Excellent article, offering some thoughts for new writers on the complicated author-editor relationship.
Source: Advice for new authors about editors (essay)
Category: Editors
New Dictionary of Canadianisms — who knew?! – The Globe and Mail @ptboeditors #copyediting
“Marshall McLuhan once said Canada is the world’s only country that knows how to live without an identity. What more is needed to bind us together than a dictionary with a 4,833-word entry for “eh” and an account of the profound nationalist meaning of “all-dressed” in both official languages?”
Source: Dictionary of Canadianisms is ‘tabled’ and ‘all-dressed’ – The Globe and Mail
“Pay me. Up front. At least half. Then I start work.” —Best Write Communications @ptboeditors #freelancelife #copyediting
“There are two individuals who I will do work for without payments in advance. That’s because if they don’t pay, it means flying pigs are crashing into the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Otherwise, I just can’t afford to bear … Continue reading →
Source: Pay me. Up front. At least half. Then I start work. – Best Write Communications
Everyone Needs an Editor @ptboeditors #copyediting
The reading public has no time for badly edited, error-ridden books. That’s true in the traditional publishing world, of course—but it’s even more relevant for indie authors. Sloppy work tars everyone.
Source: Everyone Needs an Editor
Editing Canadian English: an updated resource for writers and editors in Canada #editing #ptboeditors
An up-to-date resource covering the Canadian differences in spelling, grammar, punctuation and more. Essential for all Canadian editors. An online subscription is available or the hardcover via Editing Canadian English.
The life of an extraordinary editor: a delightful interview with Judith Jones #ptboeditors #copyediting
So interesting to read the thoughts of a legendary editor on editing and the process of acquiring books. Judith Jones was the editor who discovered Julia Child, Camus, Anne Frank, and many more. Her words: “The most important thing an editor can do is be a diplomat. It’s not your book, but you can subtly try, and it usually ends up that the writers express themselves so much more clearly.”
Oxford English Dictionary editors search for the origin of ‘email’ #wordplay #ptboeditors
Anyone recall the first time they used the coinage “E-mail” for electronic mail? I’m happy it has evolved to email — the fewer hyphens the better.
via Oxford English Dictionary editors search for the origin of ‘email’ | Toronto Star.
