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You are not alone! The story of many editorial professionals.

June 6: 72 years ago today thousands of men (& a few women) crossed the English Channel to Normandy. Many didn't come home. We owe them for our democracy and our freedom. Please read this article by Charlie Angus/The Resistance and listen to the song, and watch the accompanying video, at the end.

Canadian friends: While posting on the socials is easy & no bad thing, it is, in the main, speaking to your own bubble who likely hold the same views as you when it comes to the need to vote so that Mark Carney remains prime minister.

Some vocal Canadians!

Why Canadians boycotting US goods is a good thing.

Oh Canada! A strong and proud country. A kind and welcoming country. I am proud to be a Canadian. 🇨🇦

Distractions when #amediting: Delivery guy comes up driveway carrying large box of dog food. Editorial assistant goes wild barking, delivery guy leaves box at door & walks off, ed ass't reduces level of barking, delivery guy comes back, rings doorbell, pandemonium! Did he think I hadn't noticed?

With it being minus 27 with the windchill in Toronto, today's an excellent day to stay inside with the dog (aka the editorial assistants) and get on with editing and related tasks. #amediting #freelancelife #freelanceediting #academic #law #socialsciences

For folks who are interested in worldbuilding, this webinar by the talented (and lovely) Andy Hodges @thenarrativecraft.bsky.social is for you. Sign up!

This was a fabulous course! Carolyn is such an engaging and knowledgeable teacher.

Or better yet, "Can anyone ..."!😂

Cann anyone help my friend @ayeshachari.bsky.social here? She's looking for an app to doodle on.

Such an interesting discussion at the #CIEP Cloud Club West 'local' group today. All about changing expectations of – and for – copyeditors. How the editorial profession is developing, both good and bad. And editorial vs publishing training. #AmEditing #Editing #CPD

#AmEditing #ProfessionalEditing #FictionEditing Amy Schneider's fab book on copyediting fiction is a must read.

The Toronto/Canada CIEP local group was thrilled & honoured to have the wonderful & engaging Amy Schneider join us yesterday in our regular Zoom meeting to talk about her book about copyediting fiction. If you've not yet got it, race out and get it now! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

So touching to go outside and find "I love you" written in pink chalk in the (shared) courtyard/driveway, with a big, long pink arrow going all the way to your front door. The little kids next door are the best! #neighbourhood

Though I am certain I wasn't missed, I'm glad to be back after a couple of months not active in these here parts. I'd almost forgotten what a pleasant place it is.

Even though I've been saying it for at least six years, it's well worth repeating: I love TextExpander. I saves me so much, and saves me my sanity. And I love the weekly reports telling me how much time I saved in the previous week. #AmEditing #EditorsOfWords #Editors #FreelanceEditors

In the other place Christina Auriana posted about a group of great people in NYC meeting up in a way that protected them all. See here: twitter.com/ChristinaAur... We need a Sober Edition crew in central/downtown Toronto.

For the Canadians among us (whether at home or abroad), here’s a survey of Canadian English from McGill. Well worth doing. Quite interesting doing it too. www.mcgill.ca/canadianengl...

If anyone here has friends or colleagues who would like to join us here, get away from the other place perhaps, let me know and I'll send you a code to give them. (But they need to be kind folks!)

If there ever were a best time to donate to Doctors Without Borders it's now. #DoctorsForAll #DoctorsWithoutBorders

Have you been a mentor recently (or even not so recently)? Have you been mentored recently (or not so recently)? Informally or formally, it doesn't matter, both are valuable. If you had a wonderful mentor or a wonderful mentee, why not sing their praises. Boost each other. #Mentoring #BeAMentor

Any editor, academic (from tentured to doctoral student), or publisher want a Bluesky code, let me know. Yes, I know, anyone reading this will have had a code, but they might know someone looking for one.

Mentoring is a great gift, both for the person being mentored & the one being mentored. I give thanks on this Thanksgiving weekend for the various mentors I've had in my life, as a lawyer, as an editor & as a human being (life in general). It doesn't have to be formal #GiveBack #Mentoring #BeAMentor

Wise person @lisacordaro.bsky.social is so right. I concur 100%.

As an editor I would never put a client's work, whether edited or yet to be edited, into an AI programme without prior permission, and I wouldn't them putting my communications with them into an AI programme either. #AmEditing #EthicalEditing

What a marvellous idea from my friend and colleague @catherinedunn.bsky.social. Why shouldn't we all have some fun and frivolity from time to time. I'm going to nick your idea, Catherine.

lol! Story of my life! Not that I mind typos in informal communications, eg online or between friends. I'd far rather people sent off a quick message in the time they had available to them than worry about perfect prose and never sending a message.

Hanging out with colleagues and friends at #CIEP2023 is THE BEST! Want to ask questions about CIEP upgrading, how to do it, all the advantages, then come listen to me and Hester Higton on Monday afternoon.

Looking for an experienced, well-trained & throughly vetted editor with excellent references? Then the best place to look is the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading's directory www.ciep.uk/directory. Everyone listed has been carefully vetted. Editors all over the world are CIEP members

What is wrong with people? (Rhetorical question, of course.) I'm sitting here in Pearson & am just about the only person wearing a mask. Covid cases are upticking quickly. So many people think they are invincible/want to suffer from heart, vascular, respiratory issues, sometimes for the rest of life

Top-notch advice from the always wise Alicia Chantal @freshlookedit.bsky.social. #CIEP2023 #AmEditing #Editing

Knitwear designers, you need the help of my wonderful editorial colleague @aimeehill.bsky.social . She'll untangle your patterns.

Woohoo! Thanks to the efforts of @freshlookedit.bsky.social, there's a new feed for us to have convos about #ciep2023. Both those of us there in person and those there virtually. Spread the word. #AmEditing #Editing #ciep2023

For anyone starting out in the editorial profession or just feeling a tad unsure about sustaining their career, this is the book for you, by @ebrenner.bsky.social. She's a marvel: helpful, knowledgable, experienced, successful, and great fun.

Want to attend the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading's annual conference, 9–11 Sept? Fully hybrid & virtual attendance places still available, till this Thurs 1 Sept. CIEP conferences are the best I've ever been to, whether editorial or legal. See here for registration: bit.ly/3Pf2U3T

Yup. Be safe. Think of others. #MaskUp #GetVaxxed