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 