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Cover of Networking for Freelance Editors: Practical Strategies for Networking Success, by Brittany Dowdle and Linda Ruggeri.

Book Review: Networking for Freelance Editors

February 8, 2022 | Filed under: Jasmine Peteran

For many of us out here in the freelance world, networking can feel like a chore. But Networking for Freelance Editors: Practical Strategies for Networking Success taught me two key things that turned a chore into a worthwhile challenge. For starters, activities I’m already doing willingly and regularly can become …

Photo of the book The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago; or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships with Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and Yourself, 2nd edition, by Carol Fisher Saller. (© The University of Chicago Press)

The Student Affiliate Book Club Gets Subversive

December 7, 2021 | Filed under: Amanda Goldrick-Jones

The brand-new student affiliate book club chose Carol Fisher Saller’s The Subversive Copy Editor (2nd edition, 2016) as its first book for discussion. We were intensely curious — especially those in the club who are early-career editors — about what “subversive” editing meant. In October, we met online to review …

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Review: The Chicago Manual of Style for PerfectIt

September 14, 2021 | Filed under: Aaron Dalton

Disclaimer: I received a free year of access to The Chicago Manual of Style Online (CMOS Online) and PerfectIt 5 as part of testing the beta version and writing this review. Efficiency is key to maximizing your income. There are only so many hours in a day, so you simply …

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PerfectIt 4: Faster and More Customizable Than Ever

July 2, 2019 | Filed under: Wendy Barron

When I joined the publishing department of Legal Aid BC last year, none of my colleagues had used PerfectIt. But I have used it for years; I was hooked the first time I ran it on a manuscript and saw how quickly and accurately it found the one U-less “neighbor” …

PerfectIt for Mac

June 26, 2018 | Filed under: Anna Williams

As a Mac user, I’ve often read Twitter and Facebook feeds enviously where other editors enthused about Intelligent Editing’s proofreading software, PerfectIt. Adrienne Montgomerie’s review of PerfectIt 3 in 2015 particularly made me drool. Well, my drooling days are over! Intelligent Editing has just released PerfectIt Cloud, the first version …

Correct English: Reality or Myth

Review: Correct English: Reality or Myth? by Geoffrey Marnell

September 22, 2015 | Filed under: Sue Archer

I’m sure all of us, as editors, have encountered heated discussions about the notion of “correct” English. It’s an inescapable occupational hazard. With the prescriptivists in one corner and the descriptivists in the other, the debate continually rages on. I was curious to know if Geoffrey Marnell would bring anything …

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