One of the emails that periodically appears in my inbox is from Conscious Style Guide about latest articles. Topics such as unbiased language use are sometimes useful in the process of choosing how to phrase an index entry. So, I thought I share this useful article. The latest was Why We Should Examine our Culinary Vocabulary is well worth reading…
Category: Writing
Unbiased language….
When we’re writing an index we try to reflect the intent of the author with our phrasing of the index entries. Since much of my indexing is technical and factual I had not thought much about biased language in index writing. Usually…. However, on at least on indexing project I really did have to give…
Healthy computer use
When I first had problems with “overuse” it was still designated as repetitive stress injury (RSI). Now it has become occupational overuse syndrome (OOS) or a number of other acronyms that I am ignoring. Working with the computer in the past has contributed to OOS; however, even the “recreational” use can contribute to the problem–it…
That online presence…
I’m back from the ASI 2017 conference–as usual filled with inspiration. I’ve had my duvet day for recuperation from the horrendously early flight that I took from Portland ME to RDU. It was a good conference, I learned a lot, and I had a chance to visit with indexers face-to-face over breakfast, dinner, or just…
Editors
As an indexer we’re part of the publishing process, so the more we know about that process the better even though we don’t really see the manuscript until near the end. I’ve found that the Newsletter from Editorial Inspirations from April Michelle Davis most informative. I’ve always known that and editor is not an editor…
The New Year. . .
After a very pleasant, quiet holiday season, the New Year is off to a good start. The cataract extractions were wonderfully successful–foresight and hindsight are most likely the same–but present sight is probably better than it’s ever been in my entire life. This morning I’m starting to write the index for Regulatory Intelligence 101, second…
Graffito Indexing 