The Temperamental Writer in Action, October 2025 Edition

George Washington as a seamstress and a pirate

While transferring text from a reviewer’s copy to my master for a recent project, I inserted the following temporary comment into my master:

And yes, I used the Oxford comma to preserve the integrity of George Washington, a seamstress and a pirate.

And there’s one comment I didn’t make in writing. I just voiced it.

DON’T PUT TWO SPACES AFTER PERIODS.

Temperamental writers are temperamental, after all.

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