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Writing Coaches and Writers — “A Beautiful Synergy”: An Interview with Tanya Gold

May 18, 2021 | Filed under: Tracey Anderson

Tanya Gold is a book editor, writing coach, translator and literary omnivore. She’s been in publishing about 20 years and has worked on all kinds of cool books. These days, she works on fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry. It has been suggested that she reads too much for her own …

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“Editing has the power to elevate writing to a level where change is possible”: An Interview with Sheila Cameron

May 4, 2021 | Filed under: Tracey Anderson

Sheila Cameron has 15 years’ experience providing style and copy editing on a wide range of fiction, non-fiction and business materials. Currently, she develops and edits content for eLeadership Academy™, an online educational platform that utilizes neuroscience insights to foster leadership growth. Editors Canada is delighted that on Sunday, June …

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“I have come a long way from peddling poems for pennies in downtown Winnipeg”: An Interview with Joshua Whitehead

April 6, 2021 | Filed under: Tracey Anderson

Joshua Whitehead (he/him) is a Two-Spirit, Oji-nêhiyaw member of Peguis First Nation (Treaty 1). He is currently a Ph.D. candidate, lecturer, and Killam scholar at the University of Calgary, where he studies Indigenous literatures and cultures with a focus on gender and sexuality. He is the author of full-metal indigiqueer …

Freelancer and other skill-based titles

Freeing Myself from the Freelancer Title

November 19, 2019 | Filed under: Tracey Anderson

“Are you a freelancer?” My answer to that question has changed over the course of my career. When I first started editing, I edited learning modules for apprenticeship trades in house at a polytechnic institution. I also wrote freelance projects for newspapers and magazines during evenings and weekends. I loved …

Why Do So Many Teachers Become Editors?

March 13, 2018 | Filed under: Tracey Anderson

Someone recently asked me that question at a networking event. As an editor who came to this profession via a teaching career, I’d pondered this before, and wondered if and how my experience as a teacher shapes my approach as an editor. The Connection My teaching approach centred around two …

Editing Technical Instructional Material: Do You Need to Be an Expert?

January 23, 2018 | Filed under: Tracey Anderson

“How can you edit that? You don’t know anything about being an electrician.” I often heard that question and variations of it — carpenter, instrument technician, welder — in my years editing technical instructional materials for apprenticeship trades in Alberta. This is how I answered the question. I am the …

A Measure of Editing Success

August 1, 2017 | Filed under: Tracey Anderson

The term “metrics” has become a bit of a business buzzword, especially for digital enterprises. It’s a trendy word for ways to quantifiably measure success such as tracking social media metrics (followers, click-through rates) or sales metrics (monthly numbers). As editors, though, we don’t have the same kinds of reliable …

Check Mates: Create a Checklist as an Editing Tool

May 2, 2017 | Filed under: Tracey Anderson

I admit it: I’m a (sometimes obsessive) list maker. I make them for all kinds of things: to-do lists, grocery lists, vacation packing lists; my list of lists goes on and on. It’s no surprise, then, that I often use an editing checklist. For me, a checklist is a useful …

Editing the Work of Writers Whose First Language Isn’t English

March 7, 2017 | Filed under: Tracey Anderson

Canada is a kaleidoscope of cultures and languages from around the world. As the number of residents whose native language isn’t English increases, the need for editors who can edit their writing effectively and sensitively grows, too. Before my editing career began, I taught English as a second language for …

Editing Technical Instructional Material: Become the Student

December 6, 2016 | Filed under: Tracey Anderson

Creating effective instructional material for technical students can be tricky. Making it student friendly requires a balance between adequately covering the information, which is often highly technical, and presenting it in a way that a wide range of students can understand. These are some ways editors can help subject matter experts …

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