As a website, Oddfish is now in its third incarnation: the first, from 1999 to 2004, focused on editorial consultancy; the second, from 2010 to 2020, charted Dr Greenberg’s research and teaching interests; and those posts remain here, for reference. Now, Oddfish returns to the business of providing editorial support to different authors and projects. New material will be added on an ad hoc basis.
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There is so much misunderstanding of what editing is. Many complaints are really just about typos. And bad editing is taken to stand for the rest. But don’t get me started.
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Our relationship to text has changed from the heyday of Letraset. Software gives us choices of font, size, layout that most people never had before. And we have to make difficult archival decisions, in an unstable environment.
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The important thing in journalism is not perfection but work that is done in good faith, which lets the reader in on the process. When that doesn’t happen, here is one way of asking questions.
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How has the term ‘curating’ been used in non-art contexts? It’s normal for concepts to move in and out of public use. But there are some peculiarities about how this happens in webby circles.
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Three sightings of the word ‘curating’ to mean an aspect of editing, all within the last couple of weeks, has sparked the thought; is this becoming a new meme?
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When President Obama sacked General Stanley McChrystal in June because of the military man’s indiscretions, no one was thinking very much about the literary implications.
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