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Adrienne Montgomerie

Crystal Clear: PES Unscramble the Publishing Puzzle!

April 25, 2024 by Adrienne Montgomerie | 1 Comment on Crystal Clear: PES Unscramble the Publishing Puzzle!

In a field where being clear and consistent is everything, it’s surprisingly hard to get everyone on the same page about what any one role or stage in publishing involves. Enter the Professional Editorial Standards (PES)! Rather than getting bogged down in grammar rules, standards like this newly overhauled set are about the kinds of […]

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Aaron Dalton

The Ethical Imperative for Plain Language

September 10, 2019 by Aaron Dalton | 9 Comments on The Ethical Imperative for Plain Language

I used to speak of plain language in terms of it being “the right thing to do” and also the most effective thing to do from a utilitarian perspective (i.e., it gets results). But then I came across Russell Willerton’s book Plain Language and Ethical Action: A Dialogic Approach to Technical Content in the 21st […]

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Wilf Popoff

Wasted Words: Professionalism

August 27, 2019 by Wilf Popoff | 8 Comments on Wasted Words: Professionalism

My phone chimes. It’s one of President Donald Trump’s people. Desperate Donald has written a book he hopes will cinch his re-election next year. But it needs a good editing. Can I do this? Of course I can. The question is, will I? The Donald is not my favourite politician. Far from it. The very […]

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Brendan O’Brien

The Perils of Blabbing

April 3, 2018 by Brendan O'Brien | 6 Comments on The Perils of Blabbing

As a freelance editor, I’m lucky to work on some interesting books and journal material as well as dull and tedious stuff. I sometimes come across something that I would like to share, but resist the temptation, as publishers and authors naturally don’t like the contents of books, etc. to be disclosed before publication. I […]

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Wilf Popoff

Wasted Words: Salvaging a Thesis

March 20, 2018 by Wilf Popoff | 18 Comments on Wasted Words: Salvaging a Thesis

In the past I refused students seeking a thesis editor — mainly for ethical reasons. The preamble to the Editors Canada “Guidelines for Ethical Editing of Theses / Dissertations” states: “In part, academia uses theses as a way of testing the ability of students, especially graduate students, to use written words for communicating ideas and […]

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Cathy McPhalen

Editing Niches: Back to School With Thesis Editing

September 20, 2016 by Cathy McPhalen | 2 Comments on Editing Niches: Back to School With Thesis Editing

Editors may spurn thesis (or dissertation) work for graduate students, but that shuts off fascinating pathways. Students become academics who need editors for journal articles, monographs, textbooks and grant applications. Those who become non-academics need business reports, web pages, novels and [insert the types of documents you edit here ] edited. Catching them young can forge […]

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