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Ooligan Press Write to Publish Conference

Join Ooligan Press on Friday, May 29, for a full day of education on publishing for writers and a free informational open house! Seminars will be offered on subjects including copyright, finding a publisher, polishing your manuscript, self… Continue

Added by Karen Brattain on May 14, 2009 at 2:50pm — No Comments

En dashes: the hidden dangers

Reverently, I quote from The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition: EN DASH 6.83 En dash as “to.” The principal use of the en dash is to connect numbers and, less often, words. In this use it signifies up to and including (or through). For the sake of parallel construction the word to, never the en dash, should be used if the word from precedes the first element; similarly, and, never the en dash, should be used if between precede… Continue

Added by Karen Brattain on July 26, 2008 at 2:37pm — 1 Comment

The Thrill of the Drill

As I waited for the westbound MAX Thursday, I started watching the action… Continue

Added by Karen Brattain on June 28, 2008 at 10:55am — No Comments

The LPI Abstract Collection: a Copy Editor's Resource

I don’t have time to post these days, but I can’t refrain from putting in a good word for the Lunar and P… Continue

Added by Karen Brattain on June 14, 2008 at 8:30pm — No Comments

You Have Time for This Review

Visit the short review… Continue

Added by Karen Brattain on June 9, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Phoenix has landed on Mars!

I'm supposed to be editing, but I can't get any work done today because Phoenix has landed on Mars… Continue

Added by Karen Brattain on May 25, 2008 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Phoenix Falling: Ready to Land on Mars

I am buried in work. But I must tell you about the Phoenix Mars lander. Phoenix will touch… Continue

Added by Karen Brattain on May 15, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

The Source for Science Writing

Author and professor Paul Collins introduced me to EurekA… Continue

Added by Karen Brattain on April 25, 2008 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Mars and Titan Double Feature

Mars and Titan are the hotties of astrobiology! They have so much going… Continue

Added by Karen Brattain on March 22, 2008 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Better Living through Guillemets (and Russian)

Just about the same time Cliff wrote his post about… Continue

Added by Karen Brattain on March 17, 2008 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Newsletter: What do you think?

I've been enlisted as volunteer co-editor of a local organization's newsletter. In additi… Continue

Added by Karen Brattain on March 13, 2008 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

The Interrobang Question (or is it an exclamation?)

The recent post about interrobangs has been drifting through my mind. Because of i… Continue

Added by Karen Brattain on March 11, 2008 at 2:45pm — No Comments

Return of the Clip Art

Back in February, I needed help changing 200 dpi clip art to print-quality 300 dpi for a friend's book.… Continue

Added by Karen Brattain on March 5, 2008 at 10:40pm — 1 Comment

The Forbidden Dash

I adore em dashes. They are useful and beautiful. Imagine my surprise, then, when one author expressed a different view. This gentleman is a PhD and a fine writer. One day, I queried him about replacing a pair of c… Continue

Added by Karen Brattain on February 24, 2008 at 9:07pm — 4 Comments

Molly Gloss and Tony Wolk

The Molly Gloss and Tony Wolk reading at Portland State's Millar Library was quite pleasant. The laws that govern the Universe compelled me to go: you see, my very first experience with Ooligan Press was when I got up the courage to attend a reading of Wolk's Abraham Lincoln, A Novel Life. The book had just been released, I had just learned about the Publishing Program; so I walked down to the library and sat shyly in the audience, looking in wonder at the other attendees who were undoubt… Continue

Added by Karen Brattain on February 23, 2008 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

Titanic Lakes

Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is totally awesome. It has lakes of methane, ethane, and other hydrocarbons. Hundreds of lakes. Check out the latest… Continue

Added by Karen Brattain on February 19, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Mars, and the living isn't so easy

Here I go again: posting news that has not much to do with publishing, except in my little corner of the world. This is the first of two astrobiological posts I’m going to share this week. "Mars… Continue

Added by Karen Brattain on February 17, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

In praise of the en dash

I quote from that noblest of tomes, The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition:

6.85 In place of a hyphen. The en dash is used in place of a hyphen in a compound adjective when one of its elements is an open compound or when two or more of its elements are open compounds or hyphenated compounds…en dashes separat… Continue

Added by Karen Brattain on February 9, 2008 at 10:51pm — 2 Comments

Clip Art Angst

Does anyone know much about clip art?

I told a friend I would ask on her behalf. She is self-publishing a book that she has designed using Microsoft Word (yeah, I know). In this book she has used many clip art images. Now she’s discovered what I’m sure you designers have guessed already: she needs 300 dpi f… Continue

Added by Karen Brattain on February 3, 2008 at 7:38pm — 3 Comments

Oregonian Article on Northwest Publishing

The State of Northwest Publishing

This article from last Sunday’s Oregonian mentions Ooligan Press and includes comments from Dennis, which should be enough to make you drop everything and read it now. But more than that, it is overall an interesting and important survey of the state of publishing in our region, especially re… Continue

Added by Karen Brattain on January 31, 2008 at 6:30pm — No Comments