It’s been slow around the interwebs, so it’s been weeks since a really good roundup. Here I present a collection
Author: Adrienne (scieditor)
An editor of words, mostly those in instructional materials — and mostly on technical subjects such as science.
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
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
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
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,
Learn to Assess Visuals
Some resources that will help you learn to assess visuals for their ability to communicate and their suitability to the
Editing the Visuals, with ECE Editors
Sign up to receive notification of my fall 2016 online course in editing visuals. How are the word specialists (editors)
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