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- [TWEED greets you!](https://tweedediting.com/2010/04/hello-world-2/) - Academic writing is a special form of communication with its own goals, methods, and conventions. The scholarly writer requires an editor with a critical eye for mechanics and effective argumentation, a firm grasp of academic citation styles, and an appreciation of the often-adversarial aims of complexity and clarity. With personal and professional experience in higher
- ["Scared"? The Punctuation That's Eroding Your Credibility](https://tweedediting.com/2010/04/scared/) - While powerful communication devices, scare quotes are also easy to abuse. They're used to distance the writer from the term in question. When someone makes the two-finger air-quotes gesture while speaking, that's the real-world equivalent of written scare quotes. Examples: astrological "science" "life" in prison The scare quotes strongly imply that astrology isn't really a science and
- [These people get it](https://tweedediting.com/2010/04/these-people-get-it/) - From Miss Moss comes this update on London's 2010 Tweed Run. Click through for video proof of the tweediness. Such events are something of a trend these days, with my fair city of Portland, Oregon, following suit. (Get it? Suit?!) Here's the link to the London Tweed Run. Here's Portland. ~ TWEED offers services and
- [Ask TWEED: How Do I Cite DVD Bonus Features?](https://tweedediting.com/2010/04/ask-tweed-how-do-i-cite-dvd-bonus-features/) - Dear TWEED Editing: My roommate is doing a paper on a film and wants to quote the director from the director's commentary. Do you have a website recommendation that would explain how one could properly format that in their 'Works Cited' section? --M.G. Esteemed TWEEDLE, The answer will depend somewhat on what citation guide you
- [Clichés on Trial](https://tweedediting.com/2010/04/cliches-on-trial/) - How far would you go to avoid using a cliché? The second half of this NYT post has useful perspective on the perils—and merits—of oft-used phrases. The moral of the story: If there is thought behind the cliché, why avoid it? As long as you are keeping the focus on your ideas and not on
- [Ask TWEED: Is Citing Online Journal Databases Necessary?](https://tweedediting.com/2010/05/ask-tweed-do-we-need-to-cite-online-journal-databases/) - Dear TWEED Editing: I have a question for you, Mistress Tweed. My students informed me recently that MLA requires that bibliographic citations obtained through a database require that the database be included in the citation. So their citations end up looking like this: DeRogatis, Amy. "Born again is a sexual term": demons, STDs, and God's
- [TWEED Editing at Write to Publish!](https://tweedediting.com/2010/05/tweed-editing-at-write-to-publish/) - Portlanders, mark your calendars! TWEED will have a table at PSU Ooligan Press's Write to Publish conference, Saturday and Sunday, May 22 and 23. Come for the exciting array of workshops for aspiring writers navigating the publishing process. Stay for informal conversations with superstar authors. (Chuck Palahniuk! Ursula K. Le Guin!) And be sure to
- [TWEED at Oolicon](https://tweedediting.com/2010/05/tweed-at-oolicon/) - I had a wonderful time at Ooligan Press's Write to Publish conference this weekend. Hearing insider perspectives from the likes of Chuck Palahniuk was a bonus. I handed out TWEED swag and met with writers, editors, and general literary types. Many folks were kind enough to chat with me at length about graphic design, the
- [TWEED Creed Desktop Wallpaper No. 1](https://tweedediting.com/2010/06/tweed-creed-desktop-wallpaper-no-1/) - It sure is an excellent time to write, isn't it? Keep your academic writing at the forefront of your mind with this TWEED Creed desktop wallpaper. This is the first in a series. If you have favorite upbeat sayings you'd like to see TWEEDified, please let me know. For PC users (or if your desktop
