![]() ![]() ![]() Dreyer began the project as a revision of an internal memo to advise copy editors and proofreaders at Random House. ĭreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style was published in the US on January 29, 2019, with a UK edition to follow on May 30, 2019. Supervising the publication of hundreds of titles a year- The New York Times describes Dreyer's role as "style-arbiter-of-last-resort"-he works only with novelist Elizabeth Strout as the sole author he continues to copy-edit himself. He was promoted from group manager to senior managing editor and copy chief in 2008 and now serves as vice-president, executive managing editor and copy chief, at the Random House division of Penguin Random House. ![]() In 1993 he joined Random House full time as a production editor. He worked in bars and restaurants before turning to freelance proofreading, then copy editing. ![]() Career Įarly in his career, Dreyer pursued writing and acting. He grew up in Queens, New York and Albertson, Long Island. Early life ĭreyer was born in a Jewish family. He is copy chief at Random House and the author of Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (2019). Benjamin Dreyer (born May 11, 1958) is an American writer and copy editor. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Only a sick and twisted man would decide his punishment was to be working on a farm all summer. ![]() The moment she’d received the phone call from Josh’s mother saying he’d been killed along with four other soldiers just north of Baghdad, Eva’s carefully planned life imploded in the worst way possible.Ĭage isn’t real happy with his closet-sized bedroom in the back of a foul smelling barn, or his daily interactions with cows, but he knows that if he doesn’t make his coach happy then he can kiss his scholarship goodbye. He’d been her first boyfriend at seven, her first kiss at ten, her first date at fifteen, and her first tragedy at eighteen. Josh Beasley, her next door neighbor, had been the center of those goals. Not once over the years had she lost sight of her goals. Now, Cage has to decide: does he drop out and give up his dream of getting noticed by a college in the SEC, and possibly making it into the Major Leagues - or does he give in to his coach’s demands and spend his summer baling hay?Įva Brooks planned out her life step by step when she was eight years old. Cage has a free ride to the local junior college for baseball - or he did, until he’d gotten a DUI. Unfortunately, his baseball coach isn’t buying it. He wasn’t even swerving! That’s Cage York’s story and he’s sticking to it. The cops had to have been freaking bored to have pulled him over. Maybe driving home after a few (or more) shots of tequila had been a bad idea, but hell, he did it all the time. ![]() ![]() ![]() In one event, Staci left him for another man and Stephan just sat in Staci's front porch waited for her to take him back. His daily comic strip, Pearls Before Swine, is known for silly puns, creating controversy and the outrageous antics of a cast of anthropomorphized animals. It is also a running joke that his wife Staci, does not love him and even traded Stephan for a pizza. One of Pastis' memorable appearances in the strip was on Sunday, February 7, 2010, when he mourned his father-in-law, Rick Daniels, and received a hug from Pig, which reminded him of the love, acceptance and optimism Daniels had. As the strip went, his personal appearance on the strip changed. His character has also expressed his hate of being an attorney, which was his former career. Creator Stephan Pastis is a brilliant artist and uses incredible witticism and punny humour (and many times, himself as the butt) to create three-panel laughter magic. In the strip, Stephan expresses common sense, unlike Rat and some of the other characters. Pastis also is subjected to Rat's odd whims from time to time, such as when Rat poured beer on one of his drawings and caused it to blur (an effect Pastis said he could only achieve on Photoshop) and stole all of his clothes. ![]() ![]() He is often seen with Rat, who makes him the brunt of criticism about his artwork and jokes. Stephan Thomas Pastis appears self-reflexively in the strip. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sexy stuff is fairly light, with some kissing, undressing, and implied sex. Strong language includes "s-t," and "goddammit." Some profanity in Chinese using pinyin isn't translated. People watch a house burn down with children and elders inside. A whipping mentions blood and screams of pain. There's also some large-scale, real-world violence including a massacre of unarmed protesters. Real-world violence is mostly gangster activity and includes shootings, stabbings, fistfights, and threats. 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