THE EDITORS' WEEKLY

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Erin Brenner

Erin Brenner: An Editor’s Top 3

September 8, 2020 by Erin Brenner | 2 Comments on Erin Brenner: An Editor’s Top 3

In this series, experienced editors reflect on their Top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. Erin Brenner is an author and an award-winning copywriter who has been running her own business, Right Touch Editing, for more than a decade. Her company specializes in business publishing and indie books related to marketing and […]

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Anita Jenkins

Do Freelance Editors Know How to Work at Home?

September 1, 2020 by Anita Jenkins | 11 Comments on Do Freelance Editors Know How to Work at Home?

Many thousands of office employees who were forced to work from home because of COVID-19 will continue to do so. Only 36 per cent of Canadians anticipate returning to their “place of work” when the pandemic subsides, according to an Angus Reid study. Freelance editors have been working from home for years and, by and […]

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Gael Spivak

Grammar Matters

August 25, 2020 by Gael Spivak | 8 Comments on Grammar Matters

Antecedents and gerunds. En dashes and ellipses. Gripping topics for editors, right? Well, it turns out they’re not gripping for all of us. As one of the admins for the Editors’ Association of Earth groups on Facebook, I read almost every post and comment (one group alone had 310 posts and 5,611 comments in a […]

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Tanya Mykhaylychenko

Online Job Application: A Checklist for Freelancers

August 18, 2020 by Tanya Mykhaylychenko | Leave a Comment

An online job application is similar to a cold call. An employer will evaluate you based on your skills and the ability to match their requirements. To save time preparing your application, you should carefully review your job search plan, read each job description for specific requirements and update your resumé and cover letter accordingly. […]

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Aaron Dalton

Laws of UX

August 11, 2020 by Aaron Dalton | 4 Comments on Laws of UX

UX stands for “user experience.” It’s the discipline that looks at how users navigate (usually digital) interfaces and tries to maximize fluency. In-house editors will often find themselves wearing many hats, especially in smaller organizations. I know I’ve often been asked to edit not just web copy but also text in various IT systems (for […]

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Barbara McClintock

Emergency Linguistics: The Translation of Public Health Information in Emergency Situations

August 4, 2020 by Barbara McClintock | 4 Comments on Emergency Linguistics: The Translation of Public Health Information in Emergency Situations

Every act of communication is an act of translation. Gregory Rabassa, translator of Spanish and Portuguese fiction The translation of public health information is critical in emergency situations, particularly in a country like Canada that welcomes thousands of immigrants every year whose mother tongue is not English or French. A new discipline has been proposed, […]

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Jake Poinier

Jake Poinier: An Editor’s Top 3

July 28, 2020 by Jake Poinier | 4 Comments on Jake Poinier: An Editor’s Top 3

In this series, experienced editors reflect on their Top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. Jake Poinier is a freelance editor in Phoenix, Ariz., with 31 years’ experience in the publishing industry. He specializes in business copywriting, ghostwriting and non-fiction book editing, and blogs about freelancing business topics at DoctorFreelance.com. Jake is […]

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Sangeeta Mehta

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

July 23, 2020 by Sangeeta Mehta | 4 Comments on Three Online Diversity-Focused Writers’ Events to Attend This Summer and Fall

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 and experiences are different from […]

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Frances Peck

Zoom Time

July 21, 2020 by Frances Peck | 6 Comments on Zoom Time

Oh, for those pre-pandemic days when “zoom” was just another word. For me, it mostly conjured up the “zoom-zoom” of that catchy Mazda ad. Once in a while, it was a video platform I used for teaching webinars or meeting authors about book projects. Now it’s a fatigue. In the COVID-19 world, media outlets from […]

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Rosemary Shipton

The Editor’s Letter

July 14, 2020 by Rosemary Shipton | 5 Comments on The Editor’s Letter

The editor’s letter — the first substantive communication you have with a client — is the most important task in any editorial project. It provides the opportunity to give your assessment, raise questions and establish a relationship. If this exchange is successful, the myriad other tasks should follow seamlessly. In this scenario, you’ve been hired […]

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