I've always found book contracts to be the most surreal part of an acquisitions editor's job. Like here I am with my cute little degree in Transatlantic Modernism just negotiating complex and binding legal language nbd 🤷‍♀️

#justeditorthings

Client: 'Can you make it pop more?'
Me: adds explosion sound and lens flare
#JustEditorThings #ClientLogic

A big part of editing is continuing to learn and evolve as language does, and knowing where to look up the answers.

What's you're favorite book on editing or writing that you use all the time?

#EditorSky #CorporateEditing #JustEditorThings

My flex is I’ve seen like 300-something of those #justeditorthings