I espouse making routine copy editing changes silently; that is, without tracking them in Word. From editors, I hear a
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Daniel Polowin Wins Editing Scholarship
Daniel Polowin will be taking home a big bag of cash from this Saturday’s awards banquet at EAC’s annual
Daniel Polowin Wins Canadian Editing Scholarship
Daniel Polowin has won the $1000 student scholarship from the Editors’ Association of Canada. He’ll get his big bag
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
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
Recipe Editing Tips
Over on the Copyediting.com “Canadian Eh?” blog today I continue my look at the only market in which you can
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,
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,
Writing off finder’s fees & 2 extra months to file tax returns — freelancing tax tips
Finder’s fees count as an advertising expense, and a June 30 filing deadline for Canadian freelancers’ income tax returns. This, in
How to column on Copyediting.com (keyboard shortcuts for selecting text)
Today I start writing another weekly column at Copyediting.com. It covers tech tips to make your editing more efficient, effective,