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Crystal Yang

Crystal Yang

Fiction editor and authenticity reader; owner of Rabbit with a Red Pen, providing copyediting and proofreading to the Big Five publishers.

Sep 1, 2026

The Editor's Half Hour

The Editor's Half Hour

Working with the Big 5

Sep 1 · 26m

Nadia Geagea Pupa
Nadia Geagea PupaHOST
6:05
I'm very curious.
Crystal Yang
Crystal YangGUEST
6:06
Yeah.
Crystal Yang
Crystal YangGUEST
6:07
So each one had, you know, you can choose what test to take.
Crystal Yang
Crystal YangGUEST
6:11
You know, you can just take the copy editing test, just take the proofreading test.
Crystal Yang
Crystal YangGUEST
6:16
You know, one of the publishers, a non-Big Five, you know, they had a nonfiction version and a fiction version.
Crystal Yang
Crystal YangGUEST
6:22
And so I opted to take fiction because that's what I work on.
Crystal Yang
Crystal YangGUEST
6:25
So I don't even know what the nonfiction ones look like.

14 MINS LATER

Nadia Geagea Pupa
Nadia Geagea PupaHOST
20:30
What is it like on your end? Do you feel that you do that more often than you realize having to cite the rule

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