/Lwmso7JQEV DocEditor@thedoceditorNov 6
As someone who didn't use any semi-colons at all from 2000 to 2014 because I'd been told that I was doing it wrong,… https://t.co/9qWggqhKKG DocEditor@thedoceditorOct 10
Oh goodness, just saw this! Thank you, Karen, it really was such a pleasure to work with you xx https://t.co/liIYHhyx9c DocEditor@thedoceditorOct 10
@ProfRodham @Luke_Block @AberPsych @StaffsPsych Woo-hoo!! Looks fab. Congratulations from Cathy and Helen at… https://t.co/cBtBkb0GDg DocEditor@thedoceditorAug 5
RT @Twonic: Mission accomplished! Fantastic work everyone #wardiesandcastlechallenge @WaterAidUK @WardieChurch.… https://t.co/Y40ChMy6Ue DocEditor@thedoceditorJun 21
@GreyEditing Ooh, just EXACTLY what I need for my current project (all about presidents). Thank you! DocEditor@thedoceditorMay 13
@ProfRodham A week late to actual International Dawn Chorus Day but in the next few days will open my windows first… https://t.co/RpIhAcUSg8 DocEditor@thedoceditorApr 26
Utterly delighted to receive our first-ever thank you present! Thank you so much @ProfRodham for our gorgeous mugs… https://t.co/c6qwnthV2I DocEditor@thedoceditorApr 24
@ProfRodham @SelfHarmNotts Yum! Plus, top marks for excellent choice of mug. DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 15
@ljedit Same, Liz, same. We editors sometimes talk about the pressure we put ourselves under (and how that knocks o… https://t.co/cw7bCTWf6h DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 15
@ajentscotland @TheSfEP @EllenEditorial Yay! So well deserved, Angela. I hope you'll allow yourself a wee treat in… https://t.co/CNtkORhYYH DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 6
@School_Proof Hurrah for this new thing! Always love to hear of editors working together - it's the future. Best of luck to you. DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 1
@HannahGrego @ajentscotland @EditorIsla @islaybookfest @EdinEdits @EllenEditorial @humbieditorial Yup, kids are off… https://t.co/qbFCzDypge DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 6
Couldn’t have planned it better: editing a book today on law and gender. Depressing in parts, but the work that the… https://t.co/kylMvJzA4A DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 5
Advanced Professional Membership of @TheSfEP confirmed. Thank you to my clients and colleagues (including the ever-… https://t.co/7PEbdM6NEZ DocEditor@thedoceditorNov 30
Me too, @LouiseHarnby, but in a 'medical law' sort of a way. (Not quite so worthy of Mr Bean, although, I must say,… https://t.co/KDiEkNxKci DocEditor@thedoceditorSep 26
Lucky you! I loved @TheSfEP Efficient Editing and wish there was a way to do it again. But that would be duplicatin… https://t.co/y7HLuGETQH DocEditor@thedoceditorSep 6
@electriccycleco All local parents supercharged by your *free* coffee and doughnuts. Genius to have them ready for school run. Thank you. DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 31
@johanna_kantola @elombardo12 in Gender and Political Analysis the acknowledgements alone are a testament to the po… https://t.co/5zBOwPx5aD DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 30
RT @guardian: In our Google era, indexers are the unsung heroes of the publishing world https://t.co/Ol9XrznUYv DocEditor@thedoceditorMar 29
Well, first it was foggy and now it's raining. Pretty much sums up 29 March 2017 in this corner of Edinburgh. DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 27
@LouiseHarnby - yep, that'll ruin your day! Thank you for sharing - so useful! https://t.co/5y4FpPVUyg DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 18
@emeramchugh Misread as Things That Are In The Good Life... Margo, Jerry, Geraldine the Goat. Was quite impressed you could come up with 47. DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 16
Ooh! Exciting, hey @mariecampbell72? Thank you for sharing, @ProfMESmith - saves the usual lurk around Amazon four… https://t.co/QHusjgCJGD DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 14
@ajentscotland @CExchange Here's to next time! Glad I was easy to spot - am working on adding DocEditor mouse mat and mug for full effect... DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 14
RT @ajentscotland: @thedoceditor Sorry to have missed you today @CExchange - spotted your desk though! Looks like a great place for #coworking DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 14
RT @InformedScot: Great to hear about @Investment_2020 from Ann Robb - widening access to investment management careers for school/co… https://t.co/ROnqcREAZj DocEditor@thedoceditorFeb 14
RT @EdinEdits: February 14th, the perfect day for writing. Need a proofreader? Check out @EdinEdits to see how we can help!
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RT @ajentscotland: 'While elsewhere the talk is of walls & borders...' https://t.co/tdKSQ2nBka #international… https://t.co/2UsJE3Shei