THE EDITORS' WEEKLY

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Leonie Pipe

For the Love of Science

May 26, 2015 by Leonie Pipe | 1 Comment on For the Love of Science

In advance of Editing Goes Global, New Zealand’s Leonie Pipe shares her story with the Editors’ Weekly of how she became a science editor. A circuitous route I fell into editing as I fall into most of my life’s activities — by some circuitous, curly-whirly route. I’ve always loved writing, and when I was a […]

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Sandra Gravel

Un programme d’agrément en français : utile? | Why Do We Need French Certification?

May 19, 2015 by Sandra Gravel | 1 Comment on Un programme d’agrément en français : utile? | Why Do We Need French Certification?

Dans quelques semaines, le Programme d’agrément en révision linguistique – Réviseurs Canada fera son entrée dans le domaine des services langagiers francophones.  Pour le réviseur d’expérience ou pour celui ayant récemment joint le métier de la révision, le sentiment de compétence n’est pas nécessairement chose acquise, et le doute, la plupart du temps, habite son […]

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Sue Archer

EAC Conference Speaker Profile: Brendan O’Brien

May 12, 2015 by Sue Archer | Leave a Comment

Editing Goes Global is just one month away! This week, the Editors’ Weekly is holding a conversation with one of our international conference speakers, editor and writer Brendan O’Brien. Brendan will be co-delivering the session “Editing at the Edge” on how to thrive as an editor from an isolated location. From science degree to freelance […]

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Adrienne Montgomerie

PerfectIt 3: Quality Software for the Experienced Editor

May 5, 2015 by Adrienne Montgomerie | 17 Comments on PerfectIt 3: Quality Software for the Experienced Editor

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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Rosemary Shipton

Should Editors Be Able to Write?

April 28, 2015 by Rosemary Shipton | 15 Comments on Should Editors Be Able to Write?

We editors talk at length about different kinds of editing and who does what, and we generally assume that we’re working on a text written by someone else. Together with the author, we massage the content, the structure and the presentation into the best possible shape for its intended readers. But should we also be […]

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Tanya Procyshyn

Editing Goes Global Speaker Profile: Vanessa Ricci-Thode

April 21, 2015 by Tanya Procyshyn | Leave a Comment

With Editing Goes Global mere months away, now is the perfect time to get better acquainted with our conference speakers. This week, Tanya Procyshyn from the Editors’ Weekly caught up with “word sorceress” Vanessa Ricci-Thode by email to chat about her upcoming sessions in Toronto and the world of self-publishing. Tanya Procyshyn: It seems you’ve had […]

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Dwain Richardson

English Editing in Quebec: False Cognates, Syntax and Interferences — Oh My!

April 14, 2015 by Dwain Richardson | 4 Comments on English Editing in Quebec: False Cognates, Syntax and Interferences — Oh My!

Here are two French excerpts and their translations (emphases and bold prints are mine): Donner la vedette à la nature luxuriante jusqu’à ce point impose le respect. Plus encore, ce lieu intemporel inspire le recueillement propre au dénuement référant à l’art de l’aménagement extérieur japonais.… Récipiendaire du Prix X, le jury a particulièrement remarqué le […]

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Virginia Durksen

Myth: Editors Read With Their Eyes

April 7, 2015 by Virginia Durksen | 12 Comments on Myth: Editors Read With Their Eyes

If there’s a cliché image for our profession, it’s eyeglasses. Editors and librarians, it seems, should always have a pair handy, preferably hanging from a chain around the neck. We earn this image, as we earn our reputation, when we limit editing to what the eye sees. Editing is not just an eye thing. It’s […]

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Dominique Fortier

Anémique « académique »

March 31, 2015 by Dominique Fortier | Leave a Comment

Le sens de l’adjectif académique est passablement galvaudé au Québec. Le français lui attribue toutefois deux sens parfaitement corrects. Ce mot signifie d’abord « qui se rapporte à une académie, soit une division administrative dans le domaine de l’enseignement, un établissement où l’on enseigne les arts et le sport ou une société littéraire ou scientifique ». Ainsi, […]

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Paul Cipywnyk

Time, Money and the Freelance Life

March 24, 2015 by Paul Cipywnyk | 5 Comments on Time, Money and the Freelance Life

For a creative professional or craftsperson, the business side of freelancing can be challenging. “I don’t want to run a business. I just want to write!” Or edit, or photograph, or paint or sing. Yet by selling your services or products, you are running a business. Why not run it well? So well that the […]

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