THE EDITORS' WEEKLY

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Virginia Durksen

The Inner Editor: Friends, Readers, Editors

June 23, 2015 by Virginia Durksen | 4 Comments on The Inner Editor: Friends, Readers, Editors

Being an editor is easy compared to being a friend. Confusing the two is a sure path to flawed editing and fraught friendships. So what should you do if a friend or family member asks for your opinion of their latest novel? Or — a more daunting and delicate task — to read the stack […]

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Frances Peck

What’s That There, Then? More Cape Breton English

June 16, 2015 by Frances Peck | 23 Comments on What’s That There, Then? More Cape Breton English

We take a lot for granted when we’re kids. Maybe most things. Growing up in Cape Breton in the 1970s and 1980s, enforced post-structuralist studies and a career of editorial skepticism still years away, I barely gave terminology a thought. Things had names. You might not always understand them (like boonabrayed), but you didn’t question […]

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James Harbeck

Plough Through Enough Dough to Make You Cough or Hiccough | Linguistics, Frankly

June 9, 2015 by James Harbeck | 2 Comments on Plough Through Enough Dough to Make You Cough or Hiccough | Linguistics, Frankly

You want some tough spelling for an English learner to plough through? Head to ough. There are six different ways it can be said at the end of a word, as in plough, through, dough, enough, cough and (for those who spell it that way) hiccough. (Never mind the versions with another letter after it!) […]

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Sue Archer

EAC Conference Speaker Profile: Carol Saller

June 2, 2015 by Sue Archer | 7 Comments on EAC Conference Speaker Profile: Carol Saller

Editing Goes Global is right around the corner! This week, the Editors’ Weekly is holding its final conversation with keynote speaker and editor extraordinaire Carol Saller. In addition to her keynote speech on “‘Subversive’ Editing: Or, What Bugs Editors and How to Fix It,” Carol will be co-delivering the session “Hiring Other Freelancers: Expanding Your […]

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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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