Cat’s Comments (group member since Feb 26, 2015)

Cat’s comments from the Editors' Association of Earth group.

I'm Cat and I live in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. I work freelance and I edit mostly trade fiction and nonfiction for publishing companies, from proofreading to substantive editing and everything in between. I'm just finishing Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup and then I'm planning to read Awakenings by Oliver Sacks (my pick for my book club this month).
If I could force everyone in the world to read one book, I would have a really hard time choosing. I just read Wally Lamb's collection of writing by female prisoners, Couldn't Keep It to Myself, and I think reading that would change a LOT of people's views about prisoners and poverty, especially as it relates to women. So that springs to mind but I now I'm thinking of other nominations...

Welcome everyone! So glad you're here! I'm looking forward to seeing what other editors are reading and finding some new book recommendations.

Let's introduce ourselves! What's your name, where do you live in the world, what kind of editing do you do, and what are you currently reading? And if you could strongly suggest* that everyone in the world read one book, what would it be?

*I originally wrote "force," but obviously I'm not really supportive of forced reading.

Of course! Looking forward to seeing your recommendations!

I know two editors who find they cannot read for pleasure because they read all day. One reads only in audiobook format for pleasure and the other pursues different hobbies that have nothing to do with words in her spare time. I find I can't read something that's very similar to what I'm currently working on, so I often find myself reading nonfiction when I'm working on fiction and vice versa. Do you find editing affects your ability to read for pleasure?

I've made some bookshelves: Best Editing Books (General), Best Editing Books (Fiction), and The Business of Editing. Anyone can add books to the shelves or add new shelves -- please do! I love to see what other references and books people have found useful to their editing.