What academic authors can do to build sustainable editor relationships that help them meet their publishing goals.
Editing Resources
Last Checks to Do Before Submitting a Book Proposal
Last checks and confirmations to run on your documents before submitting a book proposal to an academic publisher for consideration
Dismantle Magazine Interviews IoF Founder Cathy Hannabach
Dismantle Magazine’s interview with Ideas on Fire CEO Cathy Hannabach about building a feminist editing and indexing agency.
Diversity, Plain Language, and Scholarship at Editors Canada 2019
Major themes at the 2019 Editors Canada conference included diversity in editing, the importance of plain language, and sensitivity reading.
A Farewell to Ibid.: Editing Footnotes at ACES
Tips on editing footnotes and endnotes, helping authors decide between them, keeping up with citation style changes, and curbing overcitation.
Imagine Otherwise: Dennis Norris II on QTPOC Literary Worlds
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Dennis Norris II about the writing process, making publishing more accessible, and difference as strength.
Imagine Otherwise: Craig Santos Perez on a Decolonial and Demilitarized Pacific
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Craig Santos Perez about Indigenous Chamoru poetry as a social justice practice and communal storytelling.
How to Put Your Interdisciplinary Training to Work in an Editing Career
Interdisciplinary scholars often make fantastic academic editors. Here’s how you can get started building an interdisciplinary editing career.
Footnotes, Endnotes, and the Authorial Conversation
Whether poetic, snarky, informative, or scandalous, footnotes forge complex social bonds between readers, authors, and editors.
When to Hire an Academic Editor and Indexer
So you’re ready to hire an academic editor or indexer. Here we explain how far in advance this happens and how to know which kind of editing you need.
Understanding Conference and Journal Article Rejection
Rejection is never fun. But understanding how conference and journal article rejection works lets you give your research the best chance possible.
Working Productively with an Academic Editor
The ins and outs of productively working with an editor on your academic book: when to hire, which kind of editing you need, and how to best collaborate.