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Grammar Affairs

February 9, 2021 | Filed under: Anna Williams

A rocky beginning I’ve had a love-hate, on-again, off-again relationship with grammar over the years. When I was in school I truly despised it. Sentence diagramming and prepositions were the banes of my existence. I loved reading, spelling and creative writing, but grammar was a (supposedly) necessary evil. The problem …

Old Typewriter New Chapter

Letter From the Editor: Passing on the Torch

June 25, 2020 | Filed under: Anna Williams

It’s been my pleasure to be the managing editor of The Editors’ Weekly since 2013, when the blog was just a year old. This month I’ll be stepping down from the position and handing the reins over to Lucy Payette. It’s been a rewarding journey, and I’m excited to see …

Self-isolation

Special Feature: Keep Busy While Self-Isolating

March 26, 2020 | Filed under: Anna Williams

Is self-isolation and social distancing taking a toll? Here is a list of ideas to keep you busy: Creative Writing Stretch those creative muscles! Get inspired with some writing prompts below: The Writer’s Digest The Write Practice New York Times Online Libraries Libraries already have vast online resources, and many …

Procrastination and the holidays

Quick Topics: Procrastination and the Holidays

December 17, 2019 | Filed under: Anna Williams

For a quick conversation starter today, let’s talk procrastination. “Procrastination is the assassination of motivation,” goes an unattributed quote. But is it? I’ve worked with business writers who, to the contrary, become more motivated the more they procrastinate. With the pressure of an imminent deadline and the looming threat of …

Quick Topics: Born or Made

February 5, 2019 | Filed under: Anna Williams

Many of us started out in other careers and came to editing via circuitous routes. Some of us were teachers; some were engineers; some were writers who drifted into the editing side of the industry. In some cases, we had jobs that required us to fix other people’s work on …

Happy Holidays and Year in Review

December 18, 2018 | Filed under: Anna Williams

It’s time for our Year in Review! Check out our list of posts from 2018 and tell us your favourites in the comments. Have you ever thought of writing an article for the Editors’ Weekly? We’re looking for articles on the following topics: How you got started as an editor …

PerfectIt for Mac

June 26, 2018 | Filed under: Anna Williams

As a Mac user, I’ve often read Twitter and Facebook feeds enviously where other editors enthused about Intelligent Editing’s proofreading software, PerfectIt. Adrienne Montgomerie’s review of PerfectIt 3 in 2015 particularly made me drool. Well, my drooling days are over! Intelligent Editing has just released PerfectIt Cloud, the first version …

Quick Topics: Books, Books, Books

March 27, 2018 | Filed under: Anna Williams

I love books. I love to read them, collect them, look at them, hold them, line them up on my shelves. In the old stories, mansions had conservatories, libraries and billiard rooms; I don’t need a mansion, but I do need a library. With a grand piano in the corner. …

Happy Holidays and Year in Review

December 19, 2017 | Filed under: Anna Williams

Dear Readers, We’ve had some fantastic content on the blog this year, from Marianne Grier’s description of her reintroduction to Canadian English to Marion Soublière’s report after attending an editing conference in Scotland. We enjoyed Brendan O’Brien’s inaugural post about being a reluctant editor and were fascinated to learn about Dracula …

Year in Review: The Best of 2016

January 10, 2017 | Filed under: Anna Williams, General EAC

With another year behind us, we’d like to know what you liked best on the blog in 2016 and what you’d most like to see in the new year. Let us know in the comments! Here are some of our top picks: Should You Only “Edit What You Know?” by …

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