Good times, gin and tonics, and gossip in the graveyard
Last month, WCEA partners gathered for a long-overdue celebration of former partner Frances Peck’s retirement.
The stories that bind us
As West Coast Editorial Associates celebrates our 25th anniversary this year, we’ve been talking a lot about the partnership’s history. Past and current partners have shared stories and photos that have made us laugh (a lot), sometimes groan, and occasionally…
Words and the apostrophe in 1992
Twenty-five years ago, when West Coast Editorial Associates was born, I was barely a West Coaster and wasn’t yet an editor. Before moving to Victoria from Toronto in July 1992, I wrote articles for national magazines and reviewed screenplays for…
Digging into the past of British Columbia bookstores
Is anything more agreeable than a good bookstore? Partner, book lover, and history buff Lana Okerlund is digging into the past of British Columbia booksellers. Follow her findings on her new blog, agreeableplace.com.
If we weren’t persons, who were we?
As editors, we know the power of choosing the right words to get a message across to readers. As readers ourselves, we see how words can change people’s perceptions: are the thousands of people on the move “migrants”—or are they…
Editing in really hard copy
Delete, search, replace, revise, revise, revise—changes and corrections are so easy with our electronic tools. But what if your words were literally cast in stone and you wanted to change them? Cemeteries are sometimes called “gardens of stone” and the…