The Editors' Weekly

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Freelancing While Parenting Young Kids

Laura will be co-presenting “Introduction to Picture Book Editing” at Editors 23: Editors in Real Life, taking place from June 17 to …

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Your Editors Canada National Executive Council

Editors Canada is a federally incorporated not-for-profit organization with around 1,300 members from Canada and around the world. There are several acceptable …

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Leading a Team in a Corporate Workplace

I’ve been leading a small team of writers and editors since 2014. Here are some tips I’ve figured out over that time. …

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Letter from the Editor: A Temporary Step Back

Dear readers of The Editors’ Weekly, As managing editor of the blog, I wanted to inform you that I need to take …

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Easter Hiatus

Happy Thursday, everyone! We are taking a short break for the long Easter weekend. We will be back next week with a …

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Social Media Content Management for Self-Employed Editors and Writers

For self-employed editors and writers, knowing how to manage your social media content is a key ingredient for growing and maintaining your …

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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 …