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The Editors’ Weekly in Your Inbox

Monday April 22, 2024

The Editors’ Weekly is available to browse online, but we know many of you enjoy having new posts sent directly to you! When we shifted to a new website this year, our blog subscriptions were inadvertently paused. We’ve corrected what we believe to be the cause behind the scenes, so if you’re an existing subscriber, […]

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Rosemary Shipton

Should Editors Be Able to Write?

Tuesday April 28, 2015

We editors talk at length about different kinds of editing and who does what, and we generally assume that we’re working on a text written by someone else. Together with the author, we massage the content, the structure and the presentation into the best possible shape for its intended readers. But should we also be […]

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Audrey Jamieson

Encouraging Coworkers to See the Benefits of Editing

Thursday March 9, 2023

Working as an in-house editor often means you will be editing the work of untrained writers. You may come across colleagues who don’t want to be writing in the first place, so how do you convince them that your editing services are valuable? Sometimes you can’t. Sometimes people reject edits and say, “Scrap the whole […]

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Derrick Boddie

Essential WordPress Tips for Editors

Thursday January 30, 2025

A thoughtfully designed WordPress site can do wonders for your editing services. It can beautifully reflect your organizational skills, attention to detail and eagerness to collaborate with clients. And the best part? You don’t need to be a tech whiz or have a hefty budget to enhance your online presence. Just concentrate on a few […]

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PES in the Field: Raising (the Topic of) Our Standards

Tuesday February 27, 2018

“I’m talking about making something less boring.” This was feedback from an Editors Canada member on a draft of the latest update to Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards (PES). The 2016 update was a year-long process that incorporated feedback and comments from many members. When a draft of the new text was circulated for final […]

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Laura Bontje

On Editing an Editor: Margaret Kingsbury and Laura Bontje in Conversation

Tuesday June 14, 2022

Editing a first-time author calls for a blend of sharp-eyed clarity, cheerleading and hand-holding. What if the author is also an editor? As part of a series of blog posts featuring conversations between author-editors and their editors, The Editors’ Weekly asked two editors to reflect on their experience of working together as critique partners. Laura […]

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Lucy Payette

Letter From the Editor: Why You Might Want to Consider Contributing to The Editors’ Weekly

Tuesday August 23, 2022

Dear readers, These past two-plus years, I’ve kept good company with authors, publishing leaders, instructors and professors, new and established freelancers, linguistics experts, translators, in-house and niche editors and many more, and most of it during a pandemic. At a time when many were feeling disconnected, I was having weekly conversations with talented contributors and […]

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Lucy Payette

The Editors’ Weekly Welcomes New Editorial Team

Thursday July 6, 2023

Dear readers, We’re so pleased to announce Laura Bontje as the new managing editor of The Editors’ Weekly. A freelance editor in London, Ont., Laura specializes in fiction editing, with a particular focus on children’s literature. She is also the author of the forthcoming picture books Was It a Cat I Saw? (Amicus Ink, 2024) and When the […]

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La composition du CAN : secrétaire et directrice des sections et des ramifications

Thursday November 2, 2023

Voici le troisième texte d’une série d’articles qui décrivent les rôles des membres du Conseil d’administration national (CAN) de Réviseurs Canada. Ils sont rédigés par Heather Buzila et traduits par Suzanne Aubin. Vous pouvez consulter ces articles en anglais. (This series is also available in English.) Veuillez noter que le choix du genre reflète uniquement […]

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E. Prybylski

Embracing Your Needs as a Neurodivergent Editor

Thursday January 18, 2024

Being a late-diagnosed autistic person (who also has ADHD), I spent most of my life feeling like a fish out of water. Things others found simple and easy, I struggled with in ways I couldn’t articulate. Yet other things my peers found difficult, I accomplished with ease. Prior to the realization that I was autistic, […]

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