Katie Van Heest
@tweedediting.bsky.social
Academic editor and PhD ▪️ Teaching book editing at Portland State University ▪️ Chicago and Claremont trained ▪️ she/her ▪️ same handle elsewhere
https://www.tweedediting.com
https://www.tweedediting.com
I've never used this abbreviation before, but smh. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/a...
Chair of National Endowment for the Humanities Leaves at Trump’s ‘Direction’
Shelly C. Lowe, a scholar of higher education and the first Native American to lead the agency, was appointed by former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I've never used this abbreviation before, but smh. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/a...
Happy Et al.entine’s Day, everybody!
February 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Happy Et al.entine’s Day, everybody!
Honored to write this review of @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social's Big Fiction for @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social. Stimulating in itself, this book is also great fodder for further contemplation: Here I focus on applications for publishing curricula and on conglomeration's implications for editorial work.
Daniel Sinykin's Big Fiction, with its in-depth research and accessible style stands to teach editors and students alike, writes @tweedediting.bsky.social for #FeedingTheElephant.
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Book Review: Dan Sinykin’s 'Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature': A Pedagogical Review | H-Net
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February 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Honored to write this review of @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social's Big Fiction for @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social. Stimulating in itself, this book is also great fodder for further contemplation: Here I focus on applications for publishing curricula and on conglomeration's implications for editorial work.
New valentine design: academic conversation hearts!
(Order soon: The samples spent 9 days, or 7 business days, in transit.)
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#academicvalentine #academicvalentine
(Order soon: The samples spent 9 days, or 7 business days, in transit.)
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#academicvalentine #academicvalentine
February 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
New valentine design: academic conversation hearts!
(Order soon: The samples spent 9 days, or 7 business days, in transit.)
tweedediting.threadless.com/designs/acad...
#academicvalentine #academicvalentine
(Order soon: The samples spent 9 days, or 7 business days, in transit.)
tweedediting.threadless.com/designs/acad...
#academicvalentine #academicvalentine
Someone is not using headphones in this waiting room. What they’re playing is Prince, but it’s still bad form. 🔇
January 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Someone is not using headphones in this waiting room. What they’re playing is Prince, but it’s still bad form. 🔇
Reposted by Katie Van Heest
NIH Study Sections have been cancelled. These are groups of experts who get paid a pittance, if anything, to review research funding applications from their peers. The result of these reviews is to rank these research grants to decide which proposals get funded.
January 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
NIH Study Sections have been cancelled. These are groups of experts who get paid a pittance, if anything, to review research funding applications from their peers. The result of these reviews is to rank these research grants to decide which proposals get funded.
Thanks, fortune cookie. How about I just edit hundreds of books instead?
January 21, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Thanks, fortune cookie. How about I just edit hundreds of books instead?
A little affirmation for your day.
Digital and print
#academicvalentines now available on my website:
tweedediting.com/valentines
Digital and print
#academicvalentines now available on my website:
tweedediting.com/valentines
January 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A little affirmation for your day.
Digital and print
#academicvalentines now available on my website:
tweedediting.com/valentines
Digital and print
#academicvalentines now available on my website:
tweedediting.com/valentines
Tweed valentine in situ at an academic library! 📚
Here's an action shot of one of the art prints at my library's reference desk
January 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Tweed valentine in situ at an academic library! 📚
Academic valentines are back! And by request, some of this year's designs are purely collegial. 💌
(Given shipping estimates, order soon for 2/14.) tweedediting.threadless.com #academicvalentines #academicvalentine
(Given shipping estimates, order soon for 2/14.) tweedediting.threadless.com #academicvalentines #academicvalentine
January 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Academic valentines are back! And by request, some of this year's designs are purely collegial. 💌
(Given shipping estimates, order soon for 2/14.) tweedediting.threadless.com #academicvalentines #academicvalentine
(Given shipping estimates, order soon for 2/14.) tweedediting.threadless.com #academicvalentines #academicvalentine
My first donut chart, and I love it! I crunched some data re: the manuscripts I've edited over fifteen years; at least 108 of them have become scholarly books. Top fields include religious studies, history, English, and anthropology. Next project: figure out how to animate w/o cursor 🙃
December 23, 2024 at 9:40 PM
My first donut chart, and I love it! I crunched some data re: the manuscripts I've edited over fifteen years; at least 108 of them have become scholarly books. Top fields include religious studies, history, English, and anthropology. Next project: figure out how to animate w/o cursor 🙃
December 20, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Those of you planning to have me edit your manuscripts in 2025, consider locking in 10% off a gift certificate before the end of the year. (People have given these to themselves—just sayin'!)
