So as you may know, I am part of a dedicated team at The Eloquent Orifice, an online literary journal publishing a variety of works, ranging from critical essays to creative works. And it's that time of the year again when we put out an open call for submissions, in preparation for the upcoming issue! I …
Writing for different purposes
Being a good writer in a particular genre, on a particular medium, does not necessarily mean that we're able to transpose that same writing ability and apply it to different media. To put it in no-nonsense terms... different media require different styles of writing! While writing an academic/research paper more often than not requires rather long …
What do writers need from editors?
So I recently had a conversation with another writer friend of mine, and we went into a rant-like discussion about what writers really need from editors. Because trust me, though the two have to work very closely with each other, there's a lot—a lot—of tension, especially when it comes to creative differences. So I've come up …
What are editors?
My first ever video (bear with me!), talking about what we editors are! (Hint: we are not grammar nazis!)
Of course we need editors!
So in response to my previous blog post wondering whether we need editors in this technology-infused world... YES, WE DO. (As you can also tell from the title of this blog post...) But why do we need editors when Word has spell-check and most modern phones have auto-correct? The answer is: this and this. As we …
On yet another side note…
If you guys were wondering (I may just be overly excited) — here's where I'm currently doing my Masters degree (in Publishing and Communications, if you were wondering)... The beautiful University of Melbourne. A few days before the semester began, I decided to wander around on campus, just to get a feel of the school …
My philosophy, with regard to my work at The Eloquent Orifice
If you’re ever wondering where I stand with regard to publishing, especially with the publication of The Eloquent Orifice that I co-founded and currently manage… Here you go.
What does it mean to be an editor?
Recently I've been thinking more and more about what it means to be an editor in today's spell-check/self-published world. Are editors (copyeditors, developmental editors, commissioning editors) no longer in any demand, since (with minimal technological know-how, i.e. knowing how to simply press the F7 key on your keyboard when in Microsoft Word) almost anyone can "edit" and …
Geraldine Stallard 