Date Posted: Thursday April 19, 2018 News type: Uncategorized
by Gregory Hicks On April 11 we had a small but animated meeting on the intricacies of sentence diagramming. Ellie had put together a short lesson on the topic wherein we watched a couple short videos about the history and process of sentence diagramming. We spent the rest of the meeting working through and discussing […]
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Date Posted: Monday April 9, 2018 News type: Uncategorized
“It was a bit like art, a bit like mathematics. It was much more than words uttered, or words written on a piece of paper: it was a picture of language.” — Kitty Burns Florey For nearly a hundred years, diagramming sentences was a standard part of the English curriculum in North American schools. (There […]
Date Posted: Tuesday April 3, 2018 News type: Uncategorized
To market ourselves effectively to the clients we want to work with, we should understand what we can offer them and what makes that offering valuable have a clearly defined set of goals and to-do list of steps that will help us reach them. These were key takeaways from our March 14th gathering, a follow-up […]
Date Posted: Tuesday March 6, 2018 News type: Uncategorized
Given the large turnout and positive response to our January get-together, which focused on marketing yourself as an editor, we’re dedicating our March 14 evening to a follow-up session with a workshop format. We’ll supply six worksheets from Adrienne Montgomerie’s book, Freelance Marketing Action Plan for Editors (enough copies to go around this time!). These […]
Date Posted: Wednesday February 21, 2018 News type: Uncategorized
by Beth Bedore Considering that the latest meeting of Editors Kingston twig took place on Valentine’s Day, we had an impressive turnout of eight editors eager to indulge their love of language before any other possible indulgences! The discussions were so animated, at the inaugural meeting of the Editing Canadian English book club, that we […]
Date Posted: Tuesday February 6, 2018 News type: Uncategorized
What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than by indulging your love of language? Come to the monthly Editors Kingston twig gathering on February 14 for collegial company, networking, snacks—and the inaugural meeting of the Editing Canadian English book club. The third edition of this flagship publication of Editors Canada was published in hardcover by […]
Date Posted: Monday January 15, 2018 News type: Uncategorized
Our meeting on January 10 kicked off the new year with a night of brainstorming, advice, and networking with fellow editors. Ellie Barton shared her 2018 marketing to-do list, which was developed with guidance from Adrienne Montgomerie using her workbook, Freelance Marketing Action Plan for Editors. Ellie’s list included her big goal for the year—to […]
Date Posted: Tuesday January 9, 2018 News type: Uncategorized
The New Year is a time for resolutions, fresh starts and reboots—a good time to think about your editing business goals for 2018. Do you want more clients, different clients, higher-paying clients? Are you hoping to land a full-time or part-time job that uses your editing-related skills? What skills would you like to develop or […]
Date Posted: Monday January 8, 2018 News type: Uncategorized
by Stephanie Stone Editors Kingston hosted this workshop on Saturday, November 18, at the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning. It was led by Adrienne Montgomerie, who is an experienced instructor and knows Word inside out. The goal of the workshop was for attendees to learn skills that make online revising faster, more accurate, and […]
Date Posted: Thursday January 4, 2018 News type: Uncategorized
Rick Revelle began his talk at the November 8 Editors Kingston gathering with a welcome song to the accompaniment of a cedar-strip drum, setting a lively tone that continued throughout the evening. A natural storyteller, Rick shared many tales of his life and work, starting with the story that led to his career as a […]
Date Posted: Monday October 30, 2017 News type: Uncategorized
Rick Revelle is the author of three YA novels—I Am Algonquin (2013), Algonquin Spring (2015), and Algonquin Sunset (2017). Published by Dundurn Press, the books recount the adventures of a fourteenth-century young Algonquin man named Mahningan. Revelle didn’t even know he had native heritage until he was in his thirties, when a relative’s off-hand remark […]
Date Posted: Thursday October 19, 2017 News type: Uncategorized
by Greg Murphy Sharing a room with Wayne and Merilyn, two of Canada’s top literary talents and guests at our October 11 meeting, I gladly opened my mind to learn how to be a better editor. Kingston-based authors and life partners Wayne Grady and Merilyn Simonds have between them penned more than thirty fiction and […]
