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I, novice

Four-frame cartoon. Two editors sit with laptops at a table. Frame 1: The bearded editor says, “Huh.” Bespectacled editor says, “What?” Frame 2: Bearded editor says, “Just noticed that my invoice template says I-N-O-V-I-C-E.” Bespectacled editor says, “Uh-oh. How long have you used that template?” Frame 3: Bearded editor says, “Since I launched my business! Where finding and correcting typos is LITERALLY MY JOB.” Frame 4: Bearded editor says, “What do you call Muphry’s Law at the macro, existential level?” Bespectacled editor replies, “I think it might toggle back to Murphy at that point.”

Brave enough to share your* most embarrassing editing goofs? Head over to Twitter.

*or [cough] a colleague’s

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Submission

Eight-panel cartoon. Panel 1: A man sits next to bespectacled editor at a café. He says, “So you’re an editor? I guess I’d better watch how I talk around you, huh? Panel 2: Bespectacled editor responds, “Heh. Not at all. I promise I won’t judge your grammar unless you ask me to.” Panel 3: Man says, “Oh, I won’t mind. You can be as harsh as you want with me. I can take it… In fact…” Panel 4: Man leans toward bespectacled editor, and says, “I’ve been very, VERY bad…” Panel 5: Bespectacled editor looks bewildered. Panel 6: She says, “Um…I think I know someone who can help.” Panel 7: Curly-haired editor is on her cellphone, and she says, “Hey, thanks for the referral.” Panel 8: The frame pans out to show the man in shackles in a dungeon and curly-haired editor holding a whip that looks like a dele. She says, “I’m sure it’ll be a great fit!”

Caption the last panel over on Twitter!

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Rites of passage

What spellings, styles, and usages scrambled your brain when you first encountered them? Let me know here and on Twitter (#EditorialRitesofPassage).

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Summertime

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I drew my August cartoon for a post I wrote about plain-language research summaries for the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research’s KT Encounters blog. Please click through on the image below to read the post if you’re interested!

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Turd

Shoutout to the many editors who have put in the time, effort, and skill needed to turn shapeless, smelly turds into coprolites and then polish them to a mirror finish. Too often your dedication goes unnoticed.

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I, novice

Submission

Resolution

Rites of passage

Inkproofing

Book launch

Summertime

Plain-language summaries

Turd

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