Best thing about editing food topics? Eating your training. That advice and more from two of Canada’s food writing experts, today in the “Canadian, Eh?”
Month: April 2014
10 Ways to Navigate a Word Document
Still scrolling through a long document using the arrow key? Flying right past what it is you are looking for, getting a bad case of
Writing off finder’s fees & 2 extra months to file tax returns — freelancing tax tips
Finder’s fees count as an advertising expense, and a June 30 filing deadline for Canadian freelancers’ income tax returns. This, in the Canadian, Eh? column on
How to column on Copyediting.com (keyboard shortcuts for selecting text)
Today I start writing another weekly column at Copyediting.com. It covers tech tips to make your editing more efficient, effective, and (ultimately) profitable, and (occasionally)
Write Off Conference Costs—Tax Tip for Canadian Freelancers
It’s tax season in Canada, and if there is one thing I’ve learned from talking to other freelancers, it’s that we do not take full
On-screen productivity tips—Best links for editors this week
This here very podcast was included in this week’s roundup from the Proofreader’s Parlour. Always a great source of content. I’m proud to be in
5 Tips for Editing Your Own Work
Five brain hacks for tricking yourself into seeing text with fresh eyes are covered in this episode, an adaptation of my post on the now-defunct
Simperial volume
Simperial volume, today, on the Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com. This is the second half of last week’s podcast, in print version. Perhaps this will be
Grammar tweets, other links
Grammar Tweets from Queen’s U Get grammar tips from the Principal of Queen’s University, via Twitter. Also, he is one of those people breaking all the
Simperial Spring Cupcakes
I think some Canadians hold tight to Fahrenheit temperatures because it lets them say it’s been above zero for a month now. Converting temperature measures