Date Posted: Tuesday October 10, 2017 News type: Uncategorized
Coming Up: Make MS Word Work for YOU A Hands-On Workshop on Saturday, November 18 Are you slogging through revising documents onscreen, giving your fingers more of a workout than your brain? Do you find making edits in Word time-consuming and annoying, a drain on your focus and creativity? Expert instructor Adrienne Montgomerie shows you […]
Date Posted: Wednesday October 4, 2017 News type: Uncategorized
Well-known Kingston-area writers Merilyn Simonds and Wayne Grady will discuss how the editorial process and relationships with editors, agents, and publishers have changed over their 40 years as authors. They’ll also describe their work as mentors/editors to emerging writers. Merilyn Simonds is the author of 17 books, including a Canadian classic, The Convict Lover. Her most […]
Date Posted: Tuesday October 3, 2017 News type: Uncategorized
by Greg Murphy and Elizabeth d’Anjou The theme to kick off the year at our September meeting was “How I Read My Summer Vacation.” At times we laughed, at times we sighed, as we recounted the books with which we enriched our minds in spare moments. Some of us read non-stop while others read hardly […]
Date Posted: Monday September 11, 2017 News type: Uncategorized
Happy September from Editors Kingston! We are gearing up for another great year. September Gathering The breezes taste Of apple peel. The air is full Of smells to feel— Ripe fruit, old footballs, Burning brush, New books, erasers, Chalk, and such. –John Updike, “September” Our usual second-Wednesday-of-the-month get-togethers resume on Wednesday, September 13, with the […]
Date Posted: Thursday September 7, 2017 News type: Uncategorized
by Greg Murphy What better a time is there than the start of a beautiful summer to celebrate the achievements and knowledge of editors and writers from coast to coast? In June, Editors Canada hosted another spectacular annual spring conference, fittingly themed “Guardians of the Lexicon.” It called Ottawa-Gatineau home this year, and for three […]
Date Posted: Friday June 2, 2017 News type: Uncategorized
Can’t attend the Editors Canada conference in Gatineau this month? Come and get your conference fix vicariously right here in Kingston! If you are going, make the experience last a little longer! Bring some of that editor magic home with you, hearing about sessions you missed and how your Twig colleagues experienced the big event. At our […]
“It was my life, and so everything seemed important,” Diane Schoemperlen said by way of explaining why her editor at HarperCollins told her to cut 40,000 words from the draft she submitted initially. Nods and chuckles from the Editors Kingston members and friends who had gathered on Apil 9 to hear Diane talk about her experiences with […]
Date Posted: Sunday May 21, 2017 News type: Uncategorized
The daily special, a pasta with scallops, chorizo, and feta, was a hit at the Twig Spring Social─at least half the table ordered it, and many a plate was cleaned. The calamari Grace ordered were also so much admired that she offered to share. The lively conversation in the lovely, airy─and completely accessible─space at Days […]
Date Posted: Saturday May 6, 2017 News type: Uncategorized
May Instead of having a meeting in May and a social in June, we’re switching things up this year. Our May 10 gathering will be a social at Days on Front Restaurant. The restaurant is located in the west end of Kingston, about 10 minutes from Ongwanada, in the plaza at the corner of Days and […]
Date Posted: Saturday April 22, 2017 News type: Uncategorized
**UPDATE: This seminar has been rescheduled for November 18, 2017. Registration is open!** How to make Word work for you Date: Saturday, May 27 Time: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location: Tett Centre, Kingston Instructor: Adrienne Montgomerie Price: before May 13 $160 Editors Canada members $195 non-members after May 13 […]
Date Posted: Thursday April 6, 2017 News type: Uncategorized
by Ellie Barton Our Authors Talk Editing event last spring was so popular that we’ve decided to launch an annual series. Our guest on Wednesday, April 12, will be Diane Schoemperlen, an award-winning Kingston author of twelve books of fiction and non-fiction. Diane will be interviewed about her editing and writing life by twig coordinator […]
Date Posted: Sunday April 2, 2017 News type: Uncategorized
by Stephanie Stone Announcements Twig Seminar: “Word for Editors and Writers”—Elizabeth d’Anjou started off the meeting by announcing this much-anticipated seminar, to be presented by Kingston editor Adrienne Montgomery. It will take place on Saturday, May 27, at the Tett Centre, with a comprehensive, “interactive” handout and catering by Epicurious (which runs the Juniper Café). […]