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On Resolving to Publish: Book Publishing in 2021 and Beyond

January 12, 2021 | Filed under: Heidi Waechtler

I’ve worked in publishing for about 15 years, but every year I’m caught off guard by the January phenomenon of aspiring authors who’ve resolved that this is the year they’re publishing a book. Manuscript submissions and calls about the publishing process become more frequent, as do inquiries about how to …

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More Online Diversity-Focused Writers’ Events to Attend This Fall

October 20, 2020 | Filed under: Sangeeta Mehta

Over the summer, when many writers’ events were cancelled due to the pandemic, I was heartened to learn that a few created for writers from marginalized backgrounds continued as planned, but online. Here is the brief list I had compiled of events to attend over the summer and fall. I …

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Three Online Diversity-Focused Writers’ Events to Attend This Summer and Fall

July 23, 2020 | Filed under: Sangeeta Mehta

Last month, I had been scheduled to speak at the Editors Canada conference about how developmental editors can help writers balance cultural sensitivity with craft. It would have been an incredible experience to exchange ideas with other editorial professionals who also want to work more effectively with writers whose culture …

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Indigenous Voices: An Interview with Rhonda Kronyk

July 7, 2020 | Filed under: Sue Archer

Rhonda is a settler/Dene research, writing and editing consultant. She is dedicated to increasing the inclusion of underrepresented communities in Canadian literature. A founding member of the Indigenous Editors Association, she specializes in editing manuscripts by and about Indigenous Peoples. As editor of Write, The Writers’ Union of Canada magazine, …

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Diversity in Publishing: An Interview with Sangeeta Mehta

April 21, 2020 | Filed under: Sue Archer

This week, the Editors’ Weekly is holding a conversation with Sangeeta Mehta on the current state of diversity in publishing and how editors can be leaders in the fight for inclusion. About Sangeeta Sangeeta Mehta has worked in the book publishing field since the late 1990s. She has been an …

On Community and Citizenship: How the Claudette Upton Scholarship Helped Bring My Career Into Focus

August 7, 2018 | Filed under: Heidi Waechtler

I received the Claudette Upton Scholarship* in 2012 at a critical point in my career path: I was nearing the completion of my Master of Publishing coursework at Simon Fraser University and preparing to move from Vancouver to Toronto to take on a summer editorial internship at McClelland & Stewart. …

Review: The Complete Canadian Book Editor by Leslie Vermeer

November 29, 2016 | Filed under: Sue Archer

When I first heard about The Complete Canadian Book Editor, I couldn’t help but be intrigued by the notion of a “complete” resource on book editing. I edit the works of self-publishing authors, so my knowledge of the world of traditional book publishing is limited — gained mostly through conversations …

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Should Editors Be Able to Write?

April 28, 2015 | Filed under: Rosemary Shipton

We editors talk at length about different kinds of editing and who does what, and we generally assume that we’re working on a text written by someone else. Together with the author, we massage the content, the structure and the presentation into the best possible shape for its intended readers. …

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The Editor’s Fedora Part 4

March 13, 2014 | Filed under: David Antrobus

In Part 3 we discussed how editors determine costs. And before you scoff at or otherwise leap to judgment of the rates, it’s probably pertinent to mention another facet of this — it’s a generally accepted rule that whatever hourly rate a freelancer settles on, you can estimate their annual …

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The Editor’s Fedora Part 3

March 10, 2014 | Filed under: David Antrobus

Now we arrive at the crucial topic of cost, and the seemingly arbitrary variations in same. Some editors are so brilliant that they really can and do charge top dollar. I know someone who can quote $5,000 for editing an 80,000-word manuscript. Before you gag on that, bear in mind …

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