Christine Rowlands Writing & Editing
Making words count
There's no getting around the fact that LLMs and AI and ChatGPT have revolutionized my profession. It's now possible for anyone, with a few carefully…
Continue reading → Enhance! Tips for editing AI-generated text
When I was an editor in training, two things were drilled into my head: Don't mess with the author's voice. Don't introduce mistakes. The first…
Trying to appeal to cyclists with an ad placed at a bike rack, the image and copy don't add up to the clever pun they…
Editing and proofreading don't enjoy the glamorous image of writing. They're kind of like the siblings to the star. Sometimes you see a picture of,…
I was editing an article recently, and something about it was bugging me. I thought about it and then I realized that it was the…
Continue reading → The easy way to avoid bias in your writing
‘These Are Your Kids on Books’ Poster Goes Viral - GalleyCat. Though it's great to promote reading to kids, is it too much to expect…
Anatomy of a Fake Quotation - Megan McArdle - National - The Atlantic. All it took was one misunderstanding and the deletion of a couple…
Continue reading → Misquoted Facebook status becomes misattributed quote in mere keystrokes
Computers are dumb. You're smart. And in the frenzy of writing, it's easy to make dumb human errors. So before hitting send, publish, or print,…
Continue reading → 3 good reasons to edit your work with human eyes
CBC News - British Columbia - Carr statue unveiling marred by bronzed typo. News of an unveiling of a statue dedicated to Emily Carr, a…
I was alerted that yesterday, March 4, was National Grammar Day. I didn't mark the holiday by doing anything special (like a grammar rodeo). Nonetheless,…
To avoid people coming to your store trying to redeem what they "think" is your offer, as seen on the back of a Safeway receipt:…
After responding to several calls for editing work over the past couple of weeks, it occurs to me that most people don't really know what…
The Editors' Association BC Branch has just announced their topic for the March monthly meeting and it looks like a good one: Public-Private Boundaries in…
Continue reading → EAC meeting addresses the power and perils of writing online
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