AM Lees | Editorial services

22/06/2026

Some food for thought in this editorial, published in BMJ Global Health.

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13/06/2026

If you don't get a subject expert to do the editing, you might come up with some interesting mistakes.

08/06/2026

Today at work:
The flexible nature of human skin allows it to stretch with body movements.

04/06/2026

I haven't checked, but this looks like an error. Yes, even the imprints page needs to be checked.

20/05/2026

Today's top tip is a reminder that Microsoft Word isn't perfect.
For example, if there are a lot of MathType equations, sometimes Word can't complete an autosave properly, at which point all the equations become uneditable pictures. The only cure I know for this problem is to disable the autosave feature, and hit control S (or save any other way) at, say, the end of every paragraph (in other words, frequently, but make it a habit, so you do it automatically). And keep a back-up copy as soon as you have something to be a back-up copy.

08/05/2026

The current copy-edit has led to the creation of a particularly large in-use reference stack. I might need a step ladder if it gets any bigger.

07/05/2026

Kristen Stieffel on the internet has some more sound advice related to today's top tip:

When you're using quotations in your book, it's important to verify the sources and provide them to the reader. This will enhance your own credibility.

07/05/2026

https://professorhedgehogsjournal.uk/2015/10/10/copy-editing/

This title immediately raises issues. If the first part of a two-word hyphenated phrase requires a capital, should the second part also be capitalised? I think it should, because ‘Copy-editing’ loo…

07/05/2026

Today's top tip cannot be repeated often enough.

Just because a lot of people say it on the internet, doesn't make it true. For example, here is a list of things that Einstein almost certainly didn't say.

https://www.famousscientists.org/einstein-did-not-say-that/

Remember! Never repeat a quotation unless you yourself have identified and confirmed the original source.

The twentieth century's greatest rock star scientist said a lot of memorable things; he's so venerated that when people want to make a point, they call on Einstein for backup. If they can't find an apt quote they make one up; or they use someone else's words and claim Einstein said it. So here are

04/05/2026