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Social Media Content Management for Self-Employed Editors and Writers

March 30, 2023 | Filed under: Tanya Mykhaylychenko

For self-employed editors and writers, knowing how to manage your social media content is a key ingredient for growing and maintaining your clientele. The following are some factors that need to be taken into consideration, regardless of the platform. 1. Know your audience(s) This one is obvious. Questions start coming …

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Combining Careers, Part Two: Rewards — Financial and Other

In the first part of this series, I described the circumstances that led me to vocational discernment. The parish in which I …

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Editing Indigenous Writing: A Nuanced Partnership

A lot of Indigenous writing is under-edited, because many non-Indigenous editors don’t feel like they have a way in to the text …

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Encouraging Coworkers to See the Benefits of Editing

Working as an in-house editor often means you will be editing the work of untrained writers. You may come across colleagues who …

Meeting “In Real Life”: Conference 2023

Raise your hand if you’ve missed meeting in real life (or IRL, as the social media specialists say it). Me too. That’s …

The Editors’ Weekly en français

Salut, réviseurs! Did you know that The Editors’ Weekly welcomes both English and French content? Stay tuned in the coming weeks for …

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Editing for Authors on a Budget

As a freelance fiction editor, I find it incredibly rewarding to help an author shape their story or find their voice. And …

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Freelance Tips from an Editor with ADHD, Part 2

In Part 1 of this series, I discussed how getting to know yourself well, setting up your environment for success and exploring …

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Letter from the Editor: A Brief Hiatus

Hello, dear readers of the Editors’ Weekly blog. We are taking a short break this week and will be back next Thursday, …

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“Brag docs”: An Aide-mémoire

Performance reviews and discussions around compensation are part of working in house. You can’t just unilaterally change your hourly rate. If you …

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