Tag: Jane Haxby
“To enchain syllables, and to lash the wind”: An Introduction to Style Guides
Katie Blizzard
When I tell people that I am a copy editor at The Washington Papers, most are horrified: “You edit George Washington?!” When I explain that The Washington Papers is a documentary editing project, they are even more confused: “You make movies?” Eventually, I get around to describing what I really do: copyediting.
Rick Britton: Portrait of the (Map) Artist
Tags: Barbados, Documentary Editing, Ferry Farm, Interview, Jane Haxby, Katie Blizzard, Mount Vernon, Revolutionary War, U.S. Civil War
Katie Blizzard
In Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard’s take on Hamlet, Rosencrantz tells Guildenstern that he doesn’t believe in England. Guildenstern shoots back, “Just a conspiracy of cartographers, you mean?” Here at The Washington Papers, we may not have the makings of a conspiracy, but—amazingly—we do have a cartographer.