Exploring the ideas behind the ideas

What’s the Idea Editing

Hi there! My name is Matt Long, and I’m an editor and writer from Canada. I offer a comprehensive range of editing services, including copy editing, proofreading, structural editing, and stylistic editing, with a client base that includes authors, publishing houses, creative entrepreneurs, and small businesses.

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“What’s your idea” interviews

This interview series is made up of long-form text based interviews with artists, editors, and entrepreneurs discussing their work and history in detail. These interviews are meant to provide a rich, deeper understand of the interview subject and their projects.

Recent interviews

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My second conversation with Ryan Verrill about the launch of Antenna Releasing, “a full service boutique distribution company specializing in curated theatrical engagements, and robust, filmmaker-forward physical media releases.”

In part one, we discuss the origins of Antenna and why it’s mission to disrupt the current distribution models is so important.
In part two, we talk about what they’ve done to prepare for the company’s launch and their plans for physical media.
In part three, we go into more detail about their approach to theatrical distribution and how that works, along with why the documentary Stolen Kingdom was the right choice as their launch title.

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My six-part conversation with Ryan Verrill of The Disc-Connected and Someone’s Favorite Productions.

In part one, we discuss his history with collecting, why he started The Disc-Connected, and the values that drive his passion and character.
In part two, we discuss his weekly live show Re-Connected.

In part three, we discuss his interviews along with how he started the Shelf Shock Rewind Awards.
In part four, we discuss how he started producing on-disc supplements and the boutique Blu-ray industry.
In part five, we discuss his magazine The Physical Media Advocate.
In part six, we discuss Ryan’s podcast network Someone’s Favorite Productions.

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My conversation with Gary Tooze, the owner and primary writer for DVDBeaver, a website dedicated to comparisons of physical media for movies.

We discuss how he saw the need for this type of website in the early days of DVD, how he maintains this huge resource of reviews, and his goals for the reviews and year-end poll.

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My conversation with Erin Brenner, business editor and author of The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors.

We discuss how she developed her business Right Touch Editing, the writing, editing, and publishing process of the book, and the importance (and difficulty) of finding the balance between life and work as a freelancer.

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My two-part conversation with Chris Haskell, the co-host of They Live By Film, Punk Vacation, and Wild Side: The Official Mondo Macabro Podcast.

In part one, we discuss what made him the perfect person to guide others to the obscure and adventurous side of the movies.
In part two, we go into more detail about his shows and what he loves about being part of the online community.

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My two-part conversation with author Daniel Coleman about his book Grandfather of the Treaties (2025).

In part one, we discuss the development and writing of the book.
In part two, we explore in greater detail the ideas driving the book, including the impact of language.

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My conversation with Carolyne Van Der Meer about her book Birdology (2025).

In this intimate conversation, we discuss the process of developing this book, how the original idea for the chapbook morphed into the final product, and the impact of grief on writing and poetry.

A man holds two thick cases for the movie "The Hitcher." He wears a black T-shirt that says "Alligator" and aviator sunglasses and a camaflouge hat. He stands in front of a red wall with "Staff Picks" and movies lined on it. He smiles.

My conversation with Pascal Fortin, the owner of the Alberta-based boutique Blu-ray retailer Rough Cut Video.

We discuss how he developed the store, it’s path to success, and what else he wants to do with the Rough Cut Video brand.

A two-part conversation with rhetoric and film professor Will Dodson, the supplements producer for Someone’s Favorite Productions and co-editor of American Twilight: The Cinema of Tobe Hooper.

In part one, we discuss Will’s path to becoming a film professor and movie collector.
In part two, we go into more detail about his company Someone’s Favorite Productions and his approach to producing supplements for Blu-rays.

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