Picks from the interwebs this week for my word- and tech-nerd peeps: going freelance mid-career (case studies) sentence diagraming guide to readable writing data about
Month: January 2015
Creative Earners Salary Survey Results
Hey kids, notice that the average hourly fee for proofreading is $63 for those with 5–14 years’ experience? It’s only $57 for those with over
Words to Stop the Red Flags Flapping
Red flags, red flags, What’cha gonna do? What’cha gonna do, when they come for you? Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com, four things to say
LOTW 4, 2015
Picks from the interwebs this week for my word- and tech-nerd peeps: cat V editor, and some fur-less purring to make up for the asshole
Newly Updated Guide to Editing Canadian English
Announcement of the updated guide to Editing Canadian English (ECE3) today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com. The guide is now in beta testing online
LOTW 3, 2015
Picks from the interwebs this week for my word- and tech-nerd peeps: science of why a second monitor is the best ROI history of the
Don’t Italicize French Ballet Terms
Italicizing ballet terms because they’re French? Oh no, you don’t! Today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com.
How New Words Catch On
During the seasonal onslaught of retrospectives, Ben Zimmer predicted new words that 2015 will bring, and pondered why some never catch on. A great bit
LOTW 2, 2015
Picks from the interwebs this week (the second week of 2015 already!) for my word- and tech-nerd peeps: practical steps (with a little emotional IQ)
Hockey Style in Canada
So, apparently some big sports-like thingy went on this week. Or so my social media feeds would have me think; cryptically. Yay, your team! It’s