Fashion Magazine Editor Pillows

'It's a vogue wave Phillips...Nothin' to worry about! No where's near as dangerous as the rogue waves!'

"Am I passionate about fashion? Yep, I guess you could say I'm fashionate."

"That's the guy I hired to read Proust for me."

Copycats

"After years of cartoon rejections, Bill stooped to trying a little shameless product placement."

Squeezing the Free Press.

"No, I didn't steal your content. I just have your content's doppleganger."

It soon became apparent that the vicar was an undercover journalist.

'Darling I want you to remember this always,,,'

Thru versus Through Traffic

"It's a heck of a tale...and well told, but we don't publish resumes."

Books: Novels, Short-Stories, Tall Tales.

First Novels.

"Russ had a novel published two hours ago and has a children's book coming out in 20 minutes."

News: Deaths! Deaths! Deaths!

Frontispiece to the first volume of 'Master Humphrey's Clock'

Reading my Critics

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

"Well, how do things look from where you sit?"

Punctuation Police

A Copy Editor and His Dog

"Bad dog! I've told you to always proofread."

Someone who knows apostrophes

"And now here's Cathie with the hypothetical portion of the news."

"The economy always seems to be recovering, but it never recovers."

The Style of Elements

"Damn - another letter to the editor."

"I just finished your manuscript and I found the ending delicious."

"Your hunch was right, Officer Garcia. We'll need a good editor to clean up this manuscript and bring his unfinished novel to a satisfying conclusion."

'The Questioner'

Freind: 'Misspelled, anything helps.'

"Your usually vicious sarcasm is weak. Go pump some irony."

Press Freedom