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Heather Romanowski

Four Tips for Editing Science Fiction

January 16, 2025 by Heather Romanowski | Leave a Comment

Science fiction has been around for more than a century and has continued to evolve decade by decade.  From Dragonriders of Pern to Gideon the Ninth, there is a robust science fiction industry, which is a lot to take in. It can be pretty daunting to step into a space with so much going on. […]

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Gaby Balan

L’Hebdomadaire des réviseurs Welcomes a New Managing Editor

January 9, 2025 by Gaby Balan | 2 Comments on L’Hebdomadaire des réviseurs Welcomes a New Managing Editor

Happy New Year, readers! If your New Year’s resolution includes doing some professional development en français, you’re in luck! The French-language “sister site” to The Editors’ Weekly will be rolling out more content in 2025, so make sure you’re subscribed to posts at l’Hebdomadaire des réviseurs. In the meantime, we invite you to get to […]

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Looking Ahead with The Editors’ Weekly, West Coast Editor and BoldFace

December 19, 2024 by Natalia Iwanek | Leave a Comment

With 2025 on its way, the editors of three Editors Canada blogs have come together in a series of collaborative posts to reflect on our experiences. Part one appeared in West Coast Editor, the blog for Editors BC, and introduced more about the blogs and their editors. BoldFace, the official blog of Editors Toronto, shared […]

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Laura Bontje

Test Yourself: Looking Back on 2024

December 5, 2024 by Laura Bontje | Leave a Comment

Pop quiz! How well do you remember the tips you’ve learned in 2024? I’ve pulled some questions from a selection of this year’s posts about editing tools, Editors Canada and editorial niches. If you need a refresher, you can help each other out in the comments or find the answer in the original post (each […]

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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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Alexa Tanen

Tips for Editors New to Horror

October 31, 2024 by Alexa Tanen | Leave a Comment

In honour of the final day of spooky season, here are some great tips for editors who want to explore the haunting world of horror literature.  Focus on atmosphere The setting is important in every story, but more so for horror. It’s quite hard to scare readers, so authors must rely heavily on the ambience, […]

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Erin Brenner

Count Your Hours to Boost Your Freelance Editing Business

October 24, 2024 by Erin Brenner | Leave a Comment

I love data. And maybe because my first jobs involved punching a clock, I’m really good at tracking my time. But many freelance editors I talk with don’t track their time. Tracking hours takes effort. If you’re not billing per hour, why bother? To that I would reply, Would you rather earn $20 an hour […]

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