I don’t know how you all maintain the fabulousness, week after week. But here we are again with yet another roundup. Lots “off topic” this
Month: August 2014
Checklist for Editing, Canadian Style
The Canadian Style says a checklist “will help you to cover all pertinent facets of the writing process and to meet your deadlines.” More about
How to Handle a Crying Author
I say, “There is a reader for every writer.” And it’s true. That reader might be your mom, but she’ll still read it. (I
Links OTW, August 16–22
A plethora of interweb awesome this week: diversity in publishing, how words become real, two spaces (again), street view for underwater sights, colour success in
Think of an Editor
The national association of editors* started rolling out the results of their rebranding exercise with a new logo and look for the blog and social
There’s a mistake in my copy!
Perfection is not the realm of humans. How to help your clients understand this, today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com. The rest of you: re-flippin-lax.
Links OTW, Aug 9–15
I had a really long waiting room stay this week, so I caught up on a reading backlog. Lucky you: there’s a lot of great
6 New Honorary Certified Professional Editors
Today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com, I recognize six members of EAC who recently got honorary certification for their work in developing the
When Lives Depend on the Words
How to deal with the emotional and legal risks of working on words that could save, or cost, or even just ruin a life,
Links OTW, Aug 2–8
Resources I find that relate to copy editing scripts and screenplays for film, TV, video, podcast and all spoken words. There’s another post devoted to video games.