• Login
  • About us
  • Become a member
  • Find an editor
    • Editor search
    • Job submission
  • Resources
    • Affiliated organisations
    • Calculator
    • Editorial aids
    • FAQs
    • PEGblog contributor guidelines
    • PEG e-guides
    • PEG e-groups
    • PEG guides
    • PEGboard
    • Sample contracts and letters
    • Sitemap
    • Tools of the trade
    • Training providers
  • Mentoring
  • Webinars
  • Events
  • Accreditation
  • PEGblog
  • Contact us
  • About us
  • Become a member
  • Find an editor
    • Editor search
    • Job submission
  • Resources
    • Affiliated organisations
    • Calculator
    • Editorial aids
    • FAQs
    • PEGblog contributor guidelines
    • PEG e-guides
    • PEG e-groups
    • PEG guides
    • PEGboard
    • Sample contracts and letters
    • Sitemap
    • Tools of the trade
    • Training providers
  • Mentoring
  • Webinars
  • Events
  • Accreditation
  • PEGblog
  • Contact us
  • Find an Editor
  • Become a member
  • Login

PEGblog

The cost of editing

The cost of editing

Apr 5, 2022 | Business, PEGblog

This article appeared under the same heading in PEGboard July 2018. Time | Quality | Price Prompt delivery (time), excellent standards (quality) and affordability (price). As editors, this is what we want to deliver and it's what clients of editing services should...

read more
What is grammar?

What is grammar?

Mar 22, 2022 | Grammar, PEGblog

This is an extract taken from The PEG guide to grammar and punctuation (2018) by Myf Steynberg. Grammar is the greatest joy in life, don't you find? - Lemony Snicket 'Grammar' is the term used to cover the rules or conventions of English usage that help us to...

read more
A snapshot of the social media landscape in South Africa

A snapshot of the social media landscape in South Africa

Mar 8, 2022 | Business, PEGblog

In this second of the two-part article on marketing and (social media marketing) SMM for editors, the focus will be on the social media (SM) landscape in South Africa, as at end 2020. In my previous PEGblog post, I defined social media marketing (SMM) within the wider...

read more
The intricacies of editing academic texts for examination purposes

The intricacies of editing academic texts for examination purposes

Mar 1, 2022 | Academic editing, Editing and proofreading, PEGblog

This challenging and often prickly topic has elicited a great deal of controversy. There are many editorial purists who do not see editing as a process but who are prescriptive about what should and should not be done. They believe that a line is firmly drawn in the...

read more
International Mother Language Day

International Mother Language Day

Feb 21, 2022 | Language, News, PEG, PEGblog

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. - Nelson Mandela Happy International Mother Language Day! We use language every day to communicate with each other, but our mother...

read more
Understanding marketing and social media marketing

Understanding marketing and social media marketing

Feb 21, 2022 | Business, PEGblog

In this first of two articles, I will try to situate social media marketing (SMM) within the wider marketing discipline, after situating marketing within organisations. However, I will strip everything down to the bare bones and provide sound-bite type information...

read more
Feedback: PEG’s Editing Fiction webinar

Feedback: PEG’s Editing Fiction webinar

Feb 9, 2022 | CPD, PEG, PEGblog, Training

On 11 December 2021, PEG held an online workshop, attended by 30 wordsmiths, on the subject of editing the genre of fiction. It was also the pretext for officially launching PEG's latest guide, Editing fiction, authored by Máire Fisher and Nella Freund, with the...

read more
When to use a hyphen

When to use a hyphen

Jan 25, 2022 | Editing and proofreading, Grammar, PEGblog

This article appeared under the heading To hyphenate or not to hyphenate: that is the (thorny) question in PEGboard July 2018. Judging by the queries raised on the PEG chat group, the humble hyphen seems to have a lot of explaining to do! In this post, I focus on its...

read more
10 tips for better blog writing

10 tips for better blog writing

Jan 18, 2022 | Business, PEGblog

Have you ever considered blog writing? In this edition of PEGblog, Faeron Wheeler gives us 10 valuable tips for better blog writing. Blog writing has become something of an artform on its own. There are rules and best practices that define the skill of writing...

read more
Professional editors adhere to an ethical code

Professional editors adhere to an ethical code

Jan 4, 2022 | Business, Editing and proofreading, PEGblog

In the first post in this series, we defined professionalism and identified three criteria of being a professional editor. We discussed specific knowledge and skill in the second post and remuneration in the third. In this final post, we'll look at an ethical code of...

read more
Why should a thesis be edited?

Why should a thesis be edited?

Dec 28, 2021 | Academic editing, Editing and proofreading, PEGblog

A good editor can add significant value to the quality of a thesis. In this edition of PEGblog, Jacqui Baumgardt tells us why and how. The worth of a thesis A thesis is the personal work of a student attempting to achieve a master's or doctoral degree in a chosen...

read more
Professionalism means fair remuneration for expert services

Professionalism means fair remuneration for expert services

Dec 21, 2021 | Business, Editing and proofreading, PEGblog

In the first post in this series, we defined professionalism and identified three criteria for being a professional editor. We looked at skill and knowledge in the second post. Now it's time to think about what it means to charge for professional editing and...

read more
The heart of New Hart’s Rules

The heart of New Hart’s Rules

Dec 14, 2021 | Books, Editing and proofreading, History, PEGblog

Who is at the heart of the New Hart's Rules? Helena Opperman tells us his story. His gloves were neatly folded on the shore; his body was found floating in Youlbury Lake near Oxford. It was 9 October 1916 and a few months into the third year of the First World War....

read more
Professionalism is rooted in skill and knowledge

Professionalism is rooted in skill and knowledge

Dec 7, 2021 | Editing and proofreading, PEGblog

Part two of a four-part series on professionalism. The first post in this series defined professionalism and identified three criteria of being professional. This post discusses the first criterion - specific knowledge and skill - within the context of PEG's Code of...

read more
How to use colons and semicolons

How to use colons and semicolons

Nov 30, 2021 | Editing and proofreading, Grammar, PEGblog

Ever wonder how to use colons and semicolons? In this edition of PEGblog, Lyn Aecer attempts to win over some editors to the use of these marks while they improve texts. This article appeared under the heading Colons and semicolons: More honoured in the breach than...

read more
What does it mean to be a professional editor?

What does it mean to be a professional editor?

Nov 23, 2021 | Business, PEGblog

To kick off our blog, editor and writing consultant Alexis Grewan tells us what it means to be a professional editor in a four-part series of posts. Part one of a four-part series on professionalism. As editors, we like to think of ourselves as professionals, maybe...

read more

Welcome to PEGblog!

Aug 30, 2021 | PEGblog

PEG is proud and pleased to announce the launch of PEGblog. We hope that you will visit us often to read the latest posts and to interact with PEG and its members. Who are we? PEG has a subcommittee for PEGblog. In alphabetical order: Anna Herrington: PEG marketing...

read more
Next Entries »

Click here for the PEGblog Contributor Guidelines.

  • Home
  • Become a member
  • Find an Editor
  • Mentoring
  • Events
  • Accreditation
  • PEGBlog
  • Sitemap
  • Contact us
  • Follow
  • Follow

Copyright © Professional Editors’ Guild 2023 | All rights reserved | PEG is a Non-Profit Company.

Privacy Statement | PAIA Manual | Cookie Policy

Website Designed and Developed by Digital Trails Web Design

Cleantalk Pixel