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EAC Conference Speaker Profile: Carol Saller

Tuesday June 2, 2015

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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Editing Goes Global: A British Perspective

Tuesday August 11, 2015

I still vividly remember my first experience of an editorial conference. I came away with a very strong sense of belonging and of being part of a community. I probably learned some useful facts or techniques, but more importantly I was able to have discussions with colleagues and make strong connections with a number of […]

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Interview With Grace Yaginuma, Winner of the Tom Fairley Award

Tuesday August 25, 2015

This post is part of our “Editors in the Spotlight” series, spotlighting editors who have won awards or participated in award-winning projects. In this post, Sue Archer interviews Grace Yaginuma, who won the Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence for editing the book A Discerning Eye by Carol E. Mayer. ~~~ Sue Archer: To start, […]

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Real E-Books

Tuesday October 20, 2015

E-books are everywhere these days, but how many of them are real e-books, written specifically for that medium? Not many. Most are simply traditional print books that are available on a different platform. At best, like a DVD, they have a few bonus features tacked on at the end or, in the case of children’s […]

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Be on the Ball With the Origins of Phrases | Linguistics, Frankly

Tuesday October 27, 2015

My topic today may seem a bit ribald, but I’m sure you’ll have a ball with it. It’s about monkey business with the origins of phrases, and how to make sure you stay on the ball and don’t hit a wall. People love stories about the origins of words and phrases, but many of them […]

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Commission of Inquiry Reports: A Special Kind of Editing

Tuesday January 12, 2016

Most projects we editors take on involve editing only, but if you’re in the mood for a stretch and enjoy the challenge of handling many different tasks, try editing the reports of commissions of inquiry. These commissions are appointed every now and again by the federal or one of the provincial governments to investigate and […]

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How to Become an Editor

Tuesday March 15, 2016

Years ago, we all became editors through a kind of apprentice system. Once you had the ticket — a university degree — you were hired by a publisher or a communications department. There, a senior person on staff whipped you into shape as you did your work, followed a manual and absorbed the atmosphere. No […]

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Omitting Periods? It’s About Genres.

Tuesday July 5, 2016

“Period. Full Stop. Point. Whatever It’s Called, It’s Going Out of Style,” declared a New York Times headline. Noted linguist David Crystal had made some comments observing that the period is not requisite in text messages, and as such is used only “to show irony, syntactic snark, insincerity, even aggression,” as article author Dan Bilefsky […]

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Writing Wrongs in Fiction

Tuesday September 6, 2016

Last month, Paul Cipywnyk wrote here about plausibility and continuity in novels. But what about in screenwriting? Realistic, plausible details and continuity are equally — sometimes more — important on screen, but it can be challenging to ensure them. Now, it doesn’t matter what you’re writing about or in what time period — the research […]

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The Inner Editor: The Voice and Its Vices

Tuesday September 27, 2016

When editors talk about a writer’s “voice,” we usually mean something like a writer’s style or tone or stance. Even if you’ve never given much thought to this term, you’ll know what “voice” means if you can recall a moment when you, as a child, first heard “Don’t use that voice with me, young lady.” It’s a command […]

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