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James Harbeck

I Only Wanted to Explain This | Linguistics, Frankly

avril 15, 2014 by James Harbeck | 4 commentaires sur I Only Wanted to Explain This | Linguistics, Frankly

Adverbs are a problematic and much-maligned class of words. Linguists often have trouble explaining exactly why they go where they go. Some sorts of adverbs are baselessly despised (hopefully, people will eventually get over those hangups, but I’m not hopeful). Some people think adverbs should be excised from writing altogether. I’d like to cover all […]

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Susan Glickman

What Does It Take to Start Freelancing?

avril 8, 2014 by Susan Glickman | 10 commentaires sur What Does It Take to Start Freelancing?

If you’re just starting out as a freelancer, whether you’re a writer or an editor, keep in mind that the only way to survive is to be brutally efficient — which means you will have no social life. You should, however, get a gym membership and use it, because you’ll need to keep your energy […]

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Kelley Wilson

A Game-Changing Writing Exercise

avril 1, 2014 by Kelley Wilson | 2 commentaires sur A Game-Changing Writing Exercise

As a writer, I always struggle with verbs. How many times have I used said, replied or answered? Can I think of a better verb to avoid being repetitive? Do I even need the verb? Verbs, seriously, keep me awake at night. So when I skimmed a recent online newsletter, Chuck Palahniuk’s “Thought Verbs” practically […]

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Virginia Durksen

Myth: It Takes a Certain Personality to Become an Editor

mars 25, 2014 by Virginia Durksen | 4 commentaires sur Myth: It Takes a Certain Personality to Become an Editor

Any profession draws certain personality types to it more readily than others. But just as there’s no single lawyer or doctor or teacher type, there’s more than one editor type. Editors come in all sorts. Editors can be achievers, caretakers, managers, control freaks, idea generators, intellectuals, entrepreneurs — and are often a bit of everything […]

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Dominique Fortier

Une difficulté grammaticale expliquée

mars 18, 2014 by Dominique Fortier | 2 commentaires sur Une difficulté grammaticale expliquée

Le naufrage « du Irving Whale » ou « de l’Irving Whale »? Le français est plein d’exceptions qui confirment les règles, c’est bien connu. À l’école, on a appris les règles de grammaire élémentaire et, en principe, les particularités (exceptions) qui les caractérisent. Toutefois, pour différentes raisons, certaines nous ont échappé. C’est le cas des déterminants définis (anciennement […]

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David Antrobus

The Editor’s Fedora Part 4

mars 13, 2014 by David Antrobus | 4 commentaires sur The Editor’s Fedora Part 4

In Part 3 we discussed how editors determine costs. And before you scoff at or otherwise leap to judgment of the rates, it’s probably pertinent to mention another facet of this — it’s a generally accepted rule that whatever hourly rate a freelancer settles on, you can estimate their annual salary by multiplying it by […]

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David Antrobus

The Editor’s Fedora Part 3

mars 10, 2014 by David Antrobus | 12 commentaires sur The Editor’s Fedora Part 3

Now we arrive at the crucial topic of cost, and the seemingly arbitrary variations in same. Some editors are so brilliant that they really can and do charge top dollar. I know someone who can quote $5,000 for editing an 80,000-word manuscript. Before you gag on that, bear in mind that editing at that rarefied […]

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Wilf Popoff

An Editor Who Laughed at Her Work

mars 4, 2014 by Wilf Popoff | 4 commentaires sur An Editor Who Laughed at Her Work

As an editor Karen Virag never seemed to flinch when she spotted a gaffe. Why should she? She had the smarts to identify the problem and the skill to correct it. She also recognized that without bad writing she wouldn’t have a job. Such virtues apply to any competent editor, but Karen went further. She […]

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David Antrobus

The Editor’s Fedora Part 2

février 27, 2014 by David Antrobus | 2 commentaires sur The Editor’s Fedora Part 2

Okay, after Part 1, you should now have the MS nice and clean. What’s the next step? How do you find an editor? This part isn’t hard, but it’s crucial you find someone who’s right for your book. And there’s no substitute for research. Ask around. Google. If you haven’t already done so, join writers’ […]

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David Antrobus

The Editor’s Fedora Part 1

février 25, 2014 by David Antrobus | 2 commentaires sur The Editor’s Fedora Part 1

As an independent writer myself and a passionate believer in the indie ethic, I have to acknowledge one of its major downsides: a real or perceived shoddiness in the final product of self-published authors. Which is where I now switch hats and replace the bohemian beret of the writer with a more conservative form of […]

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