My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is available through UniversityAffairs.ca. This Ask Dr. Editor piece provides three evidence-backed strategies to get humanities journal articles read and cited: “How to get your humanities research read & cited – Part 1: Strategies to extend your journal article’s reach.” Have a question you want me to answer?Continue reading “#AskDrEditor: How to get your humanities research read & cited”
Category Archives: Short Tips
#AskDrEditor: Your grant budget is a mess!
My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is available through UniversityAffairs.ca. This Ask Dr. Editor piece explains three problems that can contribute to a problematic, messy budget in a grant application: “Your grant budget is a mess! How to demonstrate feasibility in your proposal’s budget and justifying some of those out of the norm expenses.”Continue reading “#AskDrEditor: Your grant budget is a mess!”
#AskDrEditor: Three ways to use colour effectively in grant applications
My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is now available through UniversityAffairs.ca. This Ask Dr. Editor provides three strategies for choosing clear, legible colours in your next grant app: “Three ways to use colour effectively in grant applications: Ineffective colour can make an otherwise compelling image incomprehensible.” Have a question you want me to answer?Continue reading “#AskDrEditor: Three ways to use colour effectively in grant applications”
#AskDrEditor: How, when and why to use readability formulas to improve your academic writing
My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is now available through UniversityAffairs.ca. This Ask Dr. Editor column describes how readability formulas work, and the few academic contexts in which readability formulas are helpful and appropriate: “How, when and why to use readability formulas to improve your academic writing There are many tools that measure readabilityContinue reading “#AskDrEditor: How, when and why to use readability formulas to improve your academic writing”
#AskDrEditor: Integrating non-English words into academic writing
My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is now available through UniversityAffairs.ca. This Ask Dr. Editor column goes against my usual advice to keep it simple in favour of politicizing your text and risking making some of your readers a little uncomfortable: “Integrating non-English words into academic writing: The political and persuasive significance of beingContinue reading “#AskDrEditor: Integrating non-English words into academic writing”
#AskDrEditor: Borrowing fresh eyes for your academic writing
My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is now available through UniversityAffairs.ca. The seventh Ask Dr. Editor column describes how to use three of my favourite free online algorithms to support your editing processes: “Borrowing Fresh Eyes for Your Academic Writing.” Have a question you want me to answer? Contact me!
#AskDrEditor: Proposing and Structuring Conference Papers
My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is now available through UniversityAffairs.ca. The sixth Ask Dr. Editor column focuses on strategies to surprise and excite your audience during conference presentations: “Proposing and Structuring Conference Papers.” Have a question you want me to answer? Contact me!
Cut “is”
This is a writing problem that is easy to correct. (10 words) This writing problem is easy to correct. (7 words) When editing your draft, search for the word “is.” In the two sentences above, searching for “is” and rephrasing the sentence enabled the writer to cut 30% of the original word count without losingContinue reading “Cut “is””