Mission: Clarity

04/26/2022

I’m relaunching my blog “A Single Life” after a two-year hiatus. What is life like for an INFJ single woman in her sixties? Even if no one reads it, I don’t care.

04/16/2021

Are any of you members of ACES (American Copy Editor Society)?

03/10/2020

Writers aren't perfect but strive to learn from their mistakes.
https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/top-10-writing-and-grammar-mistakes-that-even-published-authors-make?e=2db25b0b14f9d8ca2523aac658622c9b5f6e2367892bc3df101b161e2f2c137d

  All the little details of writing are difficult, and even published authors can struggle to get everything right. Thankfully, these writers have editors who clean up the writing to make authors look their best. Macmillan Publishers' editors ranked the most common errors they see, and sh

03/06/2020

If you're not sure how a word is spelled, check the dictionary. You may be on target!

01/15/2020

Regarding "incent," "incentivize," and related words, stop. Just. Stop.
https://www.governing.com/blogs/view/Lets-Incent-Plain-English.html

I remember being shocked--shocked--when Jack Kemp expounded on his housing initiatives, decades ago now, by talking about "incentivizing" and "de-incentivizing" (or ...

11/08/2019

I joined the American Copy Editors Society (ACES). I look forward to learning from my peers and improving the quality of my work.

09/29/2019

For me, every day is ! ☕️

03/05/2019

Kasler has been released, but the Bee has compelling live video of the protests and ensuing arrests.

Stephon Clark activists, a group called The Table Sacramento, marched in East Sacramento over the district attorney’s decision to not charge police officers in the shooting death.

02/18/2019

One of the many reasons I edit in plain language.

Reading the terms and conditions of online consumer contracts requires, on average, more than 14 years of education.

02/17/2019

This is so heartwarming! 💛

01/07/2019

This is not good. 😕

Ginsburg is still recuperating from surgery to remove cancerous growths from her left lung

10/08/2018

I'm here. Not going anywhere yet.

11/07/2017

I realized that I'm turning into my high school English teacher Mrs. Barber. When I'm the next-to-last person to review a report at work, I say to myself, "Slow your roll, home skillet." 📄

09/29/2017

From my blog "A Single Life."

Last night, I was making dinner after a long day at work editing a 469-page report due in two business days. After dinner, I made four d...

07/18/2017

A colleague whose book I edited told me today that a publishing company in North Carolina is publishing his book. He added that the in-house editor said that the book was so well copy edited that it didn't need much editing. I guess I'll pick up Mission: Clarity, dust it off, and start all over again.