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Happy Holidays and Year in Review

December 18, 2018 | Filed under: Anna Williams and tagged with: Anna Williams, contributors, letter from the editor, writers, Year in Review
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It’s time for our Year in Review! Check out our list of posts from 2018 and tell us your favourites in the comments.

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Happy Holidays!

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2018 Year in Review:

  • Revisiting Verbal Boobery — Karen Virag
  • The Perils of Not Knowing — Brendan O’Brien
  • Editing Technical Instructional Material: Do You Need to Be an Expert? — Tracey Anderson
  • Autonomes oui, mais partenaires — Micheline Fréchette
  • The Inner Editor: Please Allow Me To … Interrupt You — Virginia Durksen
  • “Broken” English – Shalini Khan
  • Does Verbing Impact the Language? — James Harbeck
  • PES in the Field: Raising (the Topic of) Our Standards — Standards Communication Task Force
  • Learning Baby Talk — Marianne Grier
  • Why Do So Many Teachers Become Editors? — Tracey Anderson
  • Wasted Words: Salvaging a Thesis — Wilf Popoff
  • Quick Topics: Books, Books, Books — Anna Williams
  • The Perils of Blabbing — Brendan O’Brien
  • Do you want to use a Germanic feature, or do you prefer a Celtic one? — James Harbeck
  • An Academic Rock Star’s Advice for Editors — Rosemary Shipton
  • Standards at Work: Academic Editing — Standards Communication Task Force
  • Eating Frogs and the Tomato Technique: The Art of Getting Things Done — Marianne Grier
  • Perks of Being a Federal Supplier Aboard ProServices — Marion Soublière
  • Wasted Words: Exploration or Exploitation? — Wilf Popoff
  • A Little Strategy, A Lot of Satisfaction — Frances Peck
  • Review: Elements of Indigenous Style: A Guide for Writing By and About Indigenous Peoples by Gregory Younging — Sue Archer
  • How Joining an Editorial Association Kickstarted My Career — Christina Vasilevski
  • A Promising New Editor — Anita Jenkins
  • Beginnings — Brendan O’Brien
  • PerfectIt for Mac — Anna Williams
  • Standards at Work: Memoir Editing — Shelley Egan
  • Conferences Are for Everyone — Anita Jenkins
  • The Roots of Disagreement — James Harbeck
  • Sleep Tight, Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite — Marianne Grier
  • English Editing in Quebec: Proofreading Bilingual Documents — Dwain Richardson
  • On Community and Citizenship: How the Claudette Upton Scholarship Helped Bring My Career Into Focus — Heidi Waechtler
  • Wasted Words: A Paean to Poetry — Wilf Popoff
  • Is It All About the Author? — Brendan O’Brien
  • Lifelong Learning for Mentors and Mentees — Trish Morgan
  • Interview With Dr. Suzanne M. Steele, Part 1 — Virginia Durksen
  • Eye Rhymes and iRhymes — James Harbeck
  • More Twitter for Wordies — Letitia Henville
  • New Federal e-Commerce Site: Direct Sales, Clients Galore — Marion Soubliere
  • Standards at Work: Fiction Editing — Elizabeth d’Anjou
  • Interview With Dr. Suzanne M. Steele, Part 2 — Virginia Durksen
  • Pink, Blue and the Singular “They” — Marianne Grier
  • One Step at a Time: Journey to a Dream Job — Lindsay Vermeulen
  • Wasted Words: Sows’ Ears as Silk Purses — Wilf Popoff
  • Working With Authors — Rosemary Shipton
  • Winning in the Freelance Game — Brendan O’Brien
  • Standards at Work: Technical Editing — Shelley Egan
  • Interview With Dr. Suzanne M. Steele, Part 3 — Virginia Durksen
  • My Brain Hurts! (Or I’ve been proofreading from right to left!) — Wendy Barron
  • Wasted Words: The Rebound of Christmas — Wilf Popoff

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Written by Anna Williams

Anna Williams is a freelance technical editor, writer and consultant in Edmonton, Alberta. She was the managing editor of the Editors’ Weekly from 2013 to 2020.

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8 Responses to "Happy Holidays and Year in Review"

  1. Gael Spivak says:
    December 18, 2018 at 6:40 am

    Wow, a lot of great posts this past year. Well done, Anna and Erin!

    I really like James Harbeck’s post on verbing. This comes up all the time in conversations with editors and non-editors, so it’s always great to have such resources handy.

    1. Anna Williams says:
      December 18, 2018 at 8:42 am

      Thanks, Gael! Yes, verbing is often a hot topic. 🙂

  2. Anita Jenkins says:
    December 18, 2018 at 9:05 am

    Best of the season to you, blog manager Anna Williams. You do a terrific job. For me, this blog is one of Editors Canada’s most valuable pursuits (along with the mentorship program).

    1. Anna Williams says:
      December 18, 2018 at 9:16 am

      Thanks so much, Anita! And best of the season to you, too!

  3. Kathe Lieber says:
    December 18, 2018 at 10:30 am

    Karen’s Verbal Boobery had me laughing helplessly. I wish she were still with us.

    Happy/merry Christmas/solstice/Festivus, whatever, to everyone. I wish you-all love and laughter and interesting work in the new year.

    1. Anna Williams says:
      December 18, 2018 at 10:48 am

      Thanks, Kathe!

  4. Virginia Durksen says:
    December 19, 2018 at 3:49 pm

    Merry Christmas, Anna. It has been a stellar year for Editors Weekly. Thanks for all your thoughtful, encouraging, open-minded leadership. And for the truly fine editing!

    I look forward to seeing what you and your colleagues have in store for us over the coming year.

    1. Anna Williams says:
      December 19, 2018 at 4:52 pm

      Thank you, Virginia! And Merry Christmas to you, too!

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