Articles
March 17, 2000
Rewriting at Home
by Doreen Simmons
A recent thread on SWET-L (and if you don’t belong to SWET’s own mailing list, you’re missing out on a useful free resource) sparked much kindly and practical advice. Now, nobody is more kindly and practical than lovable Aunt Eva, and here are her own thoughts on the subject. The original request is used with permission.
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SWET Newsletter, Number 88
SWET on Thursdays [announcements]
From Pennies to Profits: Marketing on a Shoestring
Presenter: Thomas Ainlay, Jr., Legacy Memoirs
U.S. Media Coverage of Japan: Biases or Mistranslations
Presenter: Charles Burress, San Francisco Chronicle
Japanese Aesthetics in People Photography
Presenter: Phil Ono, photographer
SWET Book Sale [announcement]
Dear Aunt Eva [working at home as a rewriter]
Upcoming in Kansai
March 1, 2000
Kim Schuefftan and the Heyday of Culture Books
by Lynne E. Riggs
Kim Schuefftan’s claim that he has been in Japan from Jōmon 3 is easily betrayed by his youthful smile and ruddy complexion. A few gray hairs and stories of books now considered classics in the world of publishing on Japan advise us that he is a senpai par excellence. Actually, he came to Japan in 1963. Starting... more
December 1, 1999
SWET Newsletter, Number 87
SWET on Thursdays in Y2K [event announcements]
Writing for Magazines — the Writer-Editor Relationship
Speakers: Aeve Baldwin, Tokyo Classified; David Hulme, ACCJ Journal; Jordanna Potter, Eye Ai; Daniel Scuka, J@pan Inc.
From Pennies to Profits: Marketing on a Shoestring
Speaker: Thomas Ainlay, Jr., Legacy Memoirs
SWET New Year's Party [announcement]
How We Got Here
Editing and Era... more
December 1, 1999
What’s in a Page?
by Lynne E. Riggs
FAQ corner Setting Your Units of Charge
What’s in a page? 250 English words, 350 words, 200 words, 25 lines, 2000 characters, 400 characters, 200 characters, 1200 characters . . .
All of these, and others, are commonly encountered “standard” pages, by one measure or other. Translators, editors, proofreaders, rewriters, book designers, typists/keyboarders—wordsmiths of all kinds—consort with several of these... more
September 17, 1999
Aunt Eva Redux: Burnt Out?
by Doreen Simmons
Benevolent Aunt Eva, who recently had the pleasure of seeing off her severest critic when he was transferred to a place more suited to his talents, finds it a little difficult to relate to a problem that seems to come from the inside, but has to get back into the saddle somehow.
Dear Aunt Eva,
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