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On Editing an Editor: Leslie Vermeer and Frances Peck in Conversation

March 8, 2022 | Filed under: Frances Peck

Editing a first-time novelist calls for a blend of sharp-eyed clarity, cheerleading and hand-holding. What if the novelist is also an editor? As part of a series of blog posts featuring conversations between editor/writers and their editors, The Editors’ Weekly asked two editors to reflect on their experience of working …

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Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards: Part 2

March 1, 2022 | Filed under: Berna Ozunal

Past, Present and Future — One Editor’s Perspective This is the second in a three-part series about my thoughts and experiences as they pertain to Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards (PES) and my ongoing work with the Editors Canada (EC) standards committee. In Part 2, I’ll look at some of …

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Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Naomi Racz

February 22, 2022 | Filed under: S. Robin Larin

This is the final post in a series of interviews that the Editors Canada student relations committee completed last year with Editors Canada award winners. This month, S. Robin Larin shares the committee’s interview with Naomi Racz (Cumberland, B.C.), who was the winner of the 2020 Claudette Upton Scholarship. (This …

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What is Plain Language? Part 5: The Nitty-gritty

February 15, 2022 | Filed under: Aaron Dalton

This is the fifth and last in a series of articles discussing the basic principles of plain language by Aaron Dalton. I offer two half-day workshops: the first is all about the why and then we look at some document-level issues like tone. This is the workshop that I am most passionate …

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Book Review: Networking for Freelance Editors

February 8, 2022 | Filed under: Jasmine Peteran

For many of us out here in the freelance world, networking can feel like a chore. But Networking for Freelance Editors: Practical Strategies for Networking Success taught me two key things that turned a chore into a worthwhile challenge. For starters, activities I’m already doing willingly and regularly can become …

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Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards: Part 1

February 1, 2022 | Filed under: Berna Ozunal

Past, Present and Future — One Editor’s Perspective This is a three-part series about my thoughts and experiences as they pertain to Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards (PES) and my ongoing work with the Editors Canada (EC) standards committee. In Part 1, I’ll give some historical context of PES and …

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January Is Mentoring Month: How Are We Doing?

January 25, 2022 | Filed under: Lucy Payette

In a nod to mentoring month, a movement formally recognized in the U.S. and gaining traction in Canada, let’s reflect on mentoring in the editing industry. Much has been written about mentoring in The Editors’ Weekly over the years, including the most recent post by Jennifer D. Foster on the …

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Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Maxie Bai Martin

January 18, 2022 | Filed under: Becky Heaman

The Editors Canada student relations committee completed a series of interviews with Editors Canada award winners. Each month, we’ll bring you the highlights of our interviews in the hopes that those featured may inspire student editors beginning their careers, as well as editors who are already established. This month, Becky …

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Editing in the Time of Covid

January 11, 2022 | Filed under: Rosemary Shipton

As we enter 2022, it’s time to ask how editors have fared during the pandemic and what lies ahead. When the world as we knew it suddenly shut down in March 2020, we feared for our health and our livelihoods, uncertain what might transpire. How have we done? For most …

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Searching for the Positive Side of Change

December 21, 2021 | Filed under: Lucy Payette

Many of my conversations of late have started with “I would have thought by now we would be … ” or “I’m not sure what the next few months will bring ….” This past year has been called many things: the Great Resignation, the Great Reshuffle, the second year of …

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