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Editors Weekly: Literacy in Canada; What You Need to Know

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published on The Editors’ Weekly , the official blog of the Editors’ Association of Canada .

Editors Weekly: "Brag Docs"; An Aide-Mémoire

Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published on The Editors’ Weekly , the official blog of the Editors’ Association of Canada .

Editors Weekly: What Is Plain Language? Part 5; The Nitty-Gritty

Sun, 22 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published on The Editors’ Weekly , the official blog of the Editors’ Association of Canada .

Editors Weekly: What Is Plain Language? Part 4; Craftsmanship

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published on The Editors’ Weekly , the official blog of the Editors’ Association of Canada .

Editors Weekly: What Is Plain Language? Part 3; When You Assume …

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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Editors Weekly: Review; The Chicago Manual of Style for PerfectIt

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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Editors Weekly: What Is Plain Language? Part 2; Reading is a Skill

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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Editors Weekly: What Is Plain Language? Part 1; A Definition

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published on The Editors’ Weekly , the official blog of the Editors’ Association of Canada .

Editors Weekly: Zen and the Art of Editing

Tue, 11 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published on The Editors’ Weekly , the official blog of the Editors’ Association of Canada .

Editors Weekly: Editing Face to Face

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published on The Editors’ Weekly , the official blog of the Editors’ Association of Canada .

Editors Weekly: Wildcards and Regular Expressions

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published on The Editors’ Weekly , the official blog of the Editors’ Association of Canada .

Editors Weekly: Learning From History

Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published on The Editors’ Weekly , the official blog of the Editors’ Association of Canada .

Editors Weekly: Laws of UX

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published on The Editors’ Weekly , the official blog of the Editors’ Association of Canada .

Editors Weekly: Empirical Editors; Fluency

Tue, 09 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published on The Editors’ Weekly , the official blog of the Editors’ Association of Canada .

Editors Weekly: Empirical Editors; Curse of Knowledge

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published on The Editors’ Weekly , the official blog of the Editors’ Association of Canada .

Editors Weekly: Notes on Notes

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published on The Editors’ Weekly , the official blog of the Editors’ Association of Canada .

Editors Weekly: Checklists; Sharing Knowledge

Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published on The Editors’ Weekly , the official blog of the Editors’ Association of Canada .

Editors Weekly: The Ethical Imperative for Plain Language

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published on The Editors’ Weekly , the official blog of the Editors’ Association of Canada .

Editors Weekly: Empirical Editors; Acronyms

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

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Active Voice: Tech Talk #2

Fri, 29 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published in Active Voice , the magazine of the Editors’ Association of Canada .

This is the second in a series of articles on technology as it relates to editing.

Active Voice: Tech Talk #1

Mon, 26 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published in Active Voice , the magazine of the Editors’ Association of Canada .

This is the first in a series of articles on technology as it relates to editing.

"Developmental Editing" by Scott Norton

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Rating: 4/5 Scott Norton, Developmental Editing: A Handbook for Freelancers, Authors, and Publishers (University of Chicago Press, 2009). I’ve never read a book on developmental editing before, so I can’t speak to how it compares to others. I always find it interesting to watch other editors work, though. It’s one of the reasons I love working in house. I have to admit, some of the edited excerpts gave me pause. There were things I would never think to change.

Editing/Publishing Rant and Mission

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Just to clarify, this rant is intended for people interested in professional document production. My new life’s mission is to convince the publishing world to move to a plain-text-based, XML workflow. Here’s the dirty little secret: InDesign (and even, *sighs*, QuarkXpress ) is no harder to learn than Word . In many ways it’s far easier. The problem is that Word seems at first glance to be powerful enough for real publishing needs, but as soon as you actually sit down and try to compose anything longer or more complex than a letter to mom, it sinks in how limited it is.

"Chicago Manual of Style," 16th ed.

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Rating: 5/5 University of Chicago Press, The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed. (University of Chicago: 2010). It’s unusual to “review” reference works, perhaps, but the Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS, or the “orange bible” [don’t let the dust cover fool you, the book is actually bright orange]) is too exceptional to not mention here. While in my line of work there are sections that see constant, recurring use, I’ve only read the entire 1000+ pages cover to cover three times: I finished the third time today.

"Recipe Writer’s Handbook" by Ostmann and Baker

Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Rating: 4/5 Barbara Gibbs Ostmann and Jane L. Baker, The Recipe Writer’s Handbook: Revised and Expanded (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2001). Well this is a book for editors. What it is is a style guide specifically for cookbooks. Should you use “green onions” or “scallions”? “Red pepper” or “red bell pepper”? What are the best practices for recipe testing? How should you manage metric vs. imperial measurements? What about copyright and plagiarism?