[mea] Re: Interesting editing article in The Globe & Mail

  • From: Maureen Epp <emepp@xxxxxxx>
  • To: mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 23:22:32 -0600

Hello, all:
A follow-up article in today's Globe by Russell Smith should provide even more fodder for discussion. Usually I enjoy Smith's columns but I found this one troubling, and not only because he depicts editing as subject to the "quirky and personal tastes" of editors. 

Check it out at
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/russell-smith/what-real-editors-really-do-and-why-writers-should-avoid-freelancers/article1900721/


maureen epp


On 9-Feb-11, at 5:27 PM, cheri.frazer@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:


Jonah: YIKES! I hope your former co-workers are ok.
Susan: this would make a great discussion topic for the upcoming mini-conference on the publishing industry (May 14). It hasn't been officially announced yet, but it's in the works. There's a portion dedicated to the writing and editing part of the process, whether you're self-publishing or following the traditional publishing route; we're trying to cover both bases. I'll mention this issue at our next meeting. 



From:   Susan Portelance <susan.portelance@xxxxxxxxx>
To:     mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:   2011-02-09 05:22 PM
Subject:        [mea] Re: Interesting editing article in The Globe & Mail
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My feelings are the same. I worry people will just skip the editing step and the result will be books that aren't quite as good as they could be. 

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 5:05 PM, <cheri.frazer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks for sharing this, Susan. I have mixed feelings about it: on the one hand, I want to lament the decline of standards in publishing, but on the other I'm happy for the freelancers. I suppose a lot will depend on the pocketbooks of writers. If they're poor will they go to the retired teacher down the road and ignore the professionals? Hmm. Interesting issue. I remember when Naylor was going to outsource its editing to India; not sure if that happened. 

-Cheri



From:   Susan Portelance <susan.portelance@xxxxxxxxx>
To:     mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:   2011-02-09 03:40 PM
Subject:        [mea] Interesting editing article in The Globe & Mail
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Hello all,
I am a new member of the MEA and I thought this article from The Globe & Mail may be pertinent to many of us. 


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/where-have-all-the-book-editors-gone/article1894501/

Thank you,
Susan Portelance
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