Transcript of #editorchat 7/1
[20:33:00] LydiaBreakfast: Good evening all – welcome to our little chatroom. #editorchat
[20:33:02] Booklorn: Really wishing that #smallbizchat & #editorchat did not happen at same time/same day.
[20:33:03] jennipps: I’m multi-tasking a bit more than usual tonight for the chat, so I might be a bit quiet unless I finish this up by then. #editorchat
[20:34:56] milehighfool: Use twittersnooze.com to tune me out for the next 1.5 hrs unless you want in on #editorchat
[20:35:11] LydiaBreakfast: Please introduce yourselves as you join #editorchat
[20:35:13] KrisUnderwood: RT@LydiaBreakfast 5 min to chat time, we’re going to talk abt overdoing the Michael Jackson story and other #publishing overkill #editorchat
[20:36:16] JaneFriedman: Hi, Jane Friedman — Publisher/Editorial Director of Writer’s Digest (F+W Media) in Cincinnati #editorchat
[20:36:35] merylevans: Content maven from Plano, TX who loves to play with words for a living and for fun. Main ID is @merylkevans. This is my chat ID. #editorchat
[20:37:15] retheauditors: #editorchat Francine McKenna Managing Editor/Chief Writer http://retheauditors.com , SME, speaker, consultant
[20:37:28] milehighfool: @JaneFriedman @merylkevans Good to see you both. #editorchat
[20:38:00] milehighfool: @retheauditors Glad you could make it, Francine. #editorchat
[20:38:18] LydiaBreakfast: @merylevans Hey Meryl
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[20:39:03] retheauditors: Thanks. It’s growing on me. RT @milehighfool: @retheauditors Glad you could make it, Francine. #editorchat
[20:39:29] marciamarcia: Sorry I’m late, great to join you all tonight for a little while. #editorchat
[20:39:29] retheauditors: Feeling mutual. RT @jennipps: Hi, @JaneFriedman, @merylevans, @retheauditors! Great to see you this week.
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[20:40:19] milehighfool: @marciamarcia Hey Marcia. Glad you could make it. #editorchat
[20:40:23] marciamarcia: Freelance writer w/FastCo+, educator, editor, learner, mom, social media analyst. Thrilled to take a break to join in on #editorchat
[20:41:02] LydiaBreakfast: @marciamarcia glad you could make it even for a few #editorchat
[20:41:09] retheauditors: For the next 1.5 hours you may want to hit twittersnooze to tune out #editorchat
[20:41:53] KrisUnderwood: Hi-freelance writer with editor experience. #editorchat
[20:42:37] BeckyDMBR: Hmm. My tweet’s not showing up on TweetChat. I’m here, though! #editorchat
[20:43:03] thursdayb: Actually remembered that there was #editorchat tonight — been trying to remember to sit in forever now.
[20:43:04] KrisUnderwood: Also poet & many other things. #editorchat
[20:44:14] milehighfool: @thursdayb Welcome, Thursday. Your first one, yes? #editorchat
[20:44:32] jennipps: Bear with me. Switching to Tweetgrid. #editorchat
[20:44:46] BeckyDMBR: @milehighfool OK. I’ll stop jumping up & down & waving my arms, then.
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[20:44:51] LydiaBreakfast: @BeckyDMBR Beck-ay! #editorchat
[20:45:30] LydiaBreakfast: @KrisUnderwood Hi Kris #editorchat
[20:46:13] jennipps: OK. On Tweetgrid now and it looks like everything is working better. #editorchat
[20:46:40] BeckyDMBR: @LydiaBreakfast Lydia!
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[20:46:56] shortformernie: Hi. I’m that guy (Ernie Smith) with that site (http://shortformblog.com) and that newspaper job (Washington Post Express). Whoo. #editorchat
[20:47:00] milehighfool: Rule No. 2 Stay on topic. #editorchat
[20:47:12] marciamarcia: Been thinking about #editorchat gang abunch recently as I’ve written & edited my blog in total tweet style, based on your encouragement.
[20:47:35] milehighfool: Rule No. 3. Courteous comments, please. (Thank you, sir. Ma’am.) #editorchat
[20:48:31] milehighfool: Rule No. 5: Refer to the question number when commenting. Q1, Q2, etc. #editorchat
[20:49:03] milehighfool: @shortformernie Hey Ernie. Got your email. Glad you could make it. #editorchat
[20:50:03] toricarrington: – husband-and-wife duo Lori & Tony Karayianni aka Tori Carrington, authors and #editorchat first-timers…
[20:50:47] jennipps: Are any of my Tweets showing up? It’s not even registering on my main Twitter bage. #editorchat
[20:51:14] milehighfool: Going to the rules. Rule No. 1 Observers welcome but #editorchat is for those who are, or those who work with, editors.
[20:51:35] LydiaBreakfast: @toricarrington hello and welcome #editorchat
[20:51:44] shortformernie: @milehighfool Not a problem! Let me know when you’re freed up to focus on it.
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[20:51:51] milehighfool: And everyone’s favorite rule — Rule No. 4. Spammers will be electrocuted. (Your computer *is* wired, pal.) #editorchat
[20:52:14] BeckyDMBR: @jennipps I see you on TweetChat & TweetDeck. But everything’s a little funky tonight. #editorchat
[20:52:36] WpgGirl: @jennipps Hi Jen; I see you! #editorchat
[20:53:53] LydiaBreakfast: So the topic tonight is media overkill – the circus of the Bernie Madoff sentencing and the untimely death of Michael Jackson #editorchat
[20:55:16] jennipps: @WpgGirl Thanks! I was really beginning to wonder. Things are showing up out of order or not at all for me. #editorchat
[20:56:14] GLHancock: One more last time WITH #editorchat Hello from sunny San Diego where I freelance edit/write/design websites for writers A Writer’s Edge blog




