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Month: April 2015
Graph Guidelines
Graphs can quickly convey relationships and trends between and among data in ways that a data table or text narrative
How to Become the Next Big Thing
To become the next big thing, begin at home, then go there, then over there, then way over there. Today, I
Editing Multi-contributor Collections
When editing writing compiled from dozens of people, an editor needs to play the role of choir conductor, bringing the
Editing Visual Components
Updated correlation to professional standards, 6 May 2024 Visuals aren’t just those pretty things that push the words aside. Graphs,
LOTW 16, 2015
My pick of the web for the week ending April 17, 2015. [View the story “LOTW 16, 2015” on Storify]
Writers to Honour Canadian Editors
Best Editor is an award given annually by the Professional Writers’ Association of Canada. Learn more in my Canadian, Eh? column
How to Ask a Client to Fill in for Delays
Today I talk about squeezing more work from a delayed client without sounding whiny, in my How To column at Copyediting.com. Thanks
Rites of Canadian Spring (Vocabulary)
I explain a few rites of Canadian spring vocabulary today, in my special vocabulary post at Copyediting.com.
Canadian Punctuation with Periods, Eh?
Full stop, point, period, dot, or not—using punctuation the Canadian way. Today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com.