Benjamin Dreyer
@bcdreyer.social
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author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
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author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
benjamindreyer.com
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Benjamin Dreyer
@bcdreyer.social
· Nov 27
Greetings, new people here at House of Copyediting. Besides first-rate, IISSM, prose advice, you'll get:
• a random theater photo of the day, sometimes more than one
• birthday alerts for dead actresses, and occasionally live ones
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• a random theater photo of the day, sometimes more than one
• birthday alerts for dead actresses, and occasionally live ones
• Sallie updates
And it's all free!
When people put “words in The New York Times” in their bios, I always read that as “I wrote a letter and they published it.”
February 11, 2026 at 6:42 AM
When people put “words in The New York Times” in their bios, I always read that as “I wrote a letter and they published it.”
"I won’t be reading Wuthering Heights anytime soon. I don’t need the romance, I don’t need the unreliable narrator, I don’t need the brooding melodrama, etc."
Well, all righty, then.
Well, all righty, then.
February 11, 2026 at 6:00 AM
"I won’t be reading Wuthering Heights anytime soon. I don’t need the romance, I don’t need the unreliable narrator, I don’t need the brooding melodrama, etc."
Well, all righty, then.
Well, all righty, then.
OK, I think it's time for a soothing Lotte Reiniger gif.
February 11, 2026 at 5:57 AM
OK, I think it's time for a soothing Lotte Reiniger gif.
Back in 2001 I was the production editor working on the King-Straub collaboration Black House. (We also did a light refurbishing of The Talisman and reissued it in a matching hardcover.)
I had no idea that a third volume was ever under discussion.
I had no idea that a third volume was ever under discussion.
Exclusive: The First Excerpt from Stephen King and Peter Straub’s Ending to ‘The Talisman’ Trilogy
King tells us about ‘Other Worlds Than These,’ where he’ll finish the saga after Straub’s death—and how his late friend’s ideas were resurrected for this epic goodbye.
www.esquire.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Back in 2001 I was the production editor working on the King-Straub collaboration Black House. (We also did a light refurbishing of The Talisman and reissued it in a matching hardcover.)
I had no idea that a third volume was ever under discussion.
I had no idea that a third volume was ever under discussion.
*flips chair around*
*straddles*
*leans forward earnestly*
But have you considered booksmaxxing?
*straddles*
*leans forward earnestly*
But have you considered booksmaxxing?
February 11, 2026 at 4:47 AM
*flips chair around*
*straddles*
*leans forward earnestly*
But have you considered booksmaxxing?
*straddles*
*leans forward earnestly*
But have you considered booksmaxxing?
THE JUDGES WILL ALLOW IT
GILES COREN, SURROUNDED BY MAITRE D'S: more waitstaff
February 11, 2026 at 4:44 AM
THE JUDGES WILL ALLOW IT
👇🏻
some people here really do wield the word "zionist" so you can hear both k's
February 11, 2026 at 4:42 AM
👇🏻
You are absolutely welcome to quoteskeet me to show the world how much cleverer and/or funnier than I am you are.
And then, in the immortal words of Norman Gimbel, watch what happens.
And then, in the immortal words of Norman Gimbel, watch what happens.
February 11, 2026 at 4:36 AM
You are absolutely welcome to quoteskeet me to show the world how much cleverer and/or funnier than I am you are.
And then, in the immortal words of Norman Gimbel, watch what happens.
And then, in the immortal words of Norman Gimbel, watch what happens.
are you fucking kidding me
February 11, 2026 at 4:17 AM
are you fucking kidding me
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Jewish Billionaire are you serious man
I have to say, I do not love this new trend of large liberal accounts with millions of followers identifying Jews.
February 11, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Jewish Billionaire are you serious man
oh god don't make me say it
'cause i'll say it
i will so say it
'cause i'll say it
i will so say it
February 11, 2026 at 3:56 AM
oh god don't make me say it
'cause i'll say it
i will so say it
'cause i'll say it
i will so say it
not to put too fine a point on it
😏
😏
This is a humiliating rebuke for this frail, paranoid regime of bumbling, arrogant fascist perverts
Breaking News: Prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against six Democrats who posted a video reminding members of the military to refuse illegal orders.
February 11, 2026 at 3:51 AM
not to put too fine a point on it
😏
😏
Some of you really need to relax.
February 11, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Some of you really need to relax.
Well, she seems more than a little 🤪👈🏻.
Evil too, but not un🤪👈🏻.
Evil too, but not un🤪👈🏻.
"Let's celebrate the people who are raping your children!" -- Lisa McClain began today's House Republican news conference with an epic crashout
February 11, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Well, she seems more than a little 🤪👈🏻.
Evil too, but not un🤪👈🏻.
Evil too, but not un🤪👈🏻.
Poor Jeanine.
Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Poor Jeanine.
also this
Pleased to note that variations between "inquire" and "enquire" in a Dame Agatha novel I was recently reading were not, as I'd originally thought, proofreading lapses but a clue.
February 11, 2026 at 1:12 AM
also this
I'm trying to find something else, but in the meantime...
In Dame Agatha's Cards on the Table, there are 14 instances of shrugging, 12 of them accompanied by "shoulders."
😕
😕
February 11, 2026 at 1:09 AM
I'm trying to find something else, but in the meantime...
I just saw a clip of Lana Turner and Stewart Granger on a Love Boat episode, and Lana says something about having simply made a joke, and I thought that no one has ever been less funny than Lana Turner.
February 11, 2026 at 12:32 AM
I just saw a clip of Lana Turner and Stewart Granger on a Love Boat episode, and Lana says something about having simply made a joke, and I thought that no one has ever been less funny than Lana Turner.
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Sir, I will personally get the word out about your approval rating and jobs numbers
Trump: "I'm popular and I've done well. I think we have the greatest economy, actually, ever in history. We have to get the word out."
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Sir, I will personally get the word out about your approval rating and jobs numbers
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“Who is buying ‘Melania’ tickets?”
February 10, 2026 at 10:47 PM
“Who is buying ‘Melania’ tickets?”
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I have a confession to make. Like an idiot I have left my brief case with you.
February 10, 2026 at 10:44 PM
I have a confession to make. Like an idiot I have left my brief case with you.
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Every white guy who looks like a Trump voter needs to be very clear and open about their beliefs and what's happening in this country. It actually lands harder when it comes out of faces like this.
Signed,
Guy With a Face Like This
Signed,
Guy With a Face Like This
Team USA Curler Rich Ruohonen:
"We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."
"We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."
February 10, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Every white guy who looks like a Trump voter needs to be very clear and open about their beliefs and what's happening in this country. It actually lands harder when it comes out of faces like this.
Signed,
Guy With a Face Like This
Signed,
Guy With a Face Like This
Having just sliced a bagel into two perfectly equal halves, I'm reminded of the time I asked, when one hasn't managed that and one half is notably thicker, which half one eats first, and @nigella.bsky.social suggested "The half with less blood on it."
February 10, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Having just sliced a bagel into two perfectly equal halves, I'm reminded of the time I asked, when one hasn't managed that and one half is notably thicker, which half one eats first, and @nigella.bsky.social suggested "The half with less blood on it."
🎶 These are a few of my favorite things! 🎶
February 10, 2026 at 10:32 PM
🎶 These are a few of my favorite things! 🎶