Category Archives: Freelancing

Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders—the new site for Government of Canada contracting opportunities

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

On June 1, 2013, all Government of Canada tenders will move from MERX.com to Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. Today I attended a webinar, hosted by Rene Latraverse of the digital engagement team at Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), about this transition. … Continue reading →

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The good, the bad, and the “that could have gone better” about subcontracting

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

Patricia Anderson, PhD, runs an editing and literary and literary consulting business, Helping You Get Published, and has hired several editorial subcontractors over her company’s fourteen-year history. Amelia Gilliland holds an editing certificate from SFU and has worked in-house at … Continue reading →

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PubPro 2013 recap

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Iva Cheung| 1 Comment

Managing editors and publication production managers from across BC gathered at SFU Harbour Centre on Saturday for the first ever PubPro unconference. We had representatives from educational publishers, trade book publishers, self-publishers, magazine publishers, journal publishers, technical publishers, course developers, … Continue reading →

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PubPro 2013 schedule

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

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Freelance Camp 2012—recap

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Iva Cheung| 3 Comments

This past Saturday, I attended Freelance Camp 2012, hosted by The Network Hub. The event was run in an unconference style rather than with a set program: those who wanted to present pitched their talks first thing, attendees voted on … Continue reading →

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Not-so-lazy summer days

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

I’ve been meaning to post a write-up of a recent event I attended, but I just haven’t had the time (hence my silence for almost two weeks). Seasoned freelancers will laugh at my naïveté, but having worked in house for … Continue reading →

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Book review: Editors, Scholars, and the Social Text

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Iva Cheung| 2 Comments

Too often we see book production as a sequence of tasks—writing, editing, design, proofreading—forgetting that behind these tasks are professionals who have to work as a team to make a book happen. Editors, Scholars, and the Social Text (edited by … Continue reading →

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Neil Gaiman addresses the University of the Arts class of 2012

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

I don’t usually use this blog to share content unrelated to my work, but I think this video of Neil Gaiman on impostor syndrome, good art, and secret freelancer knowledge (19:55) is worth watching.

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P-credit and e-credit

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

Following my entry last week about properly crediting all of a publication’s team members, Ric Day posted some very interesting information about the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI), which would allow all of a publication’s contributors to be given credit … Continue reading →

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Credit where credit’s due

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

EAC-BC’s professional development co-chair, Eva van Emden, has posted some thoughts of her own about low-cost ways book and magazine publishers can help keep their freelancers happy, following my posts about the care and feeding of freelancers and maximizing your … Continue reading →

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