It always is useful to see “before” and “after” editing samples. The first is medical/technical; the second is academic; the third is a lot of fun.
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Computers & Me
This article originally appeared in the December 1993 issue of the Washington Apple Pi Journal, published by the Washington, DC, Macintosh users group. It was reprinted in slightly different form in the September 1995 issue of a defunct tabloid called Puget Sound Computer User.
Web-based communication was fast becoming common, and I was wide-eyed about the possibilities. Naïve and newbie-esque as this essay is, I stand by every word.
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Emily Dickinson & Me
Emily Dickinson was a great poet and a great influence. Here are the abstract and the concluding chapter of my PhD dissertation.
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Style Invitational: A Washington Post Contest
I never wrote in dactylic meter before this contest. You never know what you can do until you try.
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In Praise of Shirley Jackson
This is a letter to the Washington Post Book World about a writer I have always admired.
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Home-Office Computing Profiles
Based on a letter I wrote to Home-Office Computing, they gave me a job writing profiles of other home-based business owners.
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