This week some particularly good blog posts came my way.
Category: tips
The Art of the Cold Call
The art of the cold call: target well have your key selling points in front of you It doesn’t have
Converting Measurements
This week’s Canadian, Eh? column on Copyediting.com focusses on making conversions between imperial and metric, also known as SI which is short
Checklists: saving your bacon and bringing it home too (podcast)
Checklists are the focus of this episode, in which I expand on one of my posts from the now-defunct Copyediting: explaining how checklists
Speak the first draft of your book
“The thing is, I’m a much better lecturer than I am a writer” said one person I am coaching. Well,
Office starter kit for the freelance editor
Before you get to work editing, there is key hardware and software you are going to need. This applies to
Surprising 2-Step Trick to Find the Going Rate in Your Market Niche (podcast)
Learn a simple trick for finding out the going rate in your market — right down to the subject, product,
Master Word’s Find and Replace Function with Wildcards and Codes
Word info in my favourite links this week: One series on customizing Word, and two free resources that will help
Shoe-swapping for writers and editorial professionals – getting the job quote right
Guest post by Louise Harnby of the Proofreader’s Parlour. Read part 1 too, lest you think the client said Shuswap
Shoe-swapping for writers and editorial professionals – getting the request to quote right
Guest post by Louise Harnby of the Proofreader’s Parlour. The most productive relationships between writers and their editors/proofreaders come about