By Elizabeth d’Anjou Looking for advice on editing the editing life? Whether you’re a beginner looking for tips on starting out or an old hand looking for another perspective, veteran editor Aunt Elizabeth is ready to address your queries. Submit them to [email protected]—you may find the answers you are looking for in next month’s column. (1) … Continue reading Ask Aunt Elizabeth: Help! I edited the wrong version of my client’s file!
Author: Editors Toronto
We are the Toronto branch of Editors Canada — the only national association devoted to editors and the editing profession, with more than 1,300 members across the country and more than 300 in Ontario. Editors Toronto is an active, vibrant group of freelance and in-house editors who work with organizations and individuals in the corporate, not-for-profit, technical, government, digital, publishing, and academic sectors in Canada and around the world in a variety of languages. We meet on the last Wednesday of every month, except in June, July, August, and December, for an engaging program followed by discussion and networking opportunities.
The Nitpicker’s Nook: March’s linguistic links roundup
The Nitpicker’s Nook is a monthly collection of language-related articles, interviews, and blog posts. If you read something that would make a good addition, email your suggestion to [email protected]. By Savanna Scott Leslie According to Michelle Falardeau-Ramsay of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, dyslexia affects one in six Canadians. Victor Widell, a programmer, set up … Continue reading The Nitpicker’s Nook: March’s linguistic links roundup
Video: Watch Tony Sekulich discussing script editing at our March meeting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61wl6Asf7Lc At the March 2016 meeting of Editors Canada's Toronto branch, editor and writer Tony Sekulich gave editors an overview of the world of script editing and provided insight into this specialized area of our profession, including how he transitioned from print journalism to film and television. Tony Sekulich is an alumnus of both the … Continue reading Video: Watch Tony Sekulich discussing script editing at our March meeting
The resumé, every which way: It’s a hustle
In this four-part series, I’ve been looking at how to prepare an editor’s resumé. First I talked about some micro matters. Then I talked about how to present yourself on a resumé for editing work—the main take away from that was to not describe yourself as a hybrid candidate if it’s not a hybrid role. … Continue reading The resumé, every which way: It’s a hustle
Contest: Your biggest catch!
Just comb the Editors’ Association of Earth Facebook page and you’ll see them—examples of big, fat glaring errors that made it through to publication, errors that by their very existence advertise the usefulness of hiring an editor: “When the Shabby Sheik craze began…”—newspaper article “15 best things about our pubic schools”—school board ad “Perfect … Continue reading Contest: Your biggest catch!
Editor for Life: Erin Holmes, managing editor at Firefly Books
Interview conducted by Jennifer D. Foster A career as an editor is often a solo adventure, especially if you’re a freelancer. So we thought one way to better connect with fellow editors was to ask them the W5: who, what, where, when, and why. Read on for some thought-provoking, enlightening tidbits from those of us … Continue reading Editor for Life: Erin Holmes, managing editor at Firefly Books
Revisiting Betsy Lerner’s The Forest for the Trees
By Alanna Brousseau “No matter how beleaguered the world of editing has become,” writes Betsy Lerner in The Forest for the Trees: An Editor’s Advice to Writers (2010), “no matter how short a book’s shelf life in today’s market, no matter how Kindled, downloaded, or digitized, none of us can ever forget the feeling of … Continue reading Revisiting Betsy Lerner’s The Forest for the Trees
The Nitpicker’s Nook: February’s linguistic links roundup
The Nitpicker’s Nook is a monthly collection of language-related articles, interviews, and blog posts from around the web. If you read something that would make a good addition, email your suggestion to [email protected]. By Savanna Scott Leslie We all learned some “rules” from English teachers that were questionable at best. And as editors, we have the power … Continue reading The Nitpicker’s Nook: February’s linguistic links roundup
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