- [TWEED Dissertation-to-Book Guide No. 1: A Dissertation is an Auspicious Beginning](https://tweedediting.com/2010/06/tweed-dissertation-to-book-guide-no-1-a-dissertation-is-an-auspicious-beginning/) - The first installment in a series, A Dissertation is an Auspicious Beginning introduces the differences between successful dissertations and successful published books. Learn the hallmarks of dissertation style and the characteristics of academic monographs so that, when you're ready, you can tailor your writing to the task of reaching a wider audience. This inaugural Dissertation-to-Book
- [TWEED’s Guide to Academic Style](https://tweedediting.com/2010/06/tweeds-guide-to-academic-style/) - The TWEED Guide to Academic Style gives you a place to start the sometimes-daunting revision process. Brush up on the syntactical, grammatical, and tone-related indicators of scholarly writing. Attention to style signals to your readers that you are serious about your research. Read the guide now to remind yourself of the hallmarks of academic style,
- [TWEED Creed Desktop Wallpaper No. 2](https://tweedediting.com/2010/06/tweed-creed-desktop-wallpaper-no-2/) - Prescribe yourself a good dose of writing by making this message your computer background! This is part of a series: suggest your own upbeat message for writers, and be sure to check out the first TWEED Creed desktop wallpaper. For PC users (or if your desktop icons are on the left side of the screen):
- [TWEED Dissertation-to-Book Guide No. 2: Envisioning Your Dissertation as Something Else Entirely](https://tweedediting.com/2010/06/tweed-dissertation-to-book-guide-no-2-envisioning-your-dissertation-as-something-else-entirely/) - Envisioning Your Dissertation as Something Else Entirely is the second installment in TWEED's Dissertation-to-Book series of guides. Here, TWEED outlines several options for the dissertation awaiting revision: Craft a scholarly monograph Contribute to an edited dissertation series Parcel the research out into one journal article or several Publish electronically Blaze your own trail entirely As
- [Research Tool: Google Scholar Alerts](https://tweedediting.com/2010/06/research-tool-google-scholar-alerts/) - Good news! You can now set up automatic email alerts to keep up with new scholarship on whatever research topic you choose. You are probably already familiar with Google Scholar, the search engine that allows you to search academic journals, books, abstracts, and legal material. To receive regular updates about new works related to your
- [Distraction-free Word Processors](https://tweedediting.com/2010/06/distraction-free-word-processors/) - WriteRoom and Dark Room are distraction-free word processors for Mac and PC, respectively. The advantage is that these programs are full-screen, meaning that you can't see your other programs. No more email messages popping up and interrupting your flow. No quick switching between IM and your scholarly article. You can change the color scheme, but
- [TWEED Dissertation-to-Book Guide No. 3: Revising Your Manuscript](https://tweedediting.com/2010/06/tweed-dissertation-to-book-guide-no-3-revising-your-manuscript/) - It's here! Again, for the First Time: Revising Your Dissertation is the third installment in TWEED's Dissertation-to-Book series of guides. The longest guide yet, this issue tackles five stages of revising your dissertation for publication: Crafting a concept Conducting extra research Paring down Organizing the material that remains Polishing your style You'll begin to see
- [TWEED Dissertation-to-Book Guide No. 4: The Curious Beasts That Are Scholarly Presses & Acquisitions Editors](https://tweedediting.com/2010/07/tweed-dissertation-to-book-guide-no-4-the-curious-beasts-that-are-scholarly-presses-acquisitions-editors/) - New TWEED Dissertation-to-Book Guide! We’re really getting down to the side of things that you’re most curious about: connecting with publishers and seeing your project in print. Last time, I discussed in detail the process of revising a dissertation for publication as a book. Now, Guide No. 4: The Curious Beasts That Are Scholarly Presses
- [TWEED Does Documentation](https://tweedediting.com/2010/07/tweed-does-documentation/) - You already know how important documentation is for academic writing. You want to give credit where credit is due, leave breadcrumbs for readers interested in following up on sources you used, and simply produce professional-looking writing. All of these aims are achieved by thorough, consistent, and clear documentation. Good news! TWEED does Cite Management: editing,
