Last words on said and says

Willcopy and Clay have been ruminating over attribution, so I might as well settle the matter: “Says” paraphrases a statement of opinion that presumably would not change. “Said” is for direct quotes or paraphrasing statements of fact. Whatever you do,…

When blogging seems like a circle jerk

I’m writing this stuff down so I’ll have stuff to say at the ACES convention, to save my loyal readers from having to sit in on my session. So, here’s another observation about blogging: Say you go to Matt Welch’s…

Never pole vault alone

Ken Stone has a post that tells why. This link hasn’t much to do with newspaper editing but a lot to do with the coolness of blogging. I check all my editors’ blogs for links every day or so. Ken’s…