Typo fixes in author/README.md

author/README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 The `author/` directory contains a JSON file for each author of at
 least one winning IOCCC entry.  For each author, there is a JSON
-file of the form:
+file with the following name format:
 
 ```
 author/author_handle.json
@@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ an IOCCC unique string that matches this regex:
 ^[0-9a-z][0-9a-z_]*$
 ```
 
-The `author_handle`, by default derived from the name of the author.
+The `author_handle`, by default, is derived from the name of the author.
 While there is a algorithm that maps the name of the author
 (which can contain any UTF-8 characters) into a default
 `author_handle` string, those who submit an entry to the IOCCC
 are free to choose a different `author_handle` string.
 
-An `author` who has won a previous IOCCC is encouraged to
+An `author` who has won a previous IOCCC is encouraged to reuse their
-reuse their author_handle so that new winners an be associated
+author_handle so that new winning entries will be associated with the same
-with the same author.
+author or authors.
 
 ### anonymous author_handle's
 
@@ -70,15 +70,15 @@ There must be the following JSON members:
 "location_name" : "Formal location name",
 ```
 
-- "full_name" value is the author's formal full name.
+- `"full_name"` value is the author's formal full name.
-- "sort_word" value is the author's last name, mapped into lower case ASCII, as JSON encoded string
+- `"sort_word"` value is the author's last name, mapped into lower case ASCII, as a JSON encoded string
-- "location_code" value is an 2 UPPER CASE ISO 3166 code selected by the author
+- `"location_code"` value is a 2 UPPER CASE ISO 3166 code selected by the author
-- "location_name" value is the formal name corresponding to the "location_code", in JSON encoded string form
+- `"location_name"` value is the formal name corresponding to the `"location_code"`, in JSON encoded string form
 
-A "sort_word" hat is used to determine the position within the `winners.html` file,
+A `"sort_word"` that is used to determine the position within the `winners.html` file,
-a `author` and the `winners` they submitted are to be listed.
+an `author` and the `winners` they submitted are to be listed.
 
-A `sort_word` match this regexp:
+A `sort_word` matches this regexp:
 
 ```re
 ^[a-z][0-9a-z]*
@@ -97,17 +97,17 @@ And there must be the following JSON members:
 "affiliation" : "an affiliation group",
 ```
 
-- "email" value is the author's email address as a JSON encoded string, or `null` if not given
+- `"email"` value is the author's email address as a JSON encoded string, or `null` if not given
-- "url;" value is the author's home page URL as a JSON encoded string, or `null` if not given
+- `"url"` value is the author's home page URL as a JSON encoded string, or `null` if not given
-- "alt_url" value is the author's alternate URL as a JSON encoded string, or `null` if not given
+- `"alt_url"` value is the author's alternate or second URL as a JSON encoded string, or `null` if not given
-- "deprecated_twitter_handle" value is the author's twitter handle as a JSON encoded string, starting with "_@_", or `null` if not given
+- `"deprecated_twitter_handle"` value is the author's twitter handle as a JSON encoded string, starting with "_@_", or `null` if not given
-- "mastodon" value is the author's Mastodon handle in "_@user@server_" form as a JSON encoded string, or `null` if not given
+- `"mastodon"` value is the author's Mastodon handle in "_@user@server_" form as a JSON encoded string, or `null` if not given
-- "mastodon_url" value is the URL as a JSON encoded string of the author's Mastodon page, cor `null` if not given
+- `"mastodon_url"` value is the URL as a JSON encoded string of the author's Mastodon page, or `null` if not given
-- "github" value is the GitHub username as a JSON encoded string, starting with "_@_", or `null` if not given
+- `"github"` value is the author's GitHub username as a JSON encoded string, starting with "_@_", or `null` if not given
-- "affiliation" is the author's affiliation as a JSON encoded string, or `null` if not given
+- `"affiliation"` is the author's affiliation as a JSON encoded string, or `null` if not given
 
 If an author does not have one of the previous set of values, or wishes to not disclose it / keep it anonymous,
-then the JSON value of `null`.  For example:
+then the JSON value can be `null`. For example:
 
 ```json
 "email" : null,
@@ -122,14 +122,14 @@ then the JSON value of `null`.  For example:
 
 NOTE: The JSON value of `null` is NOT enclosed in double quotes.
 
-The "winning_entry_set" is an array of JSON members that indicate
+The `"winning_entry_set"` is an array of JSON members that indicate
-the each of the IOCCC winning entries for whom the author is the author.  :-)
+each of the IOCCC winning entries that the author is the author of.  :-)
 
 ```json
 { "winner_id" : "YYYY_dirname" }
 ```
 
-The "YYYY_dirname" is a winner ID in JSON encoded string form.  
+The `"YYYY_dirname"` is a winner ID in JSON encoded string form.  
 Here "YYYY" is the IOCCC year, and "dirname" is the directory name
 of the winning entry under the given year directory.
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ For example:
 
 ### author_handle.json example
 
-Here is a factious author_handle.json example:
+Here is a fictitious author_handle.json example:
 
 ```json
 {
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ Here is a factious author_handle.json example:
 }
 ```
 
-Here is factious author_handle.json example where all entries that may be withheld, and null:
+Here is fictitious author_handle.json example where all entries that may be
+withheld are null:
 
 ```json
 {