Month: November 2024

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S. Robin Larin

S. Robin Larin: An Editor’s Top 3

November 28, 2024 by S. Robin Larin | 4 Comments on 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 […]

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Sydney Jarrard

Catalogue Editing: Three Tips for Success

November 21, 2024 by Sydney Jarrard | 2 Comments on 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 […]

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Letitia Henville

How Freelance Editors Plan for the Year Ahead

November 14, 2024 by Letitia Henville | 1 Comment on 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 […]

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James Harbeck

Facts Follow Feelings

November 7, 2024 by James Harbeck | 1 Comment on 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 […]

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