ACES Society for Editing VCon 2023
September 27–29, 2023 | onlineThe countdown for the 2023 ACES Society for Editing virtual conference has begun!
Ideas on Fire is honored to again be cosponsoring this fantastic event that draws together developmental editors, copyeditors, proofreaders, project managers, managing editors, freelancers, in-house staff, publishers, and writers for 3 days of learning and connecting.
Below, you can check out our latest resources for editors.
ACES attendees can get 10% off our online editing courses! Head over to the Ideas on Fire sponsor booth on the conference app to claim your coupon code.
Wherever you are in your editing journey, the conference’s 5 session tracks offer inspiration and skills you can put to use right away.
Coffee chats offer attendees the opportunity to network with fellow #Edibuddies in your area of specialization (and meet the folks you’ve been following on social media!).
Even if you can’t attend the conference, you can follow along with the conversations at the conference hashtag #ACESVCon23.
Finally, we’d love to hear from you on the socials! You can catch us here:
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Courses
Introduction to Professional Academic Editing
Built for those pursuing an freelance academic editing career in the humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplines.
We cover:
- How the academic publishing world is structured and where freelance academic editors come in
- Best practices for developmental editing and copyediting academic scholarship
- Prepping manuscripts and how to ask the right questions
- Helping authors transform a dissertation into a publishable book
- Troubleshooting tricky copyediting issues
- Building and sustaining strong author relationships
- Keeping up with changes and new developments in the academic editing world
ACES attendees can get 10% off this course! Head over to the Ideas on Fire sponsor booth on the conference app to claim your coupon code and use that code when enrolling a the link above.
Writing a Great Editorial Letter or Report
Built for developmental editors working with scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplines.
We cover:
- Holistically evaluating a manuscript with and without in-text edits
- Offering specific solutions to manuscript problems
- Describing revision recommendations without overwhelming authors
- Tying revision advice to academic authors’ goals and needs
- Differentiating editorial letters from peer review reports while valuing both
- Finding the language and structure that resonate with specific authors
ACES attendees can get 10% off this course! Head over to the Ideas on Fire sponsor booth on the conference app to claim your coupon code and use that code when enrolling a the link above.
Articles
Editing as Worldmaking: Critical Generosity in Editorial Practice
How Authors Can Build Sustainable Editor Relationships
Feminist Futures of Peer Review
Creating a Social Justice-Oriented Journal Style Guide
Writing with Confidence at the Sentence Level
Crisis Standards of Peer Review
Last Checks for Authors and Editors before Submitting a Book Proposal
Putting Interdisciplinary Training to Use in an Editing Career
Podcast episodes
Jessica Bissett Perea on Indigenous Transformations in Academic Publishing
Christen A. Smith, Dána-Ain Davis, and Sameena Mulla on Cite Black Women
Craig Santos Perez on Chamoru Publishing and Editing