- [Parenthe-seize the Divided List!](https://tweedediting.com/2010/08/parenthe-seize-the-divided-list/) - When we write a list within a sentence, we often want to make the structure absolutely clear by numbering or lettering the items in the series. For students and junior scholars, the divided list is even more important, as it is the well-known writers who can assume that their readers won't abandon overly complex, understructured
- [Shhhhh: Silently Altering Quoted Material](https://tweedediting.com/2010/08/shhhhh-silently-altering-quoted-material/) - Sometimes quotes just don't want to fit within the structure of our sentences. Unless you are in a legal field, some sciences, or writing for a UK publisher, you can silently tame quoted material in a number of permissible ways. This means that you don't have to flag your insertions, deletions, and changes by using
- [Writer-at-Work Doortags](https://tweedediting.com/2010/08/writer-at-work-doortags/) - Now in the TWEED Library: Writer-at-Work doortag templates (PDF). Print them off in sets of three per page. Put one on every door behind which you happen to work, or keep one and give the rest to other committed writers in your life. You can never broadcast too loud or too often that (a) you
- [Toggling Letter Cases](https://tweedediting.com/2010/08/toggling-letter-cases/) - Microsoft Word has a handy tool for rectifying inadvertent caps lock: Change Case. This feature will take A PASSAGE LIKE THIS and make it A Passage Like This or a passage like this. All you need to do to access this feature is hit SHIFT+F3 on a Windows-based computer or COMMAND+OPTION+C on a Mac machine.
- [Small Caps = Big Deal](https://tweedediting.com/2010/08/small-capsbig-deal/) - Continuing the trend of capitalization-related posts, here is an ode to the wonders of small caps, a formatting trick that elevates the look of documents instantaneously. For beautifully typeset headings, try small caps. It gives the look of initial capital letters that are set in a slightly larger font than applies to the other letters—but
- [Because, Because, Because: Causality Problems](https://tweedediting.com/2010/08/because-because-because-causality-problems/) - It's a danger inherent to complex and formal writing, and I see this mistake often while editing—and in revising my own writing. It's the error of attributing multiple, competing causes to the main clause in a sentence. Here's a totally fabricated example: Small birds of prey are rather easily trained. For this reason, falconry became
- [Cross-referencing Terminology](https://tweedediting.com/2010/09/cross-referencing-terminology/) - Endnotes and footnotes can include far more than just bare-bones citations. To point to extra sources, scholars use signal phrases and abbreviations, but they are not all interchangeable. These quick guidelines will help you mean what you say and say what you mean. see: Use this to suggest your reader take a look at a
- [Writing Progress Administration: Happy Labor Day](https://tweedediting.com/2010/09/writing-progress-administration-happy-labor-day/) - TWEED establishes the Writing Progress Administration to put writers back to work! Initiatives include recasting writing as public work, skill-building, and professional training. Authors are the backbone of a critical and informed society and therefore deserve relief—even if it takes the form of computer wallpapers and printable posters. In honor of Labor Day, TWEED releases
- [New Annotations Newsletter](https://tweedediting.com/2010/09/new-annotations-newsletter/) - TWEED's email periodical, Annotations, launched this week. Check out the archive.
- [Subscribe to the TWEED Feed](https://tweedediting.com/2010/09/subscribe-to-the-tweed-feed/) - If you use an RSS reader that aggregates posts from all of your most-visited websites and blogs, add TWEED! This way, you'll never miss an update about new writing guides, motivational computer wallpapers, and tips for scholarly writing. The TWEED Feed. Check it out.
