Writing 101: Spellcheck Doublecheck (aka "No Job Is too Small to Need a Proofreader")
I know we've talked about the "frenemy" status of Spellcheck before, but I came across something this week that made me realize how...
Writing 101: Details - and Facts - Matter
We've all read a book where the author neglects to mention a crucial detail, right? This has happened to me when I've been reading along...
Writing 101: The Editing Month
I know that most people talk about the month of January as a month to start new things. Everyone wants to make resolutions to start...
Editing 101: Is "Now" Good for You? - quotation marks revisited
A few weeks ago, we talked about questionable usages of quotation marks, and how they can really lend themselves to making otherwise...
Writing 101: Rhetoric, aka "Word Choices Matter"
If you're like me, you've heard a lot of talk, lately, about all of the "political rhetoric" both pre- and post-election. And although...
Editing 101: Spellcheck Is Not Your Friend
We've talked about this before, but I found a great example of it recently, so I thought it was a topic worth a quick revisit. Spellcheck...