Swet Columns

SWET Newsletter, Number 17

Writer's Market: Japan [announcement: panel discussion]

Panelists: Tom Chapman, Robert Wargo, Jane Condon, Jared Lubarsky

SWETshop Previews [workshops: word processing; newsletters]

The SWETStars [report: WordStar users group first meeting; PrintStars formed]

Proofreading SWETshop (ALB) [report: workshop]

Book Service Sets Record [ordering service progress]

Book Mavin at Work: Newsletter Editors' Special

Editing and Production Books: Editing Your Newsletter: A Guide to Writing, Design and... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 16

Proofreading From A to Z [workshops announcement]

Instructors: Susie Schmidt, Suzy Trumbull, Becky Davis

Yes, yes, yes, and Yes! [Japan Style Sheet second printing]

Corrections to Note [2nd ed. errata]

Sticky Fingers [report: Paste-up for Editors workshop]

The SWETStars [WordStar user group formed]

To Jean or Not... Part 2 (PE) [usage history: "jean/s"]

Book Service Update [report: shipping progress]

The Guest Mavin (JMcC)

SWET Newsletter, Number 15

Harakiri or Harikomi? Paste-up for Editors [workshop announcement]

Instructor: Becky Davis

Kodansha Encyclopedia Discount [ordering through SWET]

Japan Style Sheet Orders [price; error correction]

A Many-Colored Workshop (SS) [report: checking color proofs]

Notes to Translators [free magazine copy offer]

TELS Tells All [Tokyo English Literature Society description]

To Jean or Not To Jean (FMU) [singular use of "jean"]

Word-Processor Crunchies [advice tidbits]

TJT Newsletter Update [Technical Japanese... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 14

A Style Sheet Is Born [publication announcement]

Color Proofing Workshop (ref: BD) [announcement]

Leader: Susie Agoston O'Connor

On Being 3 1/6 Years Old [SWET status report]

Et Tu, Brute! (BCA) [writer's odyssey from pencil to word processor]

Something Old, Something New [report: New Years party, Japan Style Sheet launch]

To Vamp or Revamp (JJ) [magazine redesign]

1984 Directory Last Call [for submissions]   

Book Mavin at Work:... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 13

To Read or Not to Read: Is Content Enough or Can Design Make a Difference? [design workshop, announcement]

Leaders: Suzanne Trumbull, Keiko Namie, Becky Davis

Year-End Party (ref: LER) [announcement]

Book Mavin at Work

Style, Usage, and Grammar Books, Part 1: The Careful Writer: A Modern Guide to English Usage; The Complete Plain Words, 2nd ed.; A Dictionary of Modern... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 12

Translation Workshop [announcement]

Lecturer: Toru Mori

Four Pros on Editing Translations (LER) [report: panel discussion]

Panelists: Patricia Murray, Ann Sargent, Suzanne Trumbull, Paul Waley

Ask the Publishing Hexpert [understanding computerized typesetting proofs]

Word Processor Update (ref: BL)

Book Mavin at Work: Style Manuals: Part 1

Books: The Chicago Manual of Style; Copy-editing: The Cambridge Handbook, 2nd ed.; Copyediting: A Practical Guide;... more