Awesomeness for editors from the interwebs this week: A pop music video about books, an extensive roundup of marketing advice for
Category: editing
Why Editing Matters in Self-Publishing
Today, for my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com, I spoke with award nominee Clare Marshall about self-publishing her shortlisted YA scifi title Dreams in Her
Stop Wasting Time on Estimates (podcast)
Learn how to get a ballpark estimate on the table asap to avoid pointless estimates. That’s the topic of this
Links OTW, Sept 27–Oct 3
Here’s this week’s interweb awesomeness for editors: You don’t know fuck (literally), diagram a sentence, teach wavelengths by walking, and
Conference report: Communication Central 2014
Two roundups from the Communication Central conference. Several print and tech resources for writers and editors, as well as efficiency
Stop Wasting Time on Estimates
Are you spending hours developing accurate estimates specific to a project only to hear the client say “That’s ten times what I thought I’d have to spend”?
Stop it. Stop it now.
Archive of 2013 Copyediting posts
In honour of my 200th blog post here, I’m posting an archive of the other 29 that didn’t make on
Capital Style in Canada
Anarchy! Aesthetics, tradition, and readership all cited as legitimate factors in capitalization style. Have the Canadians lost it? Today, in my Canadian,
Computer tools for copy editors: macros
The few macros I use have made my editing better and faster, but I still only use about three consistently.
How to Make Effective Use of a Lull
Or, learn from my fail: a printable checklist (below). I did pretty well really, over the last few lulls. It