With sunny summer days upon us and the patio calling, we’re about to hit a period when it might be harder to concentrate at
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Short List for Canadian Editing Award
A quick look at the short list for Canada’s award for editorial excellence, today, on the Copyediting.com blog. This year marks the 30th annual Tom Fairley
Three Steps to Stating Your Rate with Confidence
These three tips will help you “fake it ’til you make it” when it comes to stating your editing fee with confidence: practice, pose, and
Podcast between-isode: another peek behind the editing curtain
A sort of between-isode update of what’s been going on at my desk, to keep you satisfied while I do more research for an in-depth piece on editing
Verifying Canadian Plant Names
Today on the Copyediting.com blog, I look at a resource for checking Canadian plant names. Whether you’re checking facts in an article or in a novel,
Advice for Editing Non-native English Writers
Editors must help their ESL authors navigate three languages: their native language, English, and the jargon of their academic specialty; as well as navigating
Social Media Reviews for Freelance Editors
When I moved, I threw out 350 of the 500 business cards that I printed when I first set out as a freelancer, 14 years
Recipe Editing Tips
Over on the Copyediting.com “Canadian Eh?” blog today I continue my look at the only market in which you can eat your education: honing in
Tasty Editing: Working in Nom-nom Markets
Best thing about editing food topics? Eating your training. That advice and more from two of Canada’s food writing experts, today in the “Canadian, Eh?”
10 Ways to Navigate a Word Document
Still scrolling through a long document using the arrow key? Flying right past what it is you are looking for, getting a bad case of