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Quick Topics: Procrastination and the Holidays

Tuesday December 17, 2019

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 failure, inspiration strikes and creative […]

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Anna Williams

Quick Topics: Born or Made

Tuesday February 5, 2019

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 a regular basis, and that’s […]

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Quick Topics: Books, Books, Books

Tuesday March 27, 2018

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. It should also have a […]

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PES in the Field: Raising (the Topic of) Our Standards

Tuesday February 27, 2018

“I’m talking about making something less boring.” This was feedback from an Editors Canada member on a draft of the latest update to Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards (PES). The 2016 update was a year-long process that incorporated feedback and comments from many members. When a draft of the new text was circulated for final […]

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Adrienne Montgomerie

PerfectIt 3: Quality Software for the Experienced Editor

Tuesday May 5, 2015

Editors use add-ins to Word to make their work faster and more consistent. PerfectIt is one of the more well-respected add-ins for Windows users, and Intelligent Editing was kind enough to provide the Editors’ Weekly with a copy of the newly released PerfectIt 3 for review. Contributor Adrienne Montgomerie has written a detailed review of the […]

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David Antrobus

The Editor’s Fedora Part 3

Monday March 10, 2014

Now we arrive at the crucial topic of cost, and the seemingly arbitrary variations in same. Some editors are so brilliant that they really can and do charge top dollar. I know someone who can quote $5,000 for editing an 80,000-word manuscript. Before you gag on that, bear in mind that editing at that rarefied […]

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James Harbeck

Topics, We Front Them | Linguistics, Frankly

Tuesday January 14, 2014

English is normally a subject-verb-object kind of language, but there are some interesting exceptions, especially in casual contexts. Consider examples such as the following: Poodles, we walk them. Labradors, they walk us. Chickens we have; roads, not so much. Not one of the clauses above follows standard English sentence order, and yet we understand them. […]

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Dominique Fortier

L’Estrie – Histoire, toponymie et terminologie

Wednesday December 4, 2013

Dans un article précédent, j’ai abordé les toponymes Estrie et Cantons-de-l’Est sous leur angle actuel, en tant que région administrative ou touristique. Mais voyons ce qu’il en est de l’occupation du territoire de cette région et des aménagements linguistiques qui en ont découlé au fil du temps. 1792-1857 : À la fin du XVIIIe siècle, le gouvernement […]

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The Editors’ Weekly in Your Inbox

Monday April 22, 2024

The Editors’ Weekly is available to browse online, but we know many of you enjoy having new posts sent directly to you! When we shifted to a new website this year, our blog subscriptions were inadvertently paused. We’ve corrected what we believe to be the cause behind the scenes, so if you’re an existing subscriber, […]

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Louise Harnby

Listen Up! The Opportunity in Audio

Tuesday September 22, 2020

Audio content has never been more popular. Publishers recognize this; so do independent authors. Here’s a list of tips and tools for freelance editors who’d like to introduce audio content into their business workflow and amplify their editorial voices — literally! 5 advantages of audio Audio takes up less bandwidth than video. It’s therefore more […]

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