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Indigenous Editors Circle: Connecting, Collaborating and Celebrating Indigenous Stories

Thursday April 17, 2025

In May 2025, the Indigenous Editors Association (IEA) will welcome 17 Indigenous and 13 non-Indigenous delegates to the first Indigenous Editors Circle since 2017. Foundations of the Indigenous Editors Circle The Circle has a long-standing history. While the first Circle was held in 2014, with subsequent gatherings in 2015 and 2017, its development was preceded […]

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Holly Vestad Yuxuan Francis Liu

We Ask a Book Coach: Part 3

Thursday July 3, 2025

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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Ruth E. Thaler-Carter

Tackling That First Draft: How Editors Can Help Nervous Writers

Thursday September 25, 2025

© Ruth E. Thaler-Carter Coming up with a first draft is a challenge for almost every writer, even those with years of experience and walls full of awards. Few writers can sit down, flex those typing fingers, relax the shoulders and pour out a word-perfect manuscript on the first try. These tips for dealing with […]

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Allison Alexander

Six Tips for Editing Fantasy

Thursday October 9, 2025

Authors often create whole new worlds in fantasy, which can be daunting for editors new to the genre. But the scope and creativity are also why fantasy novels are so much fun to work on. Here are six areas to consider as you dive into editing fantasy fiction. 1. Be familiar with the genre and […]

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Susan Glickman

Poetry Moment: Dear Trees (Part Two)

Thursday February 26, 2026

Conversation with the Author Last week, in our post, Poetry Moment: Dear Trees, , we spoke with Susan Glickman about our trade as editors, client work and questioning the bigger picture. We continue our conversation here in Part Two. Q: From an editorial perspective, what are your thoughts on how the publishing industry can deal […]

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Letitia Henville

The Editor’s Visibility

Thursday May 28, 2026

I’m touched to be the recipient of this year’s Karen Virag Award. I didn’t know Karen personally, but she published often on this blog, and if her 2012 post Grammar Class Wars gives a glimpse of her personality, then I think I would’ve really liked her. It’s a privilege for me to now have my […]

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Keila Gallardo

Describing “The Horrors”

Thursday June 11, 2026

Even though it’s not spooky season yet, many editors may find themselves with a horror manuscript in their hands. If you are editing or writing a story with a monster, describing the monster can be a bit of a problem sometimes. How do you describe the indescribable? Let’s explore how to portray a monster as […]

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Joy Moskovic

Editing Certificate Programs in Canada, Part 1

Thursday July 16, 2026

So, you’ve decided to become an editor, change your niche, or gain more knowledge and improve your skills. Where do you start? Mentorships, volunteering or training offered by professional editors or associations like Editors Canada can all help. In Canada, we’re also fortunate to have many editing and editing-adjacent courses offered by post-secondary institutions. A […]

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Kate Icely

DISPATCHES 6: Are Interns Taken Advantage Of?

Tuesday August 27, 2013

According to my recent articles, internships can be awesome. You get a ton of experience, and getting a job is a snap—all you have to do is follow the steps in my last post. But it’s not always like that. If it were, people wouldn’t complain about internships as much as they do. They’re a […]

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Karen Virag

English can be so two-faced

Tuesday September 17, 2013

My head literally exploded when I read it! What text, you are wondering, could have caused such a messy and bloody scene? (And if my head literally exploded, shouldn’t I be dead?) Well, the text in question was from an article in Salon magazine (August 22, 2013) decrying the Merriam-Webster (MW) Dictionary definition of the word literally to […]

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