- [Edit, Submit, Admit: Application Essays](https://tweedediting.com/2010/09/edit-submit-admit-application-essays/) - The biggest mistake I made in applying to graduate schools was not having anyone—not a single soul—read over my personal statement. The second-biggest mistake may have been having only one personal statement rather than many, each tailored to a specific university and program. It's tempting not to share a draft of an application essay with
- [WPA: Research and Victory](https://tweedediting.com/2010/09/wpa-research-and-victor/) - ATTENTION, CITIZEN WRITERS: The Writing Progress Administration returns with two new posters and computer wallpapers to motivate the diligent writing public. Research, the Best Ammunition updates the classic notion that the pen is mightier than the sword. A well-read writer is one strong enough to take critique, respond to it, and incorporate the best of
- [WPA: First Class All the Way](https://tweedediting.com/2010/09/wpa-first-class-all-the-way/) - Good morning! It's time for another installment in the Writing Progress Administration's propaganda series, inspired by the New Deal social agency that put millions back to work and kept the United States proud and productive. This time, I offer relief in the form of bolstering the writer's sense of self. I also pay homage to
- [WPA: Writing Can Be Like Playing Dominoes](https://tweedediting.com/2010/09/wpa-writing-can-be-like-playing-dominoes/) - The Writing Progress Administration is back to encourage writers to set up writing projects in small increments and then knock ’em down—er, write ’em down. Taking baby steps is always easier than trying to tackle a behemoth project all at once. So see how small you can make the dominoes of your particular project, set
- [Critique Me: A Customizable Cover Sheet](https://tweedediting.com/2010/10/critique-me-a-customizable-cover-sheet/) - To grow, writers need critique. Once you've solicited reviewers to read your writing, it's important to guide them toward the kind of feedback that will be most useful to you. Your enlisted critics need to know your audience and timeline. They need to know how far along the document is: Are you looking for feedback
- [Send Free Postcards to Writers](https://tweedediting.com/2010/10/send-free-postcards-to-writers/) - TWEED Editing now offers a half-dozen electronic postcards that encourage writers to keep on keepin' on. Fall is back-to-work time, so send some postcard support to the writers in your life today.
- [WPA: Keep Calm and Write On](https://tweedediting.com/2010/10/wpa-keep-calm-and-write-on/) - In the interest of writers everywhere, the Writing Progress Administration now appropriates the classic British wartime poster. Download the large graphic for your computer wallpaper (standard, widescreen), and print the white-backgrounded, letter-sized PDF to post here, there, and everywhere. You can also send it as an electronic postcard to your favorite struggling (or even übermotivated)
- [Royal, Editorial, or Otherwise: The Vague “We”](https://tweedediting.com/2010/11/royal-editorial-or-otherwise-the-vague-we/) - 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 "We at TWEED..." TWEED happens to be a one-woman
- [TWEED Tweets on Twitter!](https://tweedediting.com/2010/11/tweed-tweets-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 writers, and plain old tweedy fun. Content will differ from what's posted
- [Oops, and Happy Friday!](https://tweedediting.com/2010/11/oops-and-happy-friday/) - 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 new edition just went out. View it in the archive.
- [Dissertation-to-Book Guide No. 5: Inquiring Minds Want to Propose](https://tweedediting.com/2010/11/dissertation-to-book-guide-no-5-inquiring-minds-want-to-propose/) - 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 process: initial inquiries directed to presses and then actual book proposals. In this rich guide, you'll learn etiquette for entering
- [An Ever-Expanding Compendium of Academic Verbs](https://tweedediting.com/2010/11/an-ever-expanding-compendium-of-academic-verbs/) - 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 vibrant verbs that are more interesting and more directive than the
- [Have a Productive New Year!](https://tweedediting.com/2011/01/have-a-productive-new-year/) - I wish you a productive new year, full of big-picture thinking, rubber hitting the road, and much fulfillment. Here's to 2011! You can send this image as an e-card, too. Pass along the proactive vibes by wishing your friends, family, and colleagues productivity in the new year. Subscribe to TWEED's Annotations newsletter
- [Scholarly Resolution Certificate](https://tweedediting.com/2011/01/make-your-scholarly-resolutions/) - Happy new year! Envisioning a productive 2011 is ever so much easier when a bit of pomp and circumstance is involved. Award yourself this certificate upon making a resolution. Then post it, scrapbook it, bedazzle it—whatever will keep the goal at the forefront of your mind until you complete it. Print and complete the Scholarly
