Author: kelseymitchener

  • Merry Christmas!

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    Merry Christmas! For the next two weeks, my husband and I will be alternating between celebration and hibernation modes, and I’m looking forward to the time off together to enjoy the holiday season. Between baking cookies, watching movies, and wrapping up the last of the presents, I’ll be doing some behind-the-scenes updates on this website…

  • Gift Guide | Gifts for Word Lovers, Round 2

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    I had a lot of fun putting together my previous gift guide for word lovers, so I thought I’d assemble one more for this holiday season. Here are some additional picks for writers, readers, editors, and anyone else who loves the written word. 1. Card Catalog Cuff Bracelet, Book Stack Cuff Bracelet, and Henry David…

  • Holiday Haul at Half Price Books

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    Merry (early) Christmas to me! Tonight I found the reference book section at Half Price Books… for some reason I’ve never meandered over to that section before. I was limited by the cash in my wallet, but I took home three beautiful books: Globish: How the English Language Became the World’s Language, by Robert McCrum;…

  • Gift Guide | Gift Ideas for Word Lovers

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    ‘Tis the season for gift guides! I love seeing what can be pulled together from the far corners of the internet: fun pieces you can’t always find (easily) in stores—or maybe that’s just me, living in Smalltown, USA. It’s like window-shopping from your armchair! Since I get such a kick out of them, this year…

  • Happy Thanksgiving!

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    Happy Thanksgiving! Some things I’m thankful for this season: * room in my studio to sprawl out and set up camp * Toggl time tracker (yep, still in love) * warm chocolate chip cookies * visiting with extended family * having a job where I get paid to read * homemade noodles * HGTV in…

  • Toolkit | Toggl Time Tracker

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    Just thought I’d pop in this morning to share a new tool I’ve found that’s become invaluable to my editing work. It’s Toggl, a simple online tool for time tracking. There are lots of apps and options for this, but I like Toggl because it allows you to set up a personal account and store…

  • Yoga for Editors

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    November is here, and the new month seems to have ushered in a new season as well. The stores, of course, have already rolled out their Christmas offerings, and I’ll admit to purchasing a holiday song online yesterday. It even snowed here on Friday (Halloween); Nathan and I drove around in the dark in the…

  • Just One Person

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    One of the pleasures of freelancing. image by Armando Medina

  • Recent Work | IWU Nursing, Fall 2014

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    http://issuu.com/iwuson/docs/iwu_nursing__fall_2014__vol_7_issue?e=13334494/9490878 I’m excited to now be able to share with you a project I wrapped up this past August: the fall 2014 issue of IWU Nursing. Last year I began working with Indiana Wesleyan University’s School of Nursing to produce their biannual magazine; this is the second issue we’ve done together. IWU Nursing has a…

  • Toolkit | Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style

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    I’ve always had a soft spot for beautiful books. Bright covers, deckle-edge pages, crisp dust jackets, engravings, illustrations… there are a thousand ways to make a gorgeous book, and they are why I will buy the hardcover over the ebook every time. Have I ever purchased a book just because it was beautiful? Well, I…