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Editing Face to Face

February 23, 2021 | Filed under: Aaron Dalton

Writing in a large organization is usually done “by committee.” That’s a challenging process at the best of times. After doing a first pass, which almost invariably contains more edits than the writers expected, I’m often asked to sit down (these days, virtually) and work though my comments with them. …

Developing the Next Generation of Canadian Readers

My son’s middle-school language arts teacher initiated a reading project earlier this year. The task was simple: choose a book to read …

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Grammar Affairs

A rocky beginning I’ve had a love-hate, on-again, off-again relationship with grammar over the years. When I was in school I truly …

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Editors’ Facebook Groups

I tend to be skeptical of the value of Facebook groups and reticent to invest time in them. But it turns out, …

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How the Pandemic Allowed Me to Learn a New Skill

Last year, when Peerwith management asked me whether I could revise a paper written in Overleaf — an online LaTeX editor for …

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Running Out of Words: It’s Not a Slippery Slope

It’s almost inevitable. People who say “we’ve gotten too PC” about language will, at some point in the discussion, claim that if …

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On Resolving to Publish: Book Publishing in 2021 and Beyond

I’ve worked in publishing for about 15 years, but every year I’m caught off guard by the January phenomenon of aspiring authors …

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Editorial Headspace: A Year in Review

In November, CBC Radio host Tom Power replayed an episode on q about the unlikely success of Mariah Carey’s All I Want …

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Style Sheets: Your New Best Friend

At an Editors’ Vine virtual meeting in November, Editors Canada member Lesley Cameron presented “Getting the Most from Style Sheets.” Here are …

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How I’m Hiring a Student to Support My Freelance Editing Business

I’ve never been happy with the look of my website, shortishard.ca. Yet, I’ve never needed to update it, because I get all …

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