- [New Service: The CV Diagnostic](https://tweedediting.com/2011/03/new-service-the-cv-diagnostic/) - Today I'm announcing a new service because I want to give academics the tools to make winning first impressions. The CV Diagnostic provides a detailed snapshot of your most important document, one that deserves to be looked over by a pair of trained eyes before you next send it out into the world. If finely
- [Signposting Rachel Toor's "Think of Yourself as a Writer"](https://tweedediting.com/2011/03/signposting-rachel-toors-think-of-yourself-as-a-writer/) - On March 7, The Chronicle of Higher Education published an advice piece by Rachel Toor, assistant professor of creative writing at Eastern Washington University. In "Think of Yourself as a Writer," Toor draws from her experience in scholarly publishing to urge that academics consider their readers. Imagine that! The first part of the article sets
- [What TWEED Is Tweeting: 2011-04-07](https://tweedediting.com/2011/04/what-tweed-is-tweeting-2011-04-07/) - Junior faculty, take a look at TWEED's Dissertation-to-Book Guides: http://t.co/lVbvtYs # The new ACLS Public Fellows program places recent PhDs in government and nonprofit staff positions (+ stipend, health) - http://t.co/f7wlPQq # Academics share their tips for fighting writer's block: http://t.co/5EEZWLS # An MD-PhD makes a typographical poster out of his dissertation on cardiac arrhythmia:
- [Synchronicity: TWEED and Harvard UP](https://tweedediting.com/2011/04/synchronicity-tweed-and-harvard-up/) - As Sting and the Police sing, "Effect without cause / Sub-atomic laws, scientific pause / Synchronicity." That's the case with the similarities I encountered this morning. Harvard University Press has published Gary W. Gallagher's The Union War, and the cover bears striking resemblance to a few of my own TWEED creations. It's not a case
- [This Is Where the Academic Editing Magic Happens](https://tweedediting.com/2011/05/this-is-where-the-academic-editing-magic-happens/) - Yes, this is my office. A clean workspace helps me focus, but my desk rarely looks like this. More often, the top is covered with style guides, printouts, scraps of paper, bills, and writing utensils. Especially when I'm in the middle of a project, I allow piles to grow high and wide. My new goal
- [TWEED Academic Editing on Kindle!](https://tweedediting.com/2011/05/tweed-academic-editing-on-kindle/) - Kindle users: you can now subscribe to the TWEED blog with your e-reader! This means that all my tutorials, guides, tips, resources, tools, service updates, and Twitter posts are auto-delivered wirelessly to your device. Amazon makes the subscription risk free with a two-week trial period. I have some really content-rich blog features coming up, so
- [Trade Tool: Hyphenation Tables](https://tweedediting.com/2011/05/trade-tool-hyphenation-tables/) - Many of the tools I use as a professional academic editor could be used (and well!) by thoughtful writers and revisers, so I've decided to start featuring some of the handier implements and resources that are part of my editing routine. This first one I actually keep in my dock. (That's the menu bar across
- [Academic Editor Will Read Fiction—for Fun](https://tweedediting.com/2011/05/academic-editor-will-read-fictio-for-fun/) - With some big academic writing projects of my own completed, I finally have not only the time but the psychological space to read some nonacademic, fiction books—for pleasure. Now, I read—and enjoy doing so—all the time. As is more than obvious from my site, I perform academic editing on manuscripts from diverse fields. I also
- [Tour the Updated Site](https://tweedediting.com/2011/06/tour-the-updated-site/) - I've been rolling out some site updates over the past few weeks, and I'm excited to share them with you now. First and foremost, Tweed's home page has been revamped to include a central graphic that is both more dramatic and informative than the previous iteration. The explanatory text below the new image aids readability
- [Alternative Dissertation Binding: Blurb](https://tweedediting.com/2011/06/alternative-dissertation-binding-blurb/) - UPDATE: Blurb has created a Microsoft Word add-in that's designed to make this process much easier. It's only for Windows environments right now, so I (a Mac user) haven't tried it. But it looks very promising. About one year after first Blurbing, I'm realizing how beneficial it is to have a handsomely bound volume. I'm
- [Style Sheets for Academic Writers](https://tweedediting.com/2011/06/style-sheets-for-academic-writers/) - Tweed provides a style sheet with every completed academic editing job. The writer can use the style sheet as a guide to the edits I've made and as a crib sheet to clean up future documents even before they're edited.
