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Thinking About Grant Editing Services? This Book Could Help

Thursday March 12, 2026

In April, the academic editing book club will meet online to discuss The Grant Writing Guide by Betty Lai. This book club is run by the Academic Editing Special Interest Group (SIG), a collaboration of Editors Canada and the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA). Picking up The Grant Writing Guide At a time when freelancers compete […]

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Jessica de Bruyn

Carving Out Your Place in Editing

Thursday April 16, 2026

I think we have all heard the adage that every writer’s path to publishing is unique. But the more I work as an editor, and the more I meet fellow editors, the more I realize that we are similarly singular in how we all found our way into the world of words. There are those […]

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Cathy McPhalen

Editing Niches: Grant Applications in Scientific Research

Tuesday January 31, 2017

Cynics call it science fiction — the planned research that is described in applications for scientific grants. But I love good science fiction, and I love reading the amazing research stories of these scientists. Luckily, more researchers are appreciating good editing in the increasingly fierce competition for research funding. What kinds of editing do researchers […]

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Anna Williams

Happy Holidays and Year in Review

Tuesday December 18, 2018

It’s time for our Year in Review! Check out our list of posts from 2018 and tell us your favourites in the comments. Have you ever thought of writing an article for the Editors’ Weekly? We’re looking for articles on the following topics: How you got started as an editor Events you’ve attended, such as […]

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Virginia St-Denis

Career Builder: An Action Plan for New Editors

Tuesday May 12, 2020

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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Mary Rykov

Reflections on Mentorship

Tuesday August 16, 2022

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. — Lao Tzu The mentor role is ancient and storied. Mentor, in Homer’s Odyssey, is the friend of Odysseus who tutors Telemachus, Odysseus’s son. Athena, disguised as Mentor, steers young Telemachus’s search for his father. Those ancient Greeks did spin good yarns. Here I explore the […]

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Cathy McPhalen

A New Gathering Place for Academic Editors

Tuesday September 20, 2022

Editors Canada is launching a special interest group for freelance and in-house editors who work with academic clients: individual researchers, universities, students or academic journals and publishers. The vision for this virtual group is to provide a space to discuss themes and share information around editing in academic realms. Our academic clients need editors more […]

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Jill Walters

Staying Connected through StetPets

Thursday July 25, 2024

Who doesn’t enjoy an adorable animal photo every now and then? For many editors, it’s fun to get a glimpse into the everyday lives of colleagues we interact with online but might not get to see in person — especially when that glimpse includes a cat on a keyboard or a dog eager for a […]

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Gaby Balan

L’Hebdomadaire des réviseurs Welcomes a New Managing Editor

Thursday January 9, 2025

Happy New Year, readers! If your New Year’s resolution includes doing some professional development en français, you’re in luck! The French-language “sister site” to The Editors’ Weekly will be rolling out more content in 2025, so make sure you’re subscribed to posts at l’Hebdomadaire des réviseurs. In the meantime, we invite you to get to […]

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Laura Bontje

A New Season for The Editors’ Weekly

Thursday June 19, 2025

In 2020, a pandemic furlough prompted me to launch the editing business I’d been researching for some time. By spring 2021, I’d handed in my notice and embraced full-time freelancing. Weeks later, I accepted a volunteer role with The Editors’ Weekly. So in many ways, my time with the blog — first as proofreader, then […]

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