Episode #250: Copyediting with Christine Ma!
Grace and Alvina continue their "publishing curriculum" series and welcome special guest Christine Ma, to talk about the copyediting and proofreading process. For the Fortune Cookie segment, they talk about planning the perfect birthday and/or vacation!
How have you been?
Alvina has been doing school visits and ran into an old high school classmate, who was the principal of the school! Grace had an event at The Author’s Note, owned by author Julie Berry. Julie is the author of Lovely War and The Night Frolic. She also wrote a trilogy that came out during the pandemic: Wishes and Wellingtons, Crime and Carpetbags, and Burglars and Bluestockings.
Alex and Grace went to visit Alvina! They went out for Korean food and to Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins at the Bell House! Alvina also ran a half-marathon in Brooklyn!
Christine has been taking her five-year-old daughter to various classes like swim, cheer, and dance.
Copyediting
The Book Friends talk about how Christina became a production editor. One of her first jobs was at Weekly Reader! Christina talks about serial commas, ableist language, gendered language, Conscious Style Guide, proof, and freelancing vs in-house.
Fortune Cookie Segment: Planning your perfect birthday and trip
NPR’s Life Kit had a podcast episode on how to plan your perfect birthday and trip. Grace is turning 50 soon and is preparing for a trip with Alvina to celebrate their milestone birthdays. The Book friends share some of their ideas for a perfect trip.
Gratefuls
Grace is grateful for the Highlights retreat that she and Debbi Michiko Florence will host called Asian and Asian American Voices. Alvina is grateful for the nice weather she had during the half-marathon. Christine is grateful for her friends and being able to talk about books!
Thank you!
Thank you to Hachette Audio, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, and Alex at Pacyworks Studio for producing and editing this podcast. Be sure to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell a friend about us. (Use the hashtag #bookfriendsforever.)
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