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Are you gruntled?

Are you gruntled? My teenager asked me yesterday what the definition of disgruntled was. I deftly replied: displeased or dissatisfied. I was less smug when he asked what gruntled meant. I didn’t know whether it was a word, but I assumed that gruntled was disgruntled’s...

Write like a human

Write like a human Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming more prevalent and ‘human’, emphasising the need for students to learn how to break the rules of formulaic writing in this new landscape. In an article published by The Conversation, ‘To succeed...

March 2021 Editors VIC

From the President The year is now well underway, and (despite a brief hiccup) Victoria is returning to more usual ways of doing things. I hope this newsletter finds members looking forward with renewed optimism to the year ahead. At our February branch committee...
The freelance editor’s toolkit

The freelance editor’s toolkit

Peter Riches The freelance editor’s toolkit by Paul Anderson Peter Riches explained the main software apps and digital tools he uses to run his business, Red Pony Communications, at the Editors NSW speaker meeting on 2 February 2021. The content was platform-agnostic,...
HLM series: Jan Whelan

HLM series: Jan Whelan

Jan Whelan Honorary Life Member profile series: Jan Whelan In this issue, Gatherings starts a series of profiles of honorary life members. Like most editors of my day, I fell into editing. I had wanted to be a journalist from a very young age. I loved the English...

‘What does a literary agent do?’

What does a literary agent do?’ presentation by Debbie Golvan The work of a literary agent isn’t just a day-long soiree from coffees with one publisher after another. In this presentation, literary agent Debbie Golvan gave us a ‘straight down the barrel of the gun’...