- [Concentration Tips from Your Media-Saturated Academic Editor: Part One](https://tweedediting.com/2011/06/concentration-tips-from-your-media-saturated-academic-editor-part-one/) - I edit for psychologists, but I'm not one of them. I'm also not a productivity guru. But lately I've realized that I do have my own tricks for staying on task and getting things done.
- [Concentration Tips from Your Media-Saturated Academic Editor: Part Two](https://tweedediting.com/2011/06/concentration-tips-from-your-media-saturated-academic-editor-part-two/) - Last time, I shared with you a couple of hard-earned, concrete tactics that I deploy in my quest to remain productive, focused, and fulfilled.
- [Happy Independence Day, from Your Academic Editor](https://tweedediting.com/2011/07/happy-independence-day-from-your-academic-editor/) - Writing and editing are patriotic endeavors!
- [How I Self-Revised My Dissertation, a Video Presentation](https://tweedediting.com/2011/07/revising/) - Today, I'm proud to share with you a project that's been on my mind for a long time now: a video presentation detailing the steps I took to revise my own dissertation. Sometimes it's difficult to dive right into revisioning and redrafting (the components of revising) because there's no clear first step. Every PhD has
- [Monograph, She Wrote](https://tweedediting.com/2011/07/monograph-she-wrote/) - I just watched an episode of Murder, She Wrote in which Jessica Fletcher lectures at a prestigious university, which gave me the idea for an academic version of the show's title.
- [How to Unfile Research Paperwork](https://tweedediting.com/2011/07/how-to-unfile-research-paperwork/) - My filing cabinets had been bursting with grad-school materials for years. This weekend, I finally got around to addressing the problem. I'm calling the solution my unfiling system.
- [Paul Krugman's Four Rules of Research](https://tweedediting.com/2011/08/paul-krugmans-four-rules-of-research/) - Short transcript of a FORA.tv presentation of a conversation in which Paul Krugman speaks about the art and craft of writing—specifically, the challenges that an academic may have when trying to write for a broader audience.
- [Visit Me on Facebook](https://tweedediting.com/2011/09/visit-me-on-facebook/) - If you have a minute, come visit me on Facebook, where I post links and tips related to scholarly writing. You can also contact me through the Tweed Facebook page, or just email me. See you there!
- ["Tweed Pencil" Is the New Vermilion](https://tweedediting.com/2011/09/tweed-pencil-is-the-new-vermilion/) - I've always wanted to name a crayon. Well, UNICEF's new charitable promotion lets donors own colors (within the domain of the ownacolour.com website only). I chose #ff3300, recognizable as the glowing vermilion used throughout the Tweed Editing website. I call it Tweed Pencil, which I feel evokes the red-pencil heritage of marking papers and symbolizes
- ["Behind the Tweed Curtain": The Copyediting.com Interview](https://tweedediting.com/2011/11/behind-the-tweed-curtain-the-copyediting-com-interview/) - Copyediting.com (the current incarnation of the longstanding industry newsletter Copyediting) invited me to introduce the world of scholarly and dissertation editing.
- [Claremont Talks Tweed](https://tweedediting.com/2011/11/claremont-talks-tweed/) - Institute for Signifying Scriptures, my primary research affiliation from Claremont, profiles me and Tweed Academic Editing.
