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Calling Them What They Want

Mardi Décembre 13, 2016

We’re all professionally attentive to detail, so I’m sure we all appreciate that, having earned a PhD, I am technically Dr. Harbeck, and it could be rude to call me Mr. Harbeck. My wife, having a master’s, is Ms. Arro — not Miss Arro, because she’s married, and not Mrs. Arro, let alone Mrs. Harbeck. […]

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Marion Soubliere

Winning Contracts With the Government of Canada

Mardi février 14, 2017

The federal government spends between $15 billion and $20 billion annually on goods and services, including editing and writing. Communication skills are in high demand. The government’s massive web renewal project faces much work ahead in streamlining 1,500 websites into one overarching website, Canada.ca. Small businesses across Canada, including solopreneurs, can contract directly to this […]

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Basic Computer Terms for Writers and Editors

Mardi mars 21, 2017

Writers and editors ask lots of questions about computers and software but sometimes confuse basic terminology. If you have an issue with a computer or software, it helps if you can frame your questions accurately and provide enough information so that others can help. So let’s do a quick review of some basics. Hardware: All […]

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Tracey Anderson

Check Mates: Create a Checklist as an Editing Tool

Mardi mai 2, 2017

I admit it: I’m a (sometimes obsessive) list maker. I make them for all kinds of things: to-do lists, grocery lists, vacation packing lists; my list of lists goes on and on. It’s no surprise, then, that I often use an editing checklist. For me, a checklist is a useful tool for staying organized and […]

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Confessions of a Conference Buddy (Coordinator)

Mardi mai 9, 2017

I remember when I signed up for my first Editors Canada conference back in 2014. At the time, I’d never held the job title of “editor,” but after years of working in jobs where I’d managed to feed my need to wrangle with words, I’d come to realize it was the role I’d been living […]

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Home Is Where the Bagel Is

Mardi juin 27, 2017

What do you mean when you say the word “home”? Amongst other definitions, the Canadian Oxford Dictionary (2nd ed.) defines “home” as “the place where one lives,” “a house or dwelling place” or “the place where a thing originates or is native or most common.” As someone with nomadic tendencies, these definitions have often clashed […]

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Tracey Anderson

A Measure of Editing Success

Mardi août 1, 2017

The term “metrics” has become a bit of a business buzzword, especially for digital enterprises. It’s a trendy word for ways to quantifiably measure success such as tracking social media metrics (followers, click-through rates) or sales metrics (monthly numbers). As editors, though, we don’t have the same kinds of reliable metrics to help us measure […]

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Paul Buckingham

Non-fiction Developmental Editing

Mardi août 15, 2017

I’ve always loved trying to understand things — investigating ideas and concepts to make sense of them, seeking clearer ways to view them. I was delighted, therefore, when I discovered that there’s a kind of editing rooted in exactly that pursuit: developmental editing. The name describes it well: you’re helping the author develop a manuscript […]

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Emerge From the Shadows via the Our Languages Blog

Mardi septembre 26, 2017

“If only I could rewrite this text!” If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably had a similar reaction, especially if your clients are looking for a “soothing” edit. You know the kind I mean: one that doesn’t involve any changes beyond sprinkling a few commas here and there… I spent almost 10 years fixing language […]

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Shalini Khan – 2017-12-05 12:31:00

Hello, Can you please delete my duplicate comment under today’s blog post? My first comment is the one that should stay and the subsequent one, a duplicate of part of the first comment, should be deleted. Thanks, Shalini

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