THE EDITORS' WEEKLY
Official blog of Canada’s national editorial association
Four Tips for Editing Science Fiction
Science fiction has been around for more than a century and has continued to evolve decade by decade. From Dragonriders of Pern to Gideon the Ninth, there is a robust science fiction industry, which is a lot to take in. It can be pretty daunting to step into a space with so much going on. […]
L’Hebdomadaire des réviseurs Welcomes a New Managing Editor
Happy New Year, readers! If your New Year’s resolution includes doing some professional development en français, you’re in luck! The French-language “sister site” to The Editors’ Weekly will be rolling out more content in 2025, so make sure you’re subscribed to posts at l’Hebdomadaire des réviseurs. In the meantime, we invite you to get to […]
Looking Ahead with The Editors’ Weekly, West Coast Editor and BoldFace
With 2025 on its way, the editors of three Editors Canada blogs have come together in a series of collaborative posts to reflect on our experiences. Part one appeared in West Coast Editor, the blog for Editors BC, and introduced more about the blogs and their editors. BoldFace, the official blog of Editors Toronto, shared […]
Test Yourself: Looking Back on 2024
Pop quiz! How well do you remember the tips you’ve learned in 2024? I’ve pulled some questions from a selection of this year’s posts about editing tools, Editors Canada and editorial niches. If you need a refresher, you can help each other out in the comments or find the answer in the original post (each […]
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 […]