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Michelle Waitzman

Three Ways Long-term Clients Make Freelancing Less Stressful

Monday April 25, 2022

A lot of creative professionals become freelancers because it gives them the freedom to work on projects they enjoy, make their own schedule and pursue personal goals. But life as a freelancer is stressful for some. Income and schedules can be unpredictable, and finding clients requires constant effort. These stresses can lead to anxiety and […]

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Meaghan Steeves

Uses for a Dictionary (Besides Defining Words)

Thursday October 26, 2023

Ever since I was a kid, I was taught to look up words I didn’t know in the dictionary. I used to think it was because the grown-ups were too busy to explain the meaning (or maybe I was being a pest). But now I can’t help but wonder whether I misjudged their reasons. I […]

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Anne Louise Mahoney

Feeling Scattered or Overwhelmed? Some Tips for Staying Focused

Thursday February 8, 2024

After reading Nicola Aquino’s blog post “Editing in Times of Chaos and Loss,” I’ve been thinking about ways editors can stay focused and motivated when feeling overwhelmed. This could be in times of trial, but also when our energy or mood is low, when there are distractions outside of our control, when the content is […]

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Katherine Morton: An Editor’s Top 3

Thursday March 28, 2024

In this series, experienced editors reflect on their top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. Katherine Morton is an Editors Canada certified copy editor. She has been editing throughout her more than 20-year career and has been freelance editing for the past few years. With a Master of Business Administration and a […]

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Free (or Cheap) Tools for Freelance Editors: Part 3

Thursday August 15, 2024

Back in April, Editors Canada released the revised edition of Professional Editorial Standards, and we noticed the addition of IDEA (inclusivity, diversity, equity and accessibility) concepts. Understanding how language can be biased, coded, inaccessible, harmful or careless is foundational to the work we do as editors. In this final article of our series on free […]

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S. Robin Larin: An Editor’s Top 3

Thursday November 28, 2024

In this series, experienced editors reflect on their top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. S. Robin Larin is an award-winning editor who holds master’s degrees in literature and creative writing and specializes in developmental and line-level editing of fiction. A lifelong logophile, Robin lives in Ontario with two feline editorial assistants […]

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Heather Romanowski

Four Tips for Editing Science Fiction

Thursday January 16, 2025

Science fiction has been around for more than a century and has continued to evolve decade by decade. From Dragonriders of Pern to Gideon the Ninth, there is a robust science fiction industry, which is a lot to take in. It can be pretty daunting to step into a space with so much going on. […]

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Elliott Silverstein

Relational Editing

Thursday June 4, 2026

While there are many different ways to be a writer, writing tends to be understood and represented as a solitary practice. Many writers and non-writers alike have cultivated mental images of the archetypal writer typing away late into the night or in the early morning in an isolated cabin in the middle of the woods. […]

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Seriously, What’s the Problem With Sentence Adverbs? | Linguistics, Frankly

Tuesday September 9, 2014

The English language is a very complex and powerful thing, capable of many nuances and quite resistant to simplistic attempts at tidying it up. Sadly, not everyone realizes that. Worse still, many people take very narrow and inconsistent views, focusing on pet peeves while letting parallel instances of usage pass unnoticed. It’s as though a […]

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