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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 .

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.

"Thesis and the Book" by Harman, Montagnes, McMenemy, and Bucci

Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Rating: 4/5 Eleanor Harman, Ian, Montagnes, Siobhan McMenemy, and Chris Bucci (eds.), The Thesis and the Book: A Guide for First-Time Academic Authors, 2nd edition (University of Toronto Press, 2003). Writing a PhD dissertation? Finished writing? Hope to publish it (or part of it) in book form? Then you must read this book. A thesis is not a book. They are unfortunately different beasts. The advice in this book will help you start the arduous journey of transforming those years of blood, sweat, and tears into something truly publishable.