THE EDITORS' WEEKLY

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Anna Williams

Letter From the Editor: Passing on the Torch

June 25, 2020 by Anna Williams | 12 Comments on Letter From the Editor: Passing on the Torch

It’s been my pleasure to be the managing editor of The Editors’ Weekly since 2013, when the blog was just a year old. This month I’ll be stepping down from the position and handing the reins over to Lucy Payette. It’s been a rewarding journey, and I’m excited to see what the next phase of […]

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James Harbeck

The Performance of a Text

June 23, 2020 by James Harbeck | 3 Comments on The Performance of a Text

If someone says, “How about some music,” and you say, “Sure — Beethoven’s Fifth?” do you think they’ll be happy if you just hand them a printed copy of the score? A musical score is intended to be performed, and you don’t have a performance without musicians, a conductor, and the stage and lighting crew. […]

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Tanya Mykhaylychenko

Editorial Cover Letters

June 16, 2020 by Tanya Mykhaylychenko | 6 Comments on Editorial Cover Letters

When you apply online as an editor or initiate contact with potential employers through cold emails, your ability to draft a crisp and engaging cover letter comes in handy. While your resumé informs your reader about your career history and specific projects you worked on, a cover letter aims to persuade. In a cover letter, […]

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Aaron Dalton

Empirical Editors: Fluency

June 9, 2020 by Aaron Dalton | 4 Comments on Empirical Editors: Fluency

This article is part of a series that looks at lessons one can draw from some of the research collected in Aaron Dalton’s “Empirical Research for Editors” list.  “Fluency” refers to how easy or difficult it is to do or process something. I interpret the science in this area through the lens of plain language, […]

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Jasmine Peteran

Transitioning Between the Home and the Home Office

June 2, 2020 by Jasmine Peteran | 4 Comments on Transitioning Between the Home and the Home Office

Amid all the Zoom calls and email threads, I sit in my makeshift home office staring at the dust collecting on the windowsill. We’ve entered into uncharted territory, yet every day looks the same. I started my career with a love of language, of words and of writing, but over the last few weeks these […]

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Carla DeSantis

Reading on a Deadline

May 26, 2020 by Carla DeSantis | 19 Comments on Reading on a Deadline

I still yearn for my Summer of Reading. It was the summer after grade 8 — that awkward age when you are too young for a job, too old for some camps — and I had the now-longed-for luxury of time. I consumed a large number of books — some classics, some popular YA choices. […]

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General EAC Marianne Grier

My COVID-19 Life Edit

May 19, 2020 by Marianne Grier | 11 Comments on My COVID-19 Life Edit

Since COVID-19 came to B.C., I’ve gone through an involuntary life edit. Things have proceeded like any full edit (though let’s skip the proofread for now, shall we?). The first changes were sweeping, dramatic and structural as we paused daycare, moved to working mostly from home and navigating meetings around a toddler, and stopped frequenting […]

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Virginia St-Denis

Career Builder: An Action Plan for New Editors

May 12, 2020 by Virginia St-Denis | 2 Comments on Career Builder: An Action Plan for New Editors

A new free resource is available to help you build your new editing career. Experienced editors can use it for giving advice to would-be editors. Launching a successful career just became a little easier for would-be editors, students and novice editors. The Career Builder provides valuable information to guide you through creating your personalized action […]

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Gael Spivak

Gael Spivak: An Editor’s Top 3

May 5, 2020 by Gael Spivak | Leave a Comment

In this series, experienced editors reflect on their Top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. Gael Spivak works in communications for the Government of Canada, where she specializes in plain language writing and editing. An editor for 13 years, Gael has worked on topics that include food safety and food labelling, biotechnology, […]

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Barbara McClintock

The Language of Political Commentary: From Nadir to Zenith

April 28, 2020 by Barbara McClintock | 2 Comments on The Language of Political Commentary: From Nadir to Zenith

Jean-Paul Sartre, author of Huis Clos, wrote L’enfer, c’est les autres (Hell is other people). Maybe that’s true in a pandemic. However, in this period of social distancing and self-isolation, we still have the luxury of reading. In particular, I’m rereading the excellent book titled The Mother Tongue – English and How It Got That […]

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