THE EDITORS' WEEKLY

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Susan Glickman

Editing the First-Time Novelist

January 28, 2014 by Susan Glickman | 1 Comment on Editing the First-Time Novelist

I teach Creative Writing in the continuing education programs at both Ryerson and the University of Toronto. My students know that I also work as a freelance editor, so they often ask me whether they ought to hire one. Sometimes they even want to hire me, but generally I refuse. Why? Because first drafts from […]

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Anna Williams Karen Virag

In Memoriam

January 20, 2014 by Karen Virag | Leave a Comment

The Editors’ Weekly mourns the loss of a loved and valued contributor, Karen Virag, who passed away on Jan. 11 following a brief illness. From the EAC’s national office: A longtime member of EAC’s Prairie Provinces branch, Karen was the association’s director of publications. She co-chaired EAC’s successful 2008 national conference in Edmonton and the […]

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Melva McLean

The Envelope, Please

January 16, 2014 by Melva McLean | 7 Comments on The Envelope, Please

I was at a film event the other night, and someone asked, “So what do you do for a living?” I, of course, answered, “I’m an editor.” They asked, “What movies have you worked on?” It happens all the time. But the other night, for the first time, someone asked me if I saw any […]

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James Harbeck

Topics, We Front Them | Linguistics, Frankly

January 14, 2014 by James Harbeck | 4 Comments on Topics, We Front Them | Linguistics, Frankly

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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Rosemary Shipton

What Should an Editor Be?

January 7, 2014 by Rosemary Shipton | 26 Comments on What Should an Editor Be?

We were nearing the end of a Stylistic Editing seminar — a group of about 30 people of varying ages and experience working in-house or freelance for book publishers, magazines, businesses or governments. A woman in the third row raised her hand: “In my work I’m the only editor,” she said, “so I don’t really […]

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Anna Williams General EAC

Letter From the Editor

December 20, 2013 by Anna Williams | Leave a Comment

Dear Readers, The Editors’ Weekly will be on hiatus for the holidays. Regular posts will resume on Jan. 7. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your readership and encourage you to spread the word about the Editors’ Weekly and the EAC. If you’re interested in contributing to the blog or […]

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Victoria Neufeldt

Shy Words

December 17, 2013 by Victoria Neufeldt | Leave a Comment

When I took on the commitment, a year ago, of contributing blog postings about language, I began bravely by tossing out a little ditty that came into my mind, inspired by Dr. Seuss: “New words, old words, shy words, bold words.” Well, I’ve talked about old words and new words, but shy words? What was […]

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Wilf Popoff

Wasted Words: The Tragedies and Farces of History

December 10, 2013 by Wilf Popoff | 3 Comments on Wasted Words: The Tragedies and Farces of History

  “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce, third as more repetition.” I know Marx would have added that last part had he been on the ball. In the event, he was so fixated on dialectical something or other that he didn’t get around to it. And then there was the business about workers […]

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Dominique Fortier

L’Estrie – Histoire, toponymie et terminologie

December 4, 2013 by Dominique Fortier | Leave a Comment

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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Virginia Durksen

Myth: The Rules are the Rules (Not)

November 26, 2013 by Virginia Durksen | 2 Comments on Myth: The Rules are the Rules (Not)

Some rules are rules. Not meant to be broken. Others are more like etiquette or Sunday best. When was the last time you wore Sunday best? That’s because society has changed in the half-century (or however long) you’ve been alive. When was the last time you split an infinitive, misspoke “you and I” for “you […]

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