- [Did You See the Last Tweed Newsletter?](https://tweedediting.com/2012/04/did-you-see-the-last-tweed-newsletter/) - In the last issue of the Tweed newsletter, Annotations, I unveiled a new structure that highlights the best of the academic-writing Web and Tweed's website, too.
- [Weekends Are for Writers](https://tweedediting.com/2012/04/weekends-are-for-writers/) - Weekends Are for Writers: Whatever you have planned for the weekend, make the most of it, writers!
- [Now Booking for August](https://tweedediting.com/2012/05/now-booking-for-august/) - Tweed is now accepting academic editing projects for late July and early August.
- [The Labor of Scholarly Writing](https://tweedediting.com/2012/09/the-labor-of-scholarly-writing/) - Our work is sprawling and unstructured because, for us, work overlaps with what we love to do, what we'd want to be doing anyway.
- [Lost in Spaces (between Sentences)](https://tweedediting.com/2012/09/lost-in-spaces-between-sentences/) - APA style requires two spaces between sentences. Chicago and MLA only require one. Here's how to make your document consistent with your field's guidelines.
- [Put a Badge on It](https://tweedediting.com/2012/09/put-a-badge-on-it/) - Scholarly editing projects are keeping me so busy and enriching my mind so much that I feel as if I'm earning merit badges right and left.
- [Trick or Tweed?](https://tweedediting.com/2012/10/trick-or-tweed/) - Happy Halloween, everybody! And stay safe—especially if you're in the areas affected by Hurricane Sandy. I know it's only October, but if you need any editing in December or January, now's the time to start a conversation with me. I'd love to hear about what you're working on and discuss ways to move your projects
- [From Common Sense to Winter Genius](https://tweedediting.com/2012/12/from-common-sense-to-winter-genius/) - If you want to transform winter into a productive, verdant season for your writing, drop me a line.
- [2013 Will Be Sheer Brilliance](https://tweedediting.com/2013/01/2013-will-be-sheer-brilliance/) - A new year's greeting from Tweed Editing: The best thing about the academy is the academic community. Thanks for being mine.
- [Push Your Scholarship Further: Developmental Editing](https://tweedediting.com/2013/04/push-your-scholarship-further-developmental-editing/) - Animate your writing and your career through developmental editing tailored to your research, your field, and your professional goals.
- [Tweed Editing Profiled in UPPERCASE Magazine](https://tweedediting.com/2013/04/tweed-editing-profiled-in-uppercase-magazine/) - A series of events led to UPPERCASE magazine devoting a two-page spread to me and my work with Tweed. UPPERCASE is "a magazine for the creative and curious."
- [Making Writing Manageable, If Not Enjoyable](https://tweedediting.com/2013/04/making-writing-manageable-if-not-enjoyable/) - An article featuring tips from esteemed professors, a New York Times contributor, a writing-center professional, and procrastination experts.
- [Pushing Your Writing, Raising Your Profile—a Webinar with the Text and Academic Authors Association](https://tweedediting.com/2013/05/pushing-your-writing-raising-your-profile-a-webinar-with-the-text-and-academic-authors-association/) - The Text and Academic Authors Association has invited Tweed Editing to present a webinar aimed specifically at scholarly authors who want to elevate their writing projects and garner the attention they deserve.
- [You Are My Acknowledgments Page](https://tweedediting.com/2013/11/you-are-my-acknowledgments-page/) - Gratitude for the Tweed community.
- [Getting Smart with Quotes](https://tweedediting.com/2013/12/getting-smart-with-quotes/) - You know how sometimes you see quotation marks and apostrophes that turn toward the text they're associated with—and sometimes they're just straight up and down, almost like hatch marks? The former kind go by many names: directional quotation marks, smart quotes, curly quotes, or typographer's quotation marks. And they're much more pleasing to the reading
- [A Tweedy New Year to You!](https://tweedediting.com/2014/01/a-tweedy-new-year-to-you/) - May your new year be bright! Here's to a smart 2014!
- [Valentines for Academics](https://tweedediting.com/2014/02/valentines-for-academics/) - These are electronic postcards that you'd be smart to send!
