The article is dead on. And I'm so happy to say this WAS my life. I left the copy editing/news editing biz when I finally got tired of criticizing people's work all day. But it's true that it's next to impossible NOT to see errors, though I no longer feel compelled to correct them when it doesn't serve.
So it's with a pained expression on my face that I gently point out the inconsistency in the two times you used the Panic! band name with the exclamation point. The first time "at" is lowercase (né Panic! at the Disco) and in the blog excerpt "At" is uppercase. I only mention it since you are specifically talking about the style of the band's name.
On What It's Really Like To Be A Copy Editor
The article is dead on. And I'm so happy to say this WAS my life. I left the copy editing/news editing biz when I finally got tired of criticizing people's work all day. But it's true that it's next to impossible NOT to see errors, though I no longer feel compelled to correct them when it doesn't serve.
So it's with a pained expression on my face that I gently point out the inconsistency in the two times you used the Panic! band name with the exclamation point. The first time "at" is lowercase (né Panic! at the Disco) and in the blog excerpt "At" is uppercase. I only mention it since you are specifically talking about the style of the band's name.