Time-saving consistency tools for writers and editors

Be consistent! Consistency is an often overlooked part of editing. Yet, by being consistent, your documents will be much easier to read and understand. Consistent documents also look and feel much more professional. My two favourite consistency tools are PerfectIt and Endnote. These software tools have saved me a lot of time when editing or …

Understanding Major Donors ebook release

Congratulations to Charlotte Grimshaw, Molly Masiello and Conor McCarthy on the release of Understanding Major Donors ebook! Rubida Communications produced the epub ebook version of the book. Understanding Major Donors is a detailed work on prospect research in Australia. It contains numerous links and a wealth of information for Australian fundraisers. The Understanding Major Donors …

The Australian manual of scientific style (AMOSS)

Whether you are a scientist writing journal articles or an editor working on scientific documents, I can strongly recommend the Australian manual of scientific style (AMOSS). This great resource can answer many of your questions about scientific writing style, language and editorial consistency. It also has special sections that focus on peer-reviewed scientific papers, grant …

‘Effective writing — Plain English at work’ by Elizabeth Manning Murphy and Hilary Cadman

This is an excellent book for writers who want to improve or refresh their skills of effective writing. When I was doing my online editing course many years ago, I used the first edition of this book extensively. It has excellent examples and many exercises to test yourself. I still use it to look up …