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		<title>10 April 2026</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorraine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I always feel a little sad when the Easter break comes to an end – I generously gave myself time off working from the whole of Good Friday through to Easter Monday, and just enjoyed the great outdoors and spring sunshine. It’s my favourite holiday: so much more uplifting than the fierce commercialism,  [ read more ]]]></description>
		
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		<title>6 March 2026</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorraine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Not only is Sunday 8 March the UN International Women’s Day, it is also National Proofreading Day in the USA! I am going to insist on receiving an extra big dollop of respect from my other half on Sunday as I waft through my household chores (vacuuming under the bed and scrubbing the  [ read more ]]]></description>
		
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		<title>21 January 2026</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorraine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You can call off the search now – I’ve resurfaced. Yeah, as if you were worried … I’ve had a pleasingly full work diary over the past few months, so I feel the need to reconnect with the world beyond my desk and catch up with what’s lately been keeping people in publishing  [ read more ]]]></description>
		
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		<title>14 September 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorraine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 15:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Saturday 20 September is the first day of the annual conference of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) and I’m really looking forward to mingling with my fellow freelance editors and attending some inspiring sessions. First on the list is the Whitcombe Lecture, with the wonderful Susie Dent virtually popping in  [ read more ]]]></description>
		
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		<title>1 September 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorraine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 16:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’m always thankful for yet another solid month of full booking, but whole days have gone by and I have barely left the house. I have gazed for hours out of my home office window at people strolling past in the hot sunshine wearing, well – not very much ... And now summer  [ read more ]]]></description>
		
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		<title>24 June 2025</title>
		<link>https://www.optimaleditorialservices.co.uk/2025/06/24/24-june-2025/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorraine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Since going freelance, it has become harder to justify attending publishing industry conferences – networking and learning opportunities aside, the return on investment has to be pretty much guaranteed before I’ll even consider booking my place, and even then it is the usual gasp and string of expletives at the sheer cumulative expense  [ read more ]]]></description>
		
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		<title>23 June 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorraine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have never understood people’s reluctance to use punctuation – correctly or not. It is the scaffolding that supports meaning and intention, and separates sloganeers from communicators. Pairing down punctuation may seem sleek and machine-friendly, but it sacrifices nuance. Commas seem especially vulnerable, so you can do worse then read the CMOS Shop  [ read more ]]]></description>
		
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		<title>20 May 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorraine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 15:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Very often I find that much of what happens in scholarly publishing floats unnoticed over my head, as I sigh and chase yet another late payment from a company that couldn’t give two hoots about my cashflow. But lately, there have been blogs and stories that have put my regular mini-battles into proper  [ read more ]]]></description>
		
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		<title>17 April 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorraine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 15:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Phew! It’s been a busy month (something I will never complain about) and there’s hardly been a day when I’ve not had to juggle competing client priorities or pivot more times than, er, well, a pivoty thing in a ‘who can pivot the most’ competition. Thank goodness for all the clever tools that  [ read more ]]]></description>
		
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		<title>20 March 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorraine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I don’t routinely copyedit books much anymore, but I still care deeply about books, and I think the world needs them now more than ever. My ears always prick up when I hear industry news about publishing, and there’s plenty around to think about now that the London Book Fair has been put  [ read more ]]]></description>
		
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