Monthly Archives: January 2011
I’m finally up to date with hyphens, are you?
Someone much smarter than me corrected some web copy I wrote the other day. The sentence in question, the way I wrote it, was “That’s why X makes staying up-to-date easy”. Apparently ‘up to date’ doesn’t need any hyphens here, but I had no idea why until I just looked it up via Google. So [...]
Brochure copy editing: Atlas Services Group
“We need a more natural tone that’s both personal and professional. And we need it quickly.” That was the call from Netherlands-based recruitment agency Atlas Services Group. They’d already written some words for their brochure, but being non-native English speakers they needed an experienced copy editor to make sure it hit all the right notes.
Freelancing brings fame, paparazzi
Being a freelancer is awesome. That’s the general conclusion of the Sunday Herald’s feature about rising numbers of creative types choosing to work for themselves, which featured my words and face. They sent a photographer round to the house and everything. Being a freelancer really is awesome! As you’ll gather from the text, this was [...]
Web copy editing: Marshfield Farm Ice Cream
It made sense that Marshfield Farm should make a start on their own website copy. They are after all a brilliant company of award-winning ice cream makers, with tons of personality and passion for what they do. By writing their own rough drafts, they were able to get that personality across directly. The company just [...]