Next up: Debbie Emmitt's "Your editor website is not IKEA". Unlike IKEA, no one knows who you are or where your website is. You have to entice people to click. #CIEP2024

Wonderful talk by Lynn Fortin on "Embracing our changing language." The opening lines of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales shows Middle English had very flexible spelling, capitalization, punctuation, pronunciation. Rules for "polite" and "educated" English came about only in the 18th cent. #CIEP2024

No problem! I spotted her on here yesterday!

Yes! Doing what you’re ‘supposed’ to, rather than what works for you, isn’t the same thing as pushing yourself out of your comfort zone – and it can be exhausting and counterproductive. Remember to be you, not someone else! Thanks for the encouraging talk, @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social#CIEP2024

Ethical editing: an editing process that prioritizes consciousness and attention. It's thinking about power dynamics, rather than what words to avoid. Ethical editing, Aki Schilz & Dr. Kavita Bhanot #CIEP2024

Great thread here by @theclarityeditor.bsky.social#CIEP2024

Thank you! Good luck hosting! 🙌

I am! (Although I also need to be packing boxes, so I’ll have to dip in and out, unfortunately.)

I started a Substack, so that I can eventually convert some of my comments on translation from twitter to a different platform. I wrote an initial post about the 4 translations of the beginning of the Odyssey that have been circulated recently. open.substack.com/pub/emily613...

Translating the beginning of the Odyssey: 4 ways

This selection of four translations of the first ten lines of the Odyssey (the "proem", as it's known among Homerists) has done the rounds online.

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