THE EDITORS' WEEKLY

S. Robin Larin: An Editor’s Top 3

In this series, experienced editors reflect on their top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. S. Robin Larin is an award-winning editor who holds master’s degrees in literature and creative writing and specializes in developmental and line-level editing of fiction. A lifelong logophile, Robin lives in Ontario with two feline editorial assistants […]

Catalogue Editing: Three Tips for Success

Holiday catalogues are hitting your mailbox and online gift guides are popping up across your social media feeds. Who’s behind those publications, making sure prices are up to date, product names are accurate and merchandise pictures match the copy? It’s an editor, of course. Here are some tips for ensuring your catalogue is error-free:  Create […]

How Freelance Editors Plan for the Year Ahead

I struggle with planning my freelance business: with collecting and analyzing my time-tracking data and my website analytics, with reflecting on the clients and projects I enjoyed and those I didn’t, with knowing when my calendar is fully booked and when I need to push on my marketing.  I can imagine what the process of […]

Facts Follow Feelings

I was 14 years old when I found out what it feels like to hit a wall in a car that’s moving at 8 kilometers per hour. That might not sound very fast — it didn’t to me — but let me tell you, it felt plenty hard. If I hadn’t been wearing a seatbelt […]

Tips for Editors New to Horror

In honour of the final day of spooky season, here are some great tips for editors who want to explore the haunting world of horror literature.  Focus on atmosphere The setting is important in every story, but more so for horror. It’s quite hard to scare readers, so authors must rely heavily on the ambience, […]

Count Your Hours to Boost Your Freelance Editing Business

I love data. And maybe because my first jobs involved punching a clock, I’m really good at tracking my time. But many freelance editors I talk with don’t track their time. Tracking hours takes effort. If you’re not billing per hour, why bother? To that I would reply, Would you rather earn $20 an hour […]

Mind the Gap! The Point of Sensitivity Reading

We’re all familiar with the aphorism “write what you know” and the endless debates on who should be allowed to write what. Multiple studies have shown that our perceptions are shaped by the media we consume, from the books we read as children to the evening news we watch as adults. When those media rely […]

Five Tips for Creating a Newsletter People Will Actually Read

Michelle Waitzman will be discussing more about using plain language principles to improve newsletters — as well as professional emails and presentations — in her webinar “Newsletters, Emails and Presentations: Improving the Tools of Business Communications” on October 29 at 1 pm ET. Marketing experts have been telling business owners and solopreneurs for years that […]

Sohini Ghose: An Editor’s Top 3

In this series, experienced editors reflect on their Top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. Sohini Ghose (she/her) is an editor with over fifteen years of international experience, having worked on an array of books with indie and major publishers, university presses, and debut and bestselling authors, including a Nobel Prize laureate. […]