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Grammar Affairs

February 9, 2021 by Anna Williams | 15 Comments on Grammar Affairs

A rocky beginning I’ve had a love-hate, on-again, off-again relationship with grammar over the years. When I was in school I truly despised it. Sentence diagramming and prepositions were the banes of my existence. I loved reading, spelling and creative writing, but grammar was a (supposedly) necessary evil. The problem was that I just didn’t […]

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Letter From the Editor: Passing on the Torch

June 25, 2020 by Anna Williams | 12 Comments on Letter From the Editor: Passing on the Torch

It’s been my pleasure to be the managing editor of The Editors’ Weekly since 2013, when the blog was just a year old. This month I’ll be stepping down from the position and handing the reins over to Lucy Payette. It’s been a rewarding journey, and I’m excited to see what the next phase of […]

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Quick Topics: Procrastination and the Holidays

December 17, 2019 by Anna Williams | 3 Comments on Quick Topics: Procrastination and the Holidays

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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Quick Topics: Born or Made

February 5, 2019 by Anna Williams | 23 Comments on Quick Topics: Born or Made

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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Happy Holidays and Year in Review

December 18, 2018 by Anna Williams | 8 Comments on Happy Holidays and Year in Review

It’s time for our Year in Review! Check out our list of posts from 2018 and tell us your favourites in the comments. Have you ever thought of writing an article for the Editors’ Weekly? We’re looking for articles on the following topics: How you got started as an editor Events you’ve attended, such as […]

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PerfectIt for Mac

June 26, 2018 by Anna Williams | 6 Comments on PerfectIt for Mac

As a Mac user, I’ve often read Twitter and Facebook feeds enviously where other editors enthused about Intelligent Editing’s proofreading software, PerfectIt. Adrienne Montgomerie’s review of PerfectIt 3 in 2015 particularly made me drool. Well, my drooling days are over! Intelligent Editing has just released PerfectIt Cloud, the first version of PerfectIt available for Mac […]

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Quick Topics: Books, Books, Books

March 27, 2018 by Anna Williams | 29 Comments on Quick Topics: Books, Books, Books

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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Happy Holidays and Year in Review

December 19, 2017 by Anna Williams | 3 Comments on Happy Holidays and Year in Review

Dear Readers, We’ve had some fantastic content on the blog this year, from Marianne Grier’s description of her reintroduction to Canadian English to Marion Soublière’s report after attending an editing conference in Scotland. We enjoyed Brendan O’Brien’s inaugural post about being a reluctant editor and were fascinated to learn about Dracula puzzles from Sara Goodchild. We’ve […]

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Year in Review: The Best of 2016

January 10, 2017 by Anna Williams | 6 Comments on Year in Review: The Best of 2016

With another year behind us, we’d like to know what you liked best on the blog in 2016 and what you’d most like to see in the new year. Let us know in the comments! Here are some of our top picks: Should You Only “Edit What You Know?” by Sue Archer. Should we only […]

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Happy Holidays

December 22, 2016 by Anna Williams | 14 Comments on Happy Holidays

Dear Readers, As the new year approaches, I’m embarking on my fourth year as the managing editor of the Editors’ Weekly. As always, my goal is to provide interesting, informative blog posts for your enjoyment, and this is only possible thanks to the people who graciously contribute their articles and the loyal subscribers who read […]

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Year in Review: The Best of 2015

January 26, 2016 by Anna Williams | 1 Comment on Year in Review: The Best of 2015

The new year is well underway, and we’ve seized the opportunity to look back at how 2015 progressed on the blog. These are some of our favourite posts from the year: Wasted Words: A Compulsion to Exaggerate, by Wilf Popoff. Whatever became of understatement? In My Opinion, by Susan Glickman. There are a heck of […]

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