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The world of Catholic journalism just lost one of the greats: Jerry Filteau. He was a true pro and a great colleague. My condolences to all who knew him and knew of him.

Jerry Filteau, premier CNS, NCR reporter on Catholic Church for 40 years, dies Jerry Filteau, one of the premier reporters on the Catholic Church for more than 40 years, died April 4. Filteau covered the church for National Catholic Reporter from 2007 to 2013, when he retired for the second time: Before that, for 37 years, he worked for Catholic News Service as a reporter, for...

Delighted to announce that I built a new website for current editorial celebrity Amy J. Schneider of Featherschneider Editorial Services!

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I've got a brand-new website at www.featherschneider.com! Designed by the fabulous Jeanette Fast Redmond at JF Redmond Studio. Lots of cool new stuff, and more to come! I'm so excited!

"until they are able to cover costs" => "until they can cover costs"

: I'm editing materials for the 2024 Catholic Communication Campaign for United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. It's been my privilege to edit materials for the USCCB National Collections for more than two decades.

Interested in learning more about the CCC? Check out its good work at

Catholic Communication Campaign The Catholic Communication Campaign helps the Church spread the Gospel message in the U.S. and in developing countries using modern media tools to inform, inspi...

Still time to sign up to hear Mark Allen and Amy J. Schneider talk shop this afternoon!

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A happy Ash Wednesday to my followers who celebrate.
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New post on the blog! Inspired by my kid's teachers who say "Thanks for the good communication" whenever we email about something, I consider what "good communication" looks like in freelancers' relationships with clients.

5 Strategies to Communicate Compassionately with Clients — FastEditing® LLC How can we freelancers make “good communication” more intentional? So many breakdowns in client/freelancer communications can be traced to (a) not communicating (b) the right information (c) frequently enough. So here I offer five crucial communication strategies to boost how (and how often) we ...

Excited to have an ePub copy of the new book by my colleague Amy J. Schneider of Featherschneider Editorial Services! I don’t really edit fiction (nonfiction is my jam), so I’m excited to learn the ropes from Amy.

Amazon won't get to distribute it until March, but you can get the book NOW from the University of Chicago Press site! Check the link: https://buff.ly/3IuK0CI

Invest in yourself! Join me at the Women in Publishing Summit from March 1-4, 2023. This virtual summit is packed with incredible sessions. Many are also recorded to watch later too!

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Check out the new book by my client Charlotte Karem Albrecht. I was honored to learn more about Syrian American history a year ago when I did a round of editing for the project. Congratulations, Dr. Karem Albrecht! You can read more at my https://buff.ly/2tqjOoU affiliate link:

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Need a print copy of the Chicago Manual of Style? It's on sale! Now through Valentine's Day, use promo code XOCMOS to get a sweet 50% off the print edition (just $35, regularly $70).

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Delighted to introduce my new client, the National Religious Retirement Office, which runs the US Church's Retirement Fund for Religious. Getting started copyediting some campaign materials today.

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Home - Retirement Fund for Religious Education

The great Iva Cheung nails how the brain of an editor or writer is never off the clock.

On the clock - Iva Cheung (An Editorial Cartoon—a print book of the first ten years of these comics about editing and publishing—is available from online book retailers everywhere. One dollar from each copy sold goes to the Indigenous Editors Association. Massive thanks to everyone who’s bought a copy so far!)

This is today at 4:30pm Eastern! Looking forward to hearing Mark and Gael talk about the development of the ISO standard. Still time to register!

That Word Chat | Mark Allen Editorial That Word Chat is a Zoom-based chat show with editors, linguists, and other word lovers about all things lexical. Past espisodes appear on YouTube.

New post on the blog! If you’re an indie author writing a book or other resource for Catholics, then you have already discerned that God has put a book in your heart. At some point, you’ll probably hear about the imprimatur (and its cousins, the nihil obstat and the imprimi potest). This blog post answers a lot of the questions you might have about the imprimatur. Let me know what you think!

The Catholic Indie Author’s Guide to the Imprimatur — FastEditing® LLC If you’re an indie author writing a book or other resource for Catholics, then you have already discerned that God has put a book in your heart. At some point, you’ll probably hear about the imprimatur (and its cousins, the nihil obstat and the imprimi potest). This blog post answers a lot of th...

Excited to share that my colleague Amy’s book on fiction editing is one step closer to release! CONGRATS, AMY!

“Doing something yourself gives you a deeper understanding of how it works and why it matters. ‘Writing as a way of talking to yourself to clarify your own thinking is a valuable tool.’”

Will AI replace writing first drafts? And should it? Interesting thought exercises in this gifted article from the NYT.

Did a Fourth Grader Write This? Or the New Chatbot? Don’t be surprised if you can’t always tell. Neither could two teachers, a professor, nor even the renowned children’s author Judy Blume.

Catholic book authors: Curious about the imprimatur, the nihil obstat, and what it takes to obtain them? This blog post came to my attention recently, and the author (Cathy Caridi) does a great job of laying out the canonical requirements, the process, and the specific types of books that warrant an imprimatur.

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I'm working up a blog post of my own to share soon on this subject, specifically for indie (self-publishing) writers. Stay tuned!

When Does a Catholic Book Need an Imprimatur? Q: I have questions regarding books that are supposed to have Church approval on them. If a book deals with religion/morals and is being sold in a church, does it only need the Imprimatur, or does…

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Women in Publishing Summit 2023 | Women in Publishing Summit Join us at the next virtual conference!Day(s):Hour(s):Minute(s):Second(s)Join Us Virtually March 1-4, 2023The biggest virtual event for women in the publishing industry!Over 40 workshops for Nonfiction/General, Fiction, and Children's book authors!This event is for: authors, editors, publishers, mar...

Delighted to announce that I've been accepted as a Partner Member of ALLi, the Alliance of Independent Authors. ALLi is a nonprofit that promotes ethics and excellence in self-publishing. It's all part of my outreach to indie Catholic authors for 2023.

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Happy Wednesday! We have covid in our house, but I'm editing a client's book proposal to submit her project to Catholic publishers. She worked with me on her manuscript last year to get the , and now it's ready to find a home. What's everyone else working on?

New blog post is up!
The Triple-Constraint Triangle, Part II: Juggling Constraints as an Editor

The Triple-Constraint Triangle, Part II: Juggling Constraints as an Editor — FastEditing LLC In the previous post, I introduced the “triple-constraint triangle” that describes the competing priorities of every project: scope, schedule, and budget. Now let’s consider how the triple-constraint triangle can help you make a stronger case for expanding a project’s editing scope.

New blog post is up!
The Copyeditor’s Triple-Constraint Triangle, Part I: Budget, Schedule, and Scope

The Copyeditor’s Triple-Constraint Triangle, Part I: Budget, Schedule, and Scope — FastEditing LLC Copyeditors — whether we’re in-house or freelance — often run into projects that need a broader scope of work than either the schedule or the budget allows. Welcome to the “triple-constraint triangle.” Click through for a downloadable infographic!

If you know, you know.

Two blog posts in one day! Find out why I say the editor’s job is to be a go-between.

An Editor Is a Go-Between — FastEditing LLC Frequently in editors’ groups on Facebook and elsewhere, new(ish) editors stop by to ask variations on these questions: What is our role as editors? Isn’t our role to do XYZ? What if I disagree with something I’m editing? I’m here to argue that our job as editors is to be the go-between

I'm back, baby!

Welcome Back! — FastEditing LLC It’s been a wild and crazy few years for everyone, and I’m no exception. FastEditing™ has quietly chugged along the entire time. Welcome to the 2022 LLC relaunch!