Proving your editing abilities is one of those challenges every editor faces. French language editors now have this opportunity to have some sort of credential
Month: May 2015
Gender-Inclusive, Canadian Style
Outside of issues of biology, there is just about always a good argument for using terms that include everyone. Today, in my Canadian, Eh? column atCopyediting.com, I survey
How to Manage Conflicting National Schedules
Happy Victoria Day. What do you do when your schedule and your clients’ schedule don’t line up? Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com. I wrote about
Links of the Month, w20—2015
It’s been slow around the interwebs, so it’s been weeks since a really good roundup. Here I present a collection for week 20, 2015.
Short List for 2014 Canadian Editing Award
Today we look at this year’s short list for the Tom Fairley Award, the Editors’ Association of Canada award for editorial excellence in my Canadian, Eh? column
How to Preserve Voice (and Recognize it, Too)
“Preserve the author’s voice,” editors are commonly told. But what IS voice? How to recognize the author’s voice and preserve it when style guidelines allow. Today,
Editing World News: updated software
The editing community is atwitter with news of the latest release of PerfectIt — a Word add-in many editors (and non-editors) use to automate mechanical
Public Service Commission Style Guide
Take a glimpse at one of the freely available Canadian style guidesToday, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com. Read select points from the Public Service
Review of tech tool for editors: Perfect It 3
PerfectIt 3 is out, and I put it through its paces. You can read my review on the EAC blog, Editors’ Weekly. It was a
Learn to Assess Visuals
Sign up to receive notification of my fall 2016 online course in editing visuals. Some resources that will help you learn to assess visuals for