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Janet MacMillan

La Rentrée

September 18, 2025 by Janet MacMillan | 2 Comments on La Rentrée

The French language has a wonderful word for this time of year: la rentrée.  Re-entering, not returning, not back to. The potential of the future. The potential to change and to have changed. The potential to develop and to learn new things. To approach things, both professional and personal, in a different way. To see […]

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Michelle Meade

From In-House to Freelance: How Editing Changes When You Leave the Building

September 11, 2025 by Michelle Meade | 2 Comments on From In-House to Freelance: How Editing Changes When You Leave the Building

When I first moved from in-house editing to freelancing, I assumed the work would feel about the same — editing is editing, isn’t it? I quickly learned I was wrong. The foundation is the same, but almost everything else shifts: the writers you collaborate with, the expectations on your time and even the way you […]

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Shane Mulligan

Why Academic Editors Should Read Thing Explainer

September 4, 2025 by Shane Mulligan | Leave a Comment

In November, the academic editing book club will meet online to discuss Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe of xkcd. This book club is run by the Academic Editing Special Interest Group (SIG), a collaboration of Editors Canada and the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA). Francis Crick said his copy of The Children’s Encyclopaedia influenced him more […]

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Zanne Klingenberg

Get to Know Your New Blog Team: Zanne Klingenberg

August 28, 2025 by Zanne Klingenberg | 2 Comments on Get to Know Your New Blog Team: Zanne Klingenberg

This week, meet Zanne Klingenberg, managing editor, in our third and final post in our mini-series introducing the new editorial board at The Editors’ Weekly! What kind of editing work do you do? I like variety in my work! Having clients from a variety of industries and working on different stages of a document keeps […]

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Sayali Dighe

Get to Know Your New Blog Team: Sayali Dighe

August 21, 2025 by Sayali Dighe | 1 Comment on Get to Know Your New Blog Team: Sayali Dighe

This week, meet Sayali Dighe as we continue our mini-series introducing the new editorial board at The Editors’ Weekly!  What kind of editing work do you do?  My full-time work is as a technical writer, so my days usually involve more writing than editing, but I also spend some of my time proofreading, creating UX […]

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Aalap Trivedi

Get to Know Your New Blog Team: Aalap Trivedi

August 14, 2025 by Aalap Trivedi | 1 Comment on Get to Know Your New Blog Team: Aalap Trivedi

Welcome to our mini-series introducing the new editorial board at The Editors’ Weekly! This week, meet Aalap Trivedi. What kind of editing work do you do?  In my full-time job, I edit textbooks and learning materials for the skilled trades. In my editing business, I work on curriculum documents, research reports, scholarly papers and book […]

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Laura Bontje

Welcome to the Grammar Table

August 7, 2025 by Laura Bontje | 1 Comment on Welcome to the Grammar Table

Look carefully along the streets of New York City and you might be lucky enough to spot the iconic turquoise sign and the grinning grammarian. At the Grammar Table, Ellen Jovin invites passersby to ask questions, resolve their “semicolonphobia” or simply vent about grammar. On a 2023 trip to NYC, I was lucky enough to […]

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Zanne Klingenberg

A Short Summer Hiatus

July 17, 2025 by Zanne Klingenberg | 2 Comments on A Short Summer Hiatus

Happy summer! In this time of sun, vacations and out-of-office notifications, The Editors’ Weekly is taking some time off to transition to our new editorial board. Aalap, Sayali and I are excited to start this new chapter for the blog. The short hiatus will allow us time for onboarding and restructuring as we prepare to […]

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E. Alex Crawley

Why Academic Editors Should Read The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors

July 10, 2025 by E. Alex Crawley | Leave a Comment

In September, the academic editing book club will host author Erin Brenner for a 60-minute Q&A about The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors. This book club is run by the Academic Editing Special Interest Group, a collaboration of Editors Canada and the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA). During my University of Washington Certificate in Editing, my […]

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Holly Vestad Yuxuan Francis Liu

We Ask a Book Coach: Part 3

July 3, 2025 by Yuxuan Francis Liu | 2 Comments on We Ask a Book Coach: Part 3

In part one, Holly opened this series by exploring how book coaching differs from editing (from the perspective of an editor curious about expanding their offerings). In part two, I introduced the conversation from a writer’s standpoint.  In this final part of the book coaching series, we have asked the book coaches to offer their […]

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