Author, bartender, amazing human Nat Harry joins Chris and Drew on this episode of The Good Bottle Podcast. Drew drills Nat with some of the most difficult questions of their life, and yet everyone gets along over stories of inebriation and travel.

For the burgeoning translators and bicultural interlocutors just starting out, I offer a few observations and notes of caution to keep in mind when de-othering the foreign.

The primary misconception about editing is that it’s just catching grammatical mistakes or errors in punctuation. However, developmental editing (also known as substantive, structural, or content editing) focuses on macro-level revisions. On one end, a developmental editor may work with an author from the inception of an idea (hence, “developmental”), and on the other, a developmental editor may work with an author on content, structure, flow, and style.

Have you ever attempted to translate a document from one language to another? If so, you are probably aware that online translation tools often prove to be inadequate substitutes for a professional translation. For full-length articles or long-form literary works, these online cut-and-paste tools fall even further from the mark.

Manuscript Evaluations are often considered the first step to publishing a book, particularly for first time authors. An assessment undertaken by a professional editor, a manuscript evaluation outlines the larger thematic successes and areas for improvement within a work.