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Anne Louise Mahoney

Giving It Up for the Editing Community

Mardi novembre 26, 2019

In anticipation of GivingTuesday, Anne Louise Mahoney talks about the Editors Canada awards program and the ways in which it recognizes outstanding editors. Who doesn’t love awards? They offer us a moment to pause and recognize out-of-the-ordinary accomplishments and bask in the reflected glow as colleagues, friends or fans. As editors, many of us work […]

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Tanya Mykhaylychenko – 2020-01-08 08:24:34

Good afternoon: I enjoyed John Cords’s post « Writing Résumés and Cover Letters » (June 11, 2019). I would also like to contribute a more detailed post on the same topic. I’m a professional resume writer with 5+ years of experience working on my own and for several large resume companies in the US and Canada. I […]

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Editorial Comments

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Notes on Notes

Mardi janvier 14, 2020

I had occasion recently to teach someone how to write effective editorial comments. It was an interesting exercise as it forced me to articulate principles I had absorbed over many years, some learned from painful experience. Here’s what came to mind: Know your place. My job is to help the author produce the best quality […]

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Marion Soubliere

Your Government Goals for 2020

Mardi janvier 28, 2020

It’s 2020 and the year is still gleaming fresh. If you’re a business owner who would love to bolster your Government of Canada (GC) client revenues, the time is ripe for new goals and a motivational to-do list. (Or if you’ve never supplied services to the federal government and would like to, check out Winning […]

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Karine Sheehy – 2020-02-10 11:20:49

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Barbara McClintock

The Singular “They” — Conjugations and Some Particularities

Mardi février 18, 2020

Conjugating the singular “they” Gender-neutral writing is fairly new. The Canadian government started using the terms “gender” or “gender identity” when referring to a person’s sex (unless referring to anatomical characteristics related to reproduction or development) in Canadian legislation in 2017. Most writers in Canada already avoid using “he” and “his” because readers understand these […]

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Sherrie Cabrera – 2020-03-06 17:34:21

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Sure-fire Opening Lines

Mardi avril 7, 2020

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a novel in want of readers must be possessed of a good opening line. A book is a relationship — many of us spend more intimate time with books than with people — and it is important to start the relationship off on a good foot. So, naturally, […]

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Verlene Ayres – 2020-04-30 01:55:42

Good evening, I was just taking a look at your website and submitted this message via your contact form. The feedback page on your site sends you messages like this via email which is the reason you are reading my message right now right? That’s half the battle with any kind of online ad, making […]

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Empirical Editors: Fluency

Mardi juin 9, 2020

This article is part of a series that looks at lessons one can draw from some of the research collected in Aaron Dalton’s “Empirical Research for Editors” list. “Fluency” refers to how easy or difficult it is to do or process something. I interpret the science in this area through the lens of plain language, […]

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