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The Demise of a Dictionary: Is the Canadian Oxford Dictionary a Victim of its Own Success?

October 1, 2019 | Filed under: Barbara McClintock, General EAC

The second and possibly last edition of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary was published in 2004. Why hasn’t the Oxford University Press published a new edition in 15 years? There isn’t an up-to-date Canadian dictionary in print.

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Insurance for Freelance Editors: Everything You Need to Know

September 24, 2019 | Filed under: Johanna Cider

Have you ever wondered what types of insurance you should have as a freelancer? Besides basic insurances like life, health and auto, there are several types of insurance for small businesses and professional services that you might want to consider. These kinds of policies protect you from issues like client …

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How to Write Gleefully

September 17, 2019 | Filed under: James Harbeck

There are times when you want to make your prose more lively — if not flagrantly flippant then at least glancingly gleeful. James Harbeck discusses how to do that.

The Ethical Imperative for Plain Language

September 10, 2019 | Filed under: Aaron Dalton

I used to speak of plain language in terms of it being “the right thing to do” and also the most effective thing to do from a utilitarian perspective (i.e., it gets results). But then I came across Russell Willerton’s book Plain Language and Ethical Action: A Dialogic Approach to …

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Understanding My Reading Communities

September 3, 2019 | Filed under: Virginia St-Denis

While the communities changed, the need to connect with newspaper, magazine, journal, and website readers remains. However, how that’s done has changed.

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Wasted Words: Professionalism

August 27, 2019 | Filed under: Wilf Popoff

My phone chimes. It’s one of President Donald Trump’s people. Desperate Donald has written a book he hopes will cinch his re-election next year. But it needs a good editing. Can I do this? Of course I can. The question is, will I? The Donald is not my favourite politician. …

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The Aging Editor

August 20, 2019 | Filed under: Brendan O’Brien

A few months ago, some editors shared articles on Facebook about editing and aging. I didn’t read them properly, but I saw some of the comments. I recently turned 59 and have been a professional editor for more than three decades. I’m getting quite close to an age at which …

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Alone at the Intersection of Editing and Engineering

August 11, 2019 | Filed under: Jessica Coles

This post is part of a new series of case studies by and for in-house editors. The focus of this series is on the personal experiences and various roles of in-house editors. A post will appear on the Editors’ Weekly every other month. If you’re interested in writing a post for this series, please email …

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Lessons from the Big Buddha

August 6, 2019 | Filed under: Marianne Grier

A recent family adventure took me to Phuket’s Big Buddha. As the name suggests, this marvel is a giant Buddha stretching 45 metres into the sky, overlooking the Andaman Sea. One of the top tourist sites on the island, the Buddha sits peacefully on his mountaintop, his white Burmese jade marble …

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Inner Editor: My Big Editing Adventure

July 30, 2019 | Filed under: Virginia Durksen

The big adventure isn’t always in the story. Sometimes it’s in the editing. A few years ago I spent the morning with two classes of junior high students to talk about how to give editing feedback to each other. They were writing adventure stories. Part of their assignment was to …

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