Packing for the editing conference in Toronto today, which I anticipate in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com. You can share in the fun and learning online by searching #editors15 on Facebook and Twitter, and maybe on Instagram too, once the tiaras and sparkly dresses start to emerge.
Tag: Canada
Short List for 2014 Canadian Editing Award
Today we look at this year’s short list for the Tom Fairley Award, the Editors’ Association of Canada award for editorial excellence in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com.
Public Service Commission Style Guide
Take a glimpse at one of the freely available Canadian style guidesToday, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com. Read select points from the Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC) style guide used together with the PSC Glossary and The Canadian Style (also available free online: The Canadian Style) by departments within the PSC and any…
Editing the Visuals, with ECE Editors
How are the word specialists (editors) supposed to know if a visual communicates its intended meaning? Advice from the contributors of ECE3 today — in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com — on how to edit visuals to meet the professional standards of Editors’ Canada. Get a printable, multi-stage checklist for editing visuals.
Editing Multi-contributor Collections
When editing writing compiled from dozens of people, an editor needs to play the role of choir conductor, bringing the voices together for a consistent sound. Dimitra Chronopoulos gives us some tips in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com today. Why don’t I call them writers or authors? Because that doesn’t seem a fitting title for those sending…
Writers to Honour Canadian Editors
Best Editor is an award given annually by the Professional Writers’ Association of Canada. Learn more in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com today. Nominations close April 27th and are open to non-PWAC members.
(When) You Need Permission
You need to ask permission—almost always—to use pictures or words that are not your own creation. It doesn’t matter what the use is unless you are a reporter, making a parody, or critiquing the material. Just ask, and stop arguing. Today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com, I mention a very few exceptions to the…
Punctuating Requests and Indirect Questions
Question marks can be optional, eh? The Canadian Style (guide) shows us that sometimes questioning words are actually forming a command, request, or indirect question, contraindicating the use of a question mark. Today, in my regularly scheduled Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com.
Interview with a TV (Copy) Editor
Today, in my extra post at Copyediting.com, I speak with Duncan McKenzie who edits words in TV and puzzles.
Interview with a Custom eNewsletter Editor
Cranking out 25 custom e-newsletters is the weekly job of Canadian editor Katherine Radin (pictured) over at MultiView Canada. Today, she tells me about that work for my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com.
Editing in Word 