Nicole Wayland

@FordEditing

Copyeditor and proofreader. 📚 Member of EFA and ACES. 📝 RYT 200. 🕉 Ravenclaw. 🏰 Lover of words, carbohydrates, emojis, and positivity. ✨

Seminole, FL   
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Joined March 2013
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  1. Mar 21

    Thank you, and !

    And thank you, for being our guest today! We can't wait for your session at .
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    Mar 21

    For a list of 's compiled tips, check out the link below.

    I don’t have a hashtag (where were you eight years ago?), but I have done a somewhat haphazard job of compiling them:
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    Mar 21
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    Don't be afraid to ask for clarification, whether it's from an author or a production editor or even an assigning editor. Better to know what's expected instead of assume, because, well, you know what they say....

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  4. Mar 21

    That's right! When in doubt, look it up.

    Sometimes we’re convinced something is right, or we convince ourselves. Maybe we’ve heard something so much we just assume it’s true. Don’t take anything for granted.
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  5. Mar 21

    Hi, everyone! 😀 I started freelancing about six years ago. I copyedit and proofread academic books, trade nonfiction, and YA fiction.

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  6. Mar 21

    I'll be joining today's for the next hour or so. Please feel free to mute me for the duration or follow along!

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  7. Mar 20

    "The expressions 'late nineteenth-century literature' and 'early twentieth-century growth' are clear without a second hyphen. (Similar expressions formed with mid—which Chicago classifies as a prefix—do not follow this pattern)" (CMOS 17, 7.87).

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  8. Mar 13

    "An access date . . . is of limited value. . . . Chicago does not therefore require access dates in its published citations of electronic sources unless no date of publication or revision can be determined from the source" (CMOS 17, 14.12).

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    Mar 6

    At the desk. Be the edit that you wish to see in the world.

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  10. Mar 6

    spinal chord --> spinal cord

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  11. Mar 6

    "Where two or more [publication] cities are given . . . only the first is normally included in the citation" (CMOS 17, 14.129). Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press --> Chicago: University of Chicago Press

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  12. Mar 4

    Tonight's editing session is brought to you by Starburst Jellybeans. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

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  13. Mar 1

    Wishing everyone a productive day!

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  14. Feb 27

    "Webster’s gives the plural form of most compounds that are tricky (fathers-in-law, coups d’état, courts-martial, chefs d’oeuvre, etc.). For those not listed, common sense can usually provide the answer" (CMOS 17, 7.7).

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  15. Feb 27

    New York: Colombia University Press --> New York: Columbia University Press

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  16. Feb 15

    Great advice here from on fact-checking fiction!

    My job as a fiction involves more than just finding typos and fixing dangling modifiers. I wrote this for on what I fact-check. What errors have you found in novels? (I'd love to add them to my list of things to look for!)
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  17. Feb 15

    half-pealed banana --> half-peeled banana 🍌 And now I'm hungry.

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  18. Jan 17

    The schedule has been posted! Thanks for the heads-up, !

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  19. Jan 17

    Such great conference advice!

    Replying to @maggielshaw @copyeditors @tschmedding
    If you get peopled-out, don't be afraid to sit out a session (they're generally very well covered on Twitter and through handouts) or to just sit quietly in a corner with headphones on. No one will judge you for it. :-)
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  20. Jan 17

    So excited to see everyone! Thank you, !

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