3 July 2024 | July 2024, Newsletters
By Kerry Anderson Sometimes editors are confronted with harrowing material in an author’s manuscript and, as we read, we empathise with the experiences of the author – including their pain and their trauma. Sometimes authors tell us directly about their experiences,...
30 March 2023 | April 2023, Newsletters
By Marie Pietersz (edvic.events@iped-editors.org) Using effective slides to frame her story from start to end, Erin Brenner took the audience through her world of blogging in a calm, clear, methodical manner – and for those who had perhaps tried it in the past and...
14 March 2023 | March 2023, Newsletters
By Paul Anderson, EdNSW Freelance professional and accredited editors Dr Linda Nix AE and Jess Cox AE were our panellists for an online discussion hosted by EdNSW on 7 February 2023. Both speakers have well-established freelance editing businesses: Linda runs Golden...
27 February 2023 | March 2023, Newsletters
GenreCon 2023: The stages of editing By Sumudu Narayana, EdSA branch President GenreCon returned in style last month for the first time since the pandemic, with the line-up including international bestselling authors Garth Nix, Nalini Singh, Jay Kristoff and...
24 February 2023 | February 2023, Newsletters
By Sylvia Bauer, EdANZ member When I started out as a proofreader and editor 17 years ago I wondered: was perfection the “only” quality I needed for this job? Since then I’ve missed the occasional error, just like I feared. That’s no proofreader’s picnic. “Mistakes...
