Why Academic Editors Should Read Black Feminist Writing
February 6, 2025
Filed under: Kate Vacek
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Later this month, the academic editing book club will host Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans, the author of Black Feminist Writing, for a 60-minute Q&A. This book club is run by the Academic Editing Special Interest Group, a collaboration of Editors Canada and the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA). About the book Black Feminist Writing: A Practical […]
Essential WordPress Tips for Editors
January 30, 2025
Filed under: Derrick Boddie
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A thoughtfully designed WordPress site can do wonders for your editing services. It can beautifully reflect your organizational skills, attention to detail and eagerness to collaborate with clients.  And the best part?  You don’t need to be a tech whiz or have a hefty budget to enhance your online presence. Just concentrate on a few […]
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A Book Club for Academic Editors
January 23, 2025
Filed under: Letitia Henville

Participating in a book club offers a low-cost (or free! thank you, libraries!) opportunity for editors to engage in ongoing professional development and community-building. It’s not just the reading of the book that’s relevant: it’s the opportunity to discuss it with colleagues, debate its finer points and determine whether or not you want to integrate […]
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Four Tips for Editing Science Fiction
January 16, 2025
Filed under: Heather Romanowski

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. […]
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L’Hebdomadaire des réviseurs Welcomes a New Managing Editor
January 9, 2025
Filed under: Gaby Balan

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 […]
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Looking Ahead with The Editors’ Weekly, West Coast Editor and BoldFace
December 19, 2024
Filed under: Amanda Goldrick-Jones, Anneline du Preez, Laura Bontje, Natalia Iwanek

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 […]
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Test Yourself: Looking Back on 2024
December 5, 2024
Filed under: Laura Bontje

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 […]
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S. Robin Larin: An Editor’s Top 3
November 28, 2024
Filed under: S. Robin Larin

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 […]
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Catalogue Editing: Three Tips for Success
November 21, 2024
Filed under: Sydney Jarrard

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 […]
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How Freelance Editors Plan for the Year Ahead
November 14, 2024
Filed under: Letitia Henville

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 […]
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Facts Follow Feelings
November 7, 2024
Filed under: James Harbeck

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 […]
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