Resources for writing and editing
RESOURCES FOR EDITING AND WRITING
Editor: Job Profile http://www.alis.gov.ab.ca/occinfo/Content/RequestAction.asp?aspAction=Get HTMLProfile&format=html&OCCPRO_ID=71002440
Editors’ Association of Canada: www.editors.ca/
Editors’ Forum: www.editorsforum.org
Quill & Quire – Canadian magazine of book news, reviews: www.quillandquire.com
Canadian Authors Association – “writers helping writers:” www.canauthors.org
Periodical Writers Association of Canada (Toronto chapter): www.pwactoronto.org/
Professional Writers Association of Canada: www. writers.ca
American Medical Writers Association (Canada chapter): www.amwa-canada.ca/
The Burry Man Writers’ Centre: www.burryman.com/freelance.html#jobs
Elance: http://www.elance.com/c/cats/main/sellers.pl?rid=TOGG&promo=&newReg= &jobid=&from_bidding=N
Writers’ Organizations: http://groups.msn.com/RichmondWriters/writersorganizations.msnw
Copyeditor: www.copyeditor.com/copy/copy_links.asp
Freelance Success - The ultimate resource for established, professional non-fiction writers:
www.freelancesuccess.com/resources/writersorgs.shtml
Professional Associations for Writers: http://bellaonline.com/articles/art2583.asp
Freelancers – directories and editorial services:
Freelance Mailing List: www.comteck.com/~tanuki/links/orgs.html
EServer TC Library – editing: http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Organizations/Editing
Information for Freelance Writers: www3.sympatico.ca/hdoran/freelanc.htm
Writers’ Resources Organizations Canada: www.ability.org.uk/writers_resources_organizaitons_Canada.html
Writers’, Editors’ and Publishers’ Organizations: www.wcdr.org/links_org.html
Business.com: www.business.com/search/rslt_default.asp?r4=t&query=editor
Freelance Writers Marketplace: www.ebookcrossroads.com/freelance.html
Directory of Editors: www.ebookcrossroads.com/editors.html
Resource page: http://healthwriting.com/writing_links.htm
Writer's voice: how I work a trade niche: www.freelancesuccess.com/writersvoice.shtml
Resources: www.hpcaonline.com/links.html
Editing and proofreading strategies: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_edit.html
The editing process: www.powa.org/edit/index.html
The editing and rewriting process: http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/editing.htm
Research tools for journalists http://powerreporting.com/category/Journalism_shoptalk/Associations
EDITORS’ ASSOCIATIONS
American Copy Editors Society - Organization for copy editors to provide solutions to copy desk problems, through training, problem-solving and an awareness of common issues. www.copydesk.org/
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences - Founded to evaluate the proficiency of manuscript editors in the life sciences, and award credentials similar to those obtainable in other professions. www.bels.org/
Council of Science Editors - Organization to foster networking, education, discussion, and exchange, and be a resource on issues in communication of scientific information. www.councilscienceeditors.org/
Editorial Freelancers Association - Organization of self-employed workers in the publishing and communications industries. www.the-efa.org/
World Association of Medical Editors - International association of editors who seek to foster international cooperation among editors of peer-reviewed medical journals. www.wame.org/
Writers-Editors Network - Organization providing information and services to serious, independent writers and book authors. www.writers-editors.com/
School of Library, Archival & Information Studies, UBC: http://www.slais.ubc.ca/resources/indexing/associat1.htm
WEBSITES FOR NETWORKING & JOBS
Occupational profile!
Job Hunt: www.job-hunt.org/associations/journalismassociations.shtml
Editors’ Association of Canada: www.editors.ca
Writers’, Editors’ and Publishers’ Organizations: www.wcdr.org/links_org.html
Periodical Writers Association of Canada:
http://www3.simpatico.ca/plima/pwac
Editors’ Forum ; www.editorsforum.org/resources.html
Editing organizations: http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Organizations/Editing
Quill & Quire: www.quillandquire.com
Canadian Authors Association: www.canauthors.org
Freelance Mailing List: www.comteck.com/~tanuki/links/orgs.html
Writers’ Organizations – out of town:
http://groups.msn.comRichmondWriters/writersorganizations.msnw
Canada Chapter of the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA):
Writers Resources Organizations Canada:
www.ability.org.uk/writers_resources_organizations_Canada.html
Information for Freelance Writers: www3.sympatico.ca/hdoran/freelanc.htm
The Burry Man’s Writers’ Centre – freelance, non-fiction: www.burryman.com/freelance.html
EEI Communications (Editorial Eye) (Virginia): www.eeicommunications.com/staffing/employee/employee.html
Editorial Freelancers Association (non-profit, USA):
The Business of Freelancing:
http://freelancewrite.about.com/od/thebusinessoffreelancing/
Writing and editing resources: http://healthwriting.com/writing_links.htm
Writers’ Digest: www.writersdigest.com
ADVERTISING
There are many places to advertise on the Internet – link your website with other editing and writing sites.
CAFÉ – Calgary Association of Freelance Editors: www.writtenword.org/cafe
PEAVI – Professional Editors Association of Vancouver Island: www.peavi.bc.ca
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Freelancers – editorial
http://www.writecontent.com/Freelancers_Editorial/freelancers_editorial.html
Shop in Calgary
www.shopincalgary.com/Business_Services/Writers___Editors/
www.shopincalgary.com/search/cgi-bin/htsearch.exe ($360/year basic ad.)
Local magazines in your field of interest
The Yellow Pages (under Writers/Editors)
EDITING STYLES
APA (American Psychological Association) www.apastyle.org/
ASQ (American Society for Quality) www.asq.org/ed/conferences/callforpapers/57aqc/guidelines.html
Canadian Press Style Guide www.mcmaster.ca/ua/opr/styleguide/med/style_guide.pdf
Chicago Manual of Style
www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools.html
www.library.hbs.edu/guides/citationguide.pdf
http://internationalcollege.edu…pdf/ICstyleguide.pdf
Harvard and Vancouver www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/LIBReferenceStyles
MLA (Modern Language Association) www.library.cornell.edu/newhelp/res_strategy/citing/mla.html
Turabian www.libs.uga.edu/ref/turabian.html
General help, several editing styles:
University of Alberta
- Major Types of Electronic Sources
- Citation Components and Examples
- Citation Examples Based on APA Style
- Citation Examples Based on Chicago Style
- Sample References for Biomedical Journals
- Style Guides on the Internet
- Style Guides in Print in the University of Alberta Libraries
www.internationalcollege.edu/pdf/ICstyleguide.pdf
Humanities, Social Sciences, History and Sciences: resources, documentation and sample essays: www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/ Diana Hacker has written many excellent editing books.
A Research Guide for Students: www.aresearchguide.com/styleguides.html
http://editavenue.com/
MLA essay format: www.ryerson.ca/writing-centre/mla2003.pdf
EDITORIAL MARKS
www.nyu.edu/classes/copyXediting/editmarks.html
www.colorado.edu/Publications/styleguide/symbols.html
www.people.vcu.edu/~cmorse/editing.htm
ONLINE GRAMMAR EXERCISES
There are dozens of these websites.
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/index.htm (University of Victoria, BC)
http://slc.otago.ac.nz/studyskills/ch4sect8.asp (University of Otago, NZ)
www.learningcommons.uoguelph.ca/ByTopic/Writing/WritingMechanics/Fastfacts-ImprovingSentenceStructure.html (University of Guelph)
TIPS FOR GRANT WRITING
Arts Now: http://www.2010legaciesnow.com/Images/Arts/Grant_Writing_Workshop_PowerPoint_Presentation.pdf