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Rosemary Shipton

Succeeding as a Freelancer

mars 14, 2017 by Rosemary Shipton | 7 commentaires sur Succeeding as a Freelancer

The key to a successful freelance business is a steady supply of projects. First, decide how many hours a week you’d like to work — 20, 40 billable hours? — and then set out to achieve your goal. Your professional life and income will become almost predictable. Here are some suggestions. Develop a strong client […]

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Reminder: New Post on the Editors’ Weekly

mars 9, 2017 by Administrators

Due to technical issues, you may not have received your usual email notification this week about the latest post on the blog. « Canada is a kaleidoscope of cultures and languages from around the world. As the number of residents whose native language isn’t English increases, the need for editors who can edit their writing effectively […]

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Tracey Anderson

Editing the Work of Writers Whose First Language Isn’t English

mars 7, 2017 by Tracey Anderson | 20 commentaires sur Editing the Work of Writers Whose First Language Isn’t English

Canada is a kaleidoscope of cultures and languages from around the world. As the number of residents whose native language isn’t English increases, the need for editors who can edit their writing effectively and sensitively grows, too. Before my editing career began, I taught English as a second language for over 15 years in China, […]

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Virginia Durksen

Inner Editor: Tasks Without Edges

février 28, 2017 by Virginia Durksen | 5 commentaires sur Inner Editor: Tasks Without Edges

As the oft-paraphrased Leonardo da Vinci would have it, art [or poetry or writing or editing] is never finished, only abandoned. Writing is like a teenager. Eventually you have to send it out into the world to fend for itself. (Or should I say it’s like a young adult? Most North Americans freak out at […]

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Wilf Popoff

Wasted Words: Respectable Stoners

février 21, 2017 by Wilf Popoff | Un commentaire sur Wasted Words: Respectable Stoners

Legalizing marijuana makes it acceptable, but will it make it respectable? Jumping that second hurdle will be difficult, requiring us to forsake the vast vocabulary it has spawned. I don’t see that happening right away. While I cringe at seeing chief justices, bishops and other bigwigs described as stoners or potheads, if they come out […]

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Marion Soubliere

Winning Contracts With the Government of Canada

février 14, 2017 by Marion Soublière | 3 commentaires sur Winning Contracts With the Government of Canada

The federal government spends between $15 billion and $20 billion annually on goods and services, including editing and writing. Communication skills are in high demand. The government’s massive web renewal project faces much work ahead in streamlining 1,500 websites into one overarching website, Canada.ca. Small businesses across Canada, including solopreneurs, can contract directly to this […]

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Anita Jenkins

Quick and Dirty

février 7, 2017 by Anita Jenkins | 20 commentaires sur Quick and Dirty

When I was following the editors’ chat group, I often found myself silently screaming, “Who cares?” Or perhaps not so silently. The conversation frequently dealt with moving the words around in a sentence to make it “perfect” or correcting a fine point of grammar or checking what Chicago says about the em dash. Most of […]

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Cathy McPhalen

Editing Niches: Grant Applications in Scientific Research

janvier 31, 2017 by Cathy McPhalen | 4 commentaires sur Editing Niches: Grant Applications in Scientific Research

Cynics call it science fiction — the planned research that is described in applications for scientific grants. But I love good science fiction, and I love reading the amazing research stories of these scientists. Luckily, more researchers are appreciating good editing in the increasingly fierce competition for research funding. What kinds of editing do researchers […]

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Margaret Sadler

The Weird and the Wonderful: The Art of Selecting Clients

janvier 24, 2017 by Margaret Sadler | 3 commentaires sur The Weird and the Wonderful: The Art of Selecting Clients

What do you do when a clearly weird and off-balance writer asks for your professional services? “Run!” is the response I got from several editor colleagues, and that has been my gut reaction, too. Such projects can often feel particularly intriguing. And sometimes there’s a sense that good money is there. But then the warning […]

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Marianne Grier

Eggplants and Aubergines

janvier 17, 2017 by Marianne Grier | 12 commentaires sur Eggplants and Aubergines

Before leaving Canada, I had a solid grasp on Canadian English. I knew there were differences between British and American English, and my language differed from both of these. Beyond that, I didn’t give Canadian English much thought. After finishing my BA, I ventured to Germany to teach in sleepy Uelzen, a village known for […]

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