Publications, Creative Writing
- “Urban Odyssey: Communing in Chicago’s Japanese Garden.” Newcity, June 19, 2019.
- “Stickling for Words.” Review of Lane Greene, Talk on the Wild Side. Times Literary Supplement, January 18, 2019.
- “The Substance of Style.” Research Information, July 30, 2018.
- “Toward Accuracy, Clarity, and Consistency.” In What Editors Do, ed. Peter Ginna. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018.
- The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago; or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships with Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and Yourself, 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016 (orig. 2009).
- Foreword to But Can I Start a Sentence with “But”? Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016.
- “The Correctors.” Creative Nonfiction 53 (Fall 2014).
- Eddie’s War. South Hampton, NH: namelos, 2011.
- (more children’s books)
Blogging
- Chicago Manual of Style Shop Talk (Editor’s Corner, 2014–2018; Fiction+, 2019–).
- The Subversive Copy Editor (2010–).
- Lingua Franca, Chronicle of Higher Education (weekly, 2011–2012).
- SCBWI-Illinois Prairie Wind. “Promoting Your Book: Is There Any Point?”
- Terry Farish, The Elephant Rag. “Braiding the Verse Novel: Carol Fisher Saller.”
- Nancy Bo Flood, The Pirate Tree: Social Justice and Children's Literature. Review and Interview.
- Chris Eboch, Write Like a Pro!. “Did I Really Write Eddie’s War?”
- Pam Torres, So I'm Fifty. Interview: “Only You Can Write Your Book.”
- Illinois SCBWI Prairie Wind. "The Character Who Got Away.”
- Cynthia Leitich Smith, Cynsations. “Details from a Diary: Mining a Family Treasure for Fiction.”
- L L Owens, Children's Writing. “Poetry Friday Q&A.”
- Darcy Pattison, Fiction Notes. “Shrunken Manuscript X-Treme: A Writing Trick.”
- Clara Gillow Clark. “Celebrating Eddie’s Launch on Publication Day.”
Appearances
- University of Chicago Service League, February 2023
- Society of Midland Authors, at the Book Cellar, Chicago, interview with author Joseph G. Peterson, February 2023
- Pens & Pilcrows book group, November 2022
- Kent State Editing and Publishing, October 2022
- S&P Global, online, June 2022
- Editorial Freelancers Association, Chicagoland Chapter, June 2022
- Creative Nonfiction webinar, “Think Like a Copyeditor: Make Your Submission Shine,” March 2022
- Pace University Publishing Program, online, February 2022
- George Washington University College of Professional Studies–Publishing, online, January 2022
- International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters (IAPTI), online, November 2021
- Editors Canada Student Affiliate Book Club, online, November 2021
- The Editing Podcast (3-part series), with Louise Harnby and Denise Cowle, September–October 2021
- Beardstown CUSD #15 Elementary School, online, September 2021
- Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies, online, August 2021
- Willamette Writers Conference, Portland, OR, online, July–August 2021
- Brigham Young University, online, June 2021
- University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media, online, April 2021
- Anne M. Dorner Middle School, Ossining NY, online, February 2021
- Pace University Publishing Program, online, February 2021
- Voss Middle School, Bourne, TX, online, February 2021
- Premier Charter School, St. Louis, MO, online, February 2021
- Leaman Jr. High School, Fulshear, TX, online, February 2021
- Editors Victoria, Institute of Professional Editors, Victoria, Australia, online, November 2020
- University of Roehampton, London, online, October 2020
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln, online, October 2020
- University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media, online, October 2020
- “That Word Chat” with Mark Allen, online, October 2020
- Bookends and Beginnings “Literary Lunchbreak” with Benjamin Dryer, online, August 2020
- University of Georgia, Athens, GA, online, July 2020
- Midwest Writers Workshop, Muncie IN, online, July 2020
- Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) Toronto, online, June 2020
- Editors Canada Kitchener-Waterloo-Guelph, online, June 2020
- CIEP Cloud Club West, online, June 2020
- Whitireia Graduate Diploma in Publishing, New Zealand, online, May 2020
- Oregon State University, online, May 2020
- Novelists, Inc., St. Pete Beach FL, September 2019
- Chicago Women in Publishing, Chicago, September 2019
- Editorial Freelancers Association conference, Chicago, August 2019
- Printers Row Lit Fest, Chicago, June 2019
- Creative Nonfiction Writers Fellowship webinar, April 2019
- Diamonds in the Rough, Phoenix, February 2019
- Abu Dhabi Publishing Forum, Abu Dhabi, UAE, January 2019
- American Library Association webinar, Chicago, November 2018
- First-Look Play Festival, Prairie Players Civic Theatre, Galesburg IL, October 2018
- International Association of Business Communicators, Montreal, June 2018
- #MeToo Play Festival, 2nd Act Players, Evanston IL, May 2018
- American Society for Editing, Chicago, April 2018
- U-W Writers' Institute, Madison WI, April 2018
- Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP), Tampa, March 2018
- Minnesota Book Publishers’ Roundtable, Minneapolis, November 2017
- Northwest Independent Editors’ Guild, Keynote, Seattle, September 2017
- American Library Association, Chicago, June 2017
- Editors’ Assoc. of Canada, Ottawa-Gatineau, Québec, June 2017
- American University Presses, Austin TX, June 2017
- Int’l Assoc. of Translators and Interpreters, Keynote, Buenos Aires, April 2017
- American Society for Editing (ACES), St. Petersburg FL, March 2017
- Chicago Humanities Festival, April 2016
- Board of Editors in the Life Sciences, Keynote, Denver, October 2016
- Chicago Public Television, WTTW, Chicago Tonight, 2015–2017
- University of Chicago Graham School, Editing Program guest lecturer, 2014–