- [New Tweed Newsletter!](https://tweedediting.com/2014/02/new-tweed-newsletter/) - I just dispatched a new Tweed newsletter. Are you subscribed?
- [The Tweed Philosophy on Subheads](https://tweedediting.com/2014/03/the-tweed-philosophy-on-subheads/) - How to use subheads well in academic and scholarly writing.
- [Research Dreams Come True: A Personal Note](https://tweedediting.com/2014/04/research-dreams-come-true-a-personal-note/) - Almost twenty years ago, I wrote a high school history project on Iceland. This spring, I brought that paper along with me when I finally visited Reykjavík.
- [One-Question Survey about Getting Your Manuscript Published](https://tweedediting.com/2014/04/one-question-survey-about-getting-your-manuscript-published/) - The more I know about your concerns related to placing your research with a press, the better the content I can release for you.
- [Great Minds and All That—Harvard University Press, Tweed Editing, and Futura](https://tweedediting.com/2014/04/great-minds-and-all-that/) - Comparing the promotional banner for the new translation of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century and Tweed Editing's header design.
- [When to Quote and When to Paraphrase](https://tweedediting.com/2014/04/when-to-quote-and-when-to-paraphrase/) - Paraphrasing keeps you from relying too heavily on quotations of other scholars to make your argument. Here's a test to help you determine when to quote and when to paraphrase.
- [Your Scholarly Argument Is Not a Listicle!](https://tweedediting.com/2014/05/your-scholarly-argument-is-not-a-listicle/) - In my guest post on the Text and Academic Authors Association blog, "How to Write a Sophisticated, Dynamic Scholarly Argument," I explain why a list does not a persuasive case make!
- [You're Never Writing for Your Academic Doppelgängers](https://tweedediting.com/2014/06/youre-never-writing-for-your-academic-doppelgangers/) - To capture readers, academic writers must imagine an audience broader than their own disciplinary subfields.
- [New Valentines for Academics](https://tweedediting.com/2015/02/new-valentines-for-academics/) - For 2015, a new set of academic Valentines! Send them as electronic postcards through Tweed Editing.
- [You People Are the Best](https://tweedediting.com/2015/02/you-people-are-the-best/) - I've been floored by the positive response to my academic valentines this week. Thanks for making this Valentine's Day exceptionally tweedy!
- [Working-from-Home Door Tags](https://tweedediting.com/2020/04/working-from-home-door-tags/) - For everyone teaching, learning, working, and writing from home! A set of printable door tags that let everyone else know that you, for one, are trying to focus. To reinforce, print on card stock or mount on a manila folder. Stay safe, be well, take care.
- [Thank You All](https://tweedediting.com/2011/11/thank-you-all/) - I'm so thankful—I could write a book! Thank you all.

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- [Link in Bio](https://tweedediting.com/link-in-bio/) - Tweed Website E-valentines Print Valentines
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- [FAQ](https://tweedediting.com/faq/) - WHAT SHOULD I LOOK FOR IN A SCHOLARLY EDITOR? It's hard enough to find a good editor, let alone a good editor who can handle academic writing.
- [Valentines](https://tweedediting.com/postcards/) - Send encouragement and whimsy to the writers in your life with Tweed's academic valentines.
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- [Blog](https://tweedediting.com/blog/) - Tweed offers all levels of academic editing for scholarly writers. Katie Van Heest, PhD, is a Chicago-trained editor. By intervening at any point in the writing process, she helps scholars and advanced students make professional progress.
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- [Academic Verbs](https://tweedediting.com/youre-never-writing-for-your-academic-doppelgangers/verbs/) - Tweed's Ever-Expanding Compendium of Academic Verbs contains almost 250 alternatives to "state" and "argue"—though those are included as well.
- [Contact Tweed](https://tweedediting.com/contact/) - Contact Katie Van Heest, PhD, the academic editor behind Tweed.

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