by Tweed Editing | Nov 29, 2010 | guides, writing tools
A few months ago, my friend and writing connoisseur Shayda had the idea to list verbs that scholars and students use when writing about other scholarship. Too often, we become stuck in ruts of “he states” and “she argues.” The world is full of...
by Tweed Editing | Nov 10, 2010 | guides, services
It’s here: the fifth TWEED Dissertation-to-Book Guide, Inquiring Minds Want to Propose. In the previous guide, we discussed finding prospective publishers for book manuscripts. This installment goes through the next two phases of the dissertation-to-book...
by Tweed Editing | Nov 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
Some of you may have noticed that about 20 copies of the TWEED Tweets summary were posted earlier today. The issue has been resolved and the excess copies deleted. Sorry about that! Have an excellent weekend! Sign up for Annotations, TWEED’s email periodical. A...
by Tweed Editing | Nov 3, 2010 | frivolity, guides, services, TWEED on Twitter
Finally! TWEED is establishing a presence on Twitter. Really, what could be more perfect than TWEED tweeting on Twitter? It was meant to be. So follow TWEEDediting on Twitter for a regular stream of tips related to academic writing styles, resources for scholarly...
by Tweed Editing | Nov 1, 2010 | style
Ben Zimmer, the heir to the late William Safire’s On Language column in the New York Times Sunday Magazine, made waves a few weeks ago with his ruminations on the editorial we. That kind of expression is in evidence when, for instance, I write something like...
#SSP2023 and #AUPresses2023 are supercharging my understanding of OA and AI. (I want to make some kind of vowel pun… https://t.co/PJP5N6WFLE