Every so often, someone asks me about gift certificates. I do offer them on request! #academicediting #scholarlywriting #scholarlypublishing #academicpublishing #academicwriting
December 20, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Those of you planning to have me edit your manuscripts in 2025, consider locking in 10% off a gift certificate before the end of the year. (People have given these to themselves—just sayin'!)
What is it about Depeche Mode’s “Policy of Truth” that makes my brain go right from “Never again is what you swore the time before” to “And the whole world loves it when you make that sound”? Is Outkast’s ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-da the same little motif?
December 10, 2024 at 11:53 PM
What is it about Depeche Mode’s “Policy of Truth” that makes my brain go right from “Never again is what you swore the time before” to “And the whole world loves it when you make that sound”? Is Outkast’s ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-da the same little motif?
What a great resource. Everyone should know about the AUPresses Subject Area Grid! I recommend it especially often to authors whose work is intersectional.
Just American history, I’m afraid. I do have a colleague who acquires in history of STEM (broadly) and that is a global list. The AUP grid is a good place to start looking for a publisher: aupresses.org/resources/au...
AUPresses Subject Area Grid - Association of University Presses
Guide to the subject areas in which member presses have recently published.
aupresses.org
December 10, 2024 at 2:21 AM
What a great resource. Everyone should know about the AUPresses Subject Area Grid! I recommend it especially often to authors whose work is intersectional.
People have asked, and the answer is yes: I do offer gift certificates for editing. And should I add a special 10% off through the end of the year? Yes, I will!
Inquire here or email me at [email protected].
Happy holidays!
Inquire here or email me at [email protected].
Happy holidays!
Every so often, someone asks me about gift certificates. I do offer them on request! #academicediting #scholarlywriting #scholarlypublishing #academicpublishing #academicwriting
December 6, 2024 at 7:57 PM
People have asked, and the answer is yes: I do offer gift certificates for editing. And should I add a special 10% off through the end of the year? Yes, I will!
Inquire here or email me at [email protected].
Happy holidays!
Inquire here or email me at [email protected].
Happy holidays!
Come December, every academic reverts to character. Which one are you? ❄️
December 3, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Come December, every academic reverts to character. Which one are you? ❄️
Every so often, someone asks me about gift certificates. I do offer them on request! #academicediting #scholarlywriting #scholarlypublishing #academicpublishing #academicwriting
December 2, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Every so often, someone asks me about gift certificates. I do offer them on request! #academicediting #scholarlywriting #scholarlypublishing #academicpublishing #academicwriting
Lots of local popups going on at Lloyd Center mall in Portland today. To my own surprise, I’m especially happy to see Barnes & Noble so festive—and busyish.
December 1, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Lots of local popups going on at Lloyd Center mall in Portland today. To my own surprise, I’m especially happy to see Barnes & Noble so festive—and busyish.
It’s all coming together! I remember being shocked years ago to learn about Amazon’s Mechanical Turk program. Now I see the vision/endgame all around.
I mention this all the time in conversations and no one I speak to seems to have heard about it. theconversation.com/ai-is-a-mult...
November 30, 2024 at 3:15 AM
It’s all coming together! I remember being shocked years ago to learn about Amazon’s Mechanical Turk program. Now I see the vision/endgame all around.
Any book you're giving to an academic writer this holiday season can support a local bookstore if you buy through Bookshop.org. My suggestions are in the repost below!
November 30, 2024 at 2:19 AM
Any book you're giving to an academic writer this holiday season can support a local bookstore if you buy through Bookshop.org. My suggestions are in the repost below!
Filled with gratitude for all the insightful manuscripts that come my way year round. Happy Thanksgiving, authors and colleagues!
November 29, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Filled with gratitude for all the insightful manuscripts that come my way year round. Happy Thanksgiving, authors and colleagues!
Finally starting Helen DeWitt's latest. It's speaking my language. #tweed #helendewitt #theenglishunderstandwool
November 23, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Finally starting Helen DeWitt's latest. It's speaking my language. #tweed #helendewitt #theenglishunderstandwool
Dead on, on principled grounds. Cynically, I think that eschewing AI (or valuing "human-centered" work) will also become a prestige differentiator. So . . . lots of good reasons for scholarly publishers to do as @rlevay.bsky.social suggests!
Today, @rlevay.bsky.social continues the #FeedingTheElephant discussion on #AI by making a call for human-centered acquisitions work in scholarly publishing, focusing on ethics and the expertise acquisitions editors bring to their work.
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The Call is Coming from Inside the House: AI and Acquisitions Work | H-Net
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November 23, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Dead on, on principled grounds. Cynically, I think that eschewing AI (or valuing "human-centered" work) will also become a prestige differentiator. So . . . lots of good reasons for scholarly publishers to do as @rlevay.bsky.social suggests!