Once upon a time, I quit a bad job. I was also moving, so I decided to take a few weeks to get sorted before searching for another Job-Job. I just assumed I’d spend my career working for someone else, in an office at a desk, Monday to Friday nine to five. But then former Read more about Fifteen years of Dossier Communications[…]
I’m pretty excited about a few things I’m working on. In May I’m presenting a two-part webinar called Starting a Freelance Editing and Writing Career. It’s based on a seminar I’ve given for years and I’m really looking forward to meeting a new batch of word nerd entrepreneurs. In part one we’ll cover Getting Started: Read more about Webinars, brand plans, blogs & more: The other side of Dossier[…]
“But my Grade 8 English teacher taught me that. Why would she do that if it weren’t true?” That question came from a client who was not accustomed to being edited. The problem was, we were working on a press release about software that integrated into existing databases. Somehow I don’t think that’s what his Read more about Language changes & grammar evolves: Why it’s okay to not listen to your English teacher sometimes[…]