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Tricia Callahan 📚 Copy Editor

@CallahanEdits

Copy editor, proofreader, and production editor of fiction and nonfiction 📖 she/her

 Portland, Oregon
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Joined March 2018
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Hi, #copyeditors and #proofreaders! I recently accepted a senior copy editor position at Random House Children's Books. Interested in freelancing for us? Please reach out, either here or through my website callahaneditorial.com #copyediting #proofreading

Tricia Callahan

Copy Editor │ Proofreader │ Production Editor

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Tricia Callahan 📚 Copy Editor (@CallahanEdits) profile pictureTricia Callahan 📚 Copy Editor@CallahanEdits28 May 2021
While typing comments that explain my copy edits in a manuscript, I just picture the author going "OK, nerd."
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Edit: Reach out to me through my website. No telling when I'll sign back in here.
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My novel excerpt that was short-listed in The Masters Review's Novel Excerpt contest is now available to read: mastersreview.com/new-voices…

“Life Hack” by Patricia Callahan - The Masters Review

The day a chunk of the school broke off and crushed Sharon’s skull, she’d said something rotten. “Hope you don’t still keep Carlotta in your room,” she’d said, biting into one end of a sour belt,...

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This was a joy to copyedit!
Penguin Kids (@penguinkids) profile picturePenguin Kids@penguinkids9 Nov 2021
Happy #BookBirthday to EAT BUGS: PITCH PARTNERS #2 by @iamrosewang, Laura D'Asaro & Heather Alexander, illus. by @vanieflores! Inspired by the #SharkTank true story, unlikely friends build their edible bug business in a story for kids 8-12. Learn more: bit.ly/306GWcH
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CoverSpy@CoverSpy9 Nov 2021
Atonement, Ian McEwan (F, blue knit hat over leopard print earmuffs, large grey sweater, sweatpants, light blue Sauconys, seated on lawn, NYC Marathon Blue Start Village, Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island)
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Happy belated #BookBirthday to THE SWAG IS IN THE SOCKS by Kelly J. Baptist, published by @randomhousekids. A wonderful story I was thrilled to proofread. #MGBooks #MiddleGradeBooks #NewBooks
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Ooh, happy #BookBirthday to my dear friend @katie_cicatelli and GOING VIRAL! 🎉📚 #NewBook #PubDay #BookTwitter #YAFiction #YA #YoungAdultBooks #LGBTQ
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Fact: Book covers transport you through time.
PWKidsBookshelf is now on Bluesky (@PWKidsBookshelf) profile picturePWKidsBookshelf is now on Bluesky@PWKidsBookshelf18 Oct 2021
Grover's iconic Sesame Street children's book turns 50 | @npr pwne.ws/3G1u7k2
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I was that kid who flipped back to see whether what they said in chapter 2 really does match what they're saying in chapter 7. Today I cross-check novels for those little detectives. I know they're out there. #amediting #amproofreading #kidsbooks
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Janice Chan@curiositybone12 Oct 2021
Love this. So much better than, "well, they can just ask..."
Tara Lazar (@taralazar) profile pictureTara Lazar@taralazar11 Oct 2021
Clever librarians. You don’t have to ask.
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I did it. I got PerfectIt. Running it after I copyedit a manuscript feels like revealing the answers to a @ChicagoManual quiz.
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One time I got so absorbed in the novel I was cold reading for a publisher, I thought, "I would have inserted a comma there," forgetting for a sec that I could, in fact, still insert that comma.
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While typing comments that explain my copy edits in a manuscript, I just picture the author going "OK, nerd."
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Edgar All sneak p hold on #TellMeWithoutTellingMe you're a copyeditor
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Already copied and pasted an explanation and resource into a manuscript comment--and I bought this guide just yesterday. 🙌 #Copyediting #ConsciousLanguage
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Penguin Kids@penguinkids30 Mar 2021
Happy #BookBirthday to HORSE GIRL by @ckseim! Mean Girls meets Black Beauty in this sweet middle grade novel about friendship and horse riding. Learn more: bit.ly/3u2YvDC
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Jordan Hamessley@thejordache22 Mar 2021
And if you want a taste of Kate's writing while we await the premiere of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, pick up her middle grade series co-written with @KeenanBlogger about a pair of musical theater nerds, JACK & LOUISA! penguinrandomhouse.com/serie…
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Reading a book's style sheet is so deeply satisfying I could scream.
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