Here’s this week’s interweb awesomeness for editors: You don’t know fuck (literally), diagram a sentence, teach wavelengths by walking, and
Category: editing
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
Does editing matter?
Do typos hurt sales? Are the potential losses worth the cost of editing? A colleague recently called for a defensible
Three reasons editors and proofreaders need to buy a PDF editor, and only three
There are a few things that the free Adobe Reader XI PDF software cannot do. But only a few. For
Checklist for Editing, Canadian Style
The Canadian Style says a checklist “will help you to cover all pertinent facets of the writing process and to