Picks from the interwebs this week for my word- and tech-nerd peeps: going freelance mid-career (case studies) sentence diagraming guide
Year: 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
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 the now-defunct Copyediting.com,
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
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
LOTW 3, 2015
Picks from the interwebs this week for my word- and tech-nerd peeps: science of why a second monitor is 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
LOTW 2, 2015
Picks from the interwebs this week (the second week of 2015 already!) for my word- and tech-nerd peeps: practical steps
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;