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An Editing Scenario for Discussion

November 24, 2022 | Filed under: Rosemary Shipton

You’re a freelance editor who has been building up your business for two years now. You’ve taken a few webinars related to copy editing, you consult the Chicago Manual of Style as needed and you’ve invested in PerfectIt. You’re excited because a prospective client has asked you to copy edit …

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How Editors Can Maximize Referrals

November 17, 2022 | Filed under: Tanya Mykhaylychenko

Self-employed editors and writers appreciate repeat clients and referrals. The more we are known and visible, the easier it is to have client prospects. Referrals come to us through past relationships, the quality of our work and our online presence. Relationships work best when we take a genuine interest in …

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In-house to Freelance and Back Again

October 20, 2022 | Filed under: Tanis McLeod

I started my professional editing career among a team of writers and editors for the Alberta provincial government. At the time, government was the largest employer of editing professionals. The role was fairly limited: we did everything in Canadian Press style, we never credited a source, and I spent most …

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Long Live Long-time Freelancing

July 5, 2022 | Filed under: Suzanne Bowness

My name is Sue, and I’m a long-time, full-time freelancer. While most of the time I’m in the trees of my business, once in a while I zoom out to the forest and think about how different my way of working has been from that of other people. For 20 …

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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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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 …

Iva Cheung

Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Iva Cheung

December 14, 2021 | 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 …

Cathy McPhalen

Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Cathy McPhalen

November 9, 2021 | Filed under: S. Robin Larin

The Editors Canada student relations committee recently 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, …

Mary Rykov

Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Mary Rykov

September 28, 2021 | Filed under: Becky Heaman

The Editors Canada student relations committee recently 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, …

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Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with James Harbeck

August 17, 2021 | Filed under: S. Robin Larin

The Editors Canada student relations committee recently 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, S. Robin Larin …

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