Browsing Archive: November, 2011

My Favourite Picture Books

Posted by Dimitra on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, In : appetizers 
Early this month, I learned that November is Picture Book Month and Picture Book Idea Month. This made me think about my favourite picture books, and two or three titles in particular. I decided to tweet one. And then I thought, Why not tweet a favourite picture book each day of the month? So that's what I've been doing (follow @dimitra_c or see the list, to date, below).

I love picture books. I don't read as many as I used to, particularly a few years ago when I had to review a lot of picture...
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Plain language + POD + Baroque opera = professional development

Posted by Dimitra on Thursday, November 17, 2011, In : entrees 
As a freelancer, anything that helps me develop skills, meet new people, and learn new things counts as professional development. And I've enjoyed lots of professional development over the last two weeks. Here are the highlights:

Plain Language: Building Results
http://www.editors.ca/branches/toronto/seminars/plain_language%3A_building_results.html
This full-day EAC seminar was as good as I expected it to be. I'm not often asked to write or edit anything specifically in plain language, but I wa...
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questions and ideas about editing, writing, publishing, and education, inspired in part by my role as Program Chair for the Toronto branch of the Editors' Association of Canada (EAC).
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