meta user
network profile
| bio | website | neilfein.com |
|---|---|---|
| location | New Jersey | |
| age | ||
| visits | member for | 2 years, 6 months |
| seen | 14 hours ago | |
| stats | profile views | 176 |
A freelance editor, I specialize in fiction but I've worked on non-fiction as well as web copy, corporate literature, and non-profit materials. I also edit and write for the group blog Magnificent Nose, which covers many topics but gravitates towards articles about writing and reading.
I'm also a lyricist; a guitarist for the band Baroque & Hungry; and I'm a touring cyclist.
|
Mar 28 |
suggested | suggested edit on What are effective ways of working with a nonfiction editor? |
|
Mar 23 |
comment |
Why is “It was a dark and stormy night..” not a good opening? The opening chapter of A Wrinkle in Time has events that are dependent on the weather, and it being very late (and, one can assume, dark), that set up events even further into the plot. I always thought that the line was a little silly, but the book overcomes it (and then some). |
|
Mar 23 |
comment |
Please help me polish this paragraph. What's the context of this paragraph? It's obviously meant to follow up something else. |
|
Mar 22 |
comment |
Are complex sentences uncommon or unwanted in English? It's awfully tempting to write an extended answer in one sentence, but I have nothing to say that hasn't been said well already. |
|
Mar 16 |
revised |
Is it a good idea to write a summary of a plot before writing the full version? edited tags |
|
Mar 11 |
revised |
Is Mac OSX Lion's Revision Control System useable by writers? Removed some language that was still very poll-like. Please revert if I've changed the meaning, |
|
Mar 10 |
suggested | suggested edit on Is Mac OSX Lion's Revision Control System useable by writers? |
|
Mar 7 |
comment |
Is Mac OSX Lion's Revision Control System useable by writers? There's no answerable question here. Voted to close. |
|
Mar 6 |
revised |
How should I approach possibly unfamiliar pop culture in fiction? Suggested edit to title |
|
Mar 6 |
suggested | suggested edit on How should I approach possibly unfamiliar pop culture in fiction? |
|
Mar 5 |
revised |
Do most novels not get published? edited tags |
|
Mar 5 |
revised |
How long can I expect to wait between accepting an offer and signing? edited tags |
|
Mar 2 |
revised |
How to make travel scenes interesting without adding needless plot diversions? added 5 characters in body |
|
Mar 1 |
comment |
What is the preferred way to type out ellipses? @atroon - Is this everywhere on the Mac or just in Word? If the latter, you should be able to turn that off in the Word settings. If the former, there's almost certainly a way to turn it off. |
|
Mar 1 |
comment |
What is the preferred way to type out ellipses? @Ralph - As an editor, I do this myself, but I always appreciate when text is a little cleaner. The more variations in the text, the more likely it is that we're going to miss one of them. That said, yes, it's our job to fix these things, but we're not machines and we're not perfect. The question is asking which way editors prefer, and this is one editor's preference; it may not be yours. :) |
|
Feb 16 |
comment |
Verb tense for technical document titles Added the [non-fiction] tag. At the moment, most questions on the site relate to fiction. |
|
Feb 16 |
revised |
Verb tense for technical document titles edited tags |
|
Feb 9 |
revised |
Strunk and White vs “Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace” by Williams and Colomb added non-fiction tag |
|
Feb 9 |
suggested | suggested edit on Strunk and White vs “Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace” by Williams and Colomb |
|
Feb 8 |
revised |
How to write great movie review? Second paragraph was irrelevant to the question. |
