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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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E. Alex Crawley

Why Academic Editors Should Read The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors

Thursday July 10, 2025

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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Standards at Work: Fiction Editing

Tuesday October 2, 2018

Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards (PES) describe the responsibilities of an editor. The scope of PES is broad; this series explores how the standards apply to a variety of editing contexts. Karen Conlin is a freelance editor specializing in speculative fiction and young adult fiction (YA). She does structural, stylistic and copy editing, mostly for […]

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Laura Bontje

Freelancing While Parenting Young Kids

Thursday May 25, 2023

Laura will be co-presenting “Introduction to Picture Book Editing” at Editors 23: Editors in Real Life, taking place from June 17 to 18 at Toronto Metropolitan University. Conference registration is limited, so reserve your spot now! Do you want to know the trick to keeping it together when freelancing with young kids? So do I. […]

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S. Robin Larin

Why I Chose to Join a Professional Editing Association

Thursday July 20, 2023

Like many freelance editors, I’m an independent introvert. I prefer a private working environment, forming my own definitions of my editing services and working alone to my own schedule (with regular reminders of break times by my feline editorial assistants). So you’d think I’d turn up my nose at the idea of any need to […]

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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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Monica Laane-Fralick

The Editors’ Weekly Welcomes a New Proofreader

Thursday May 8, 2025

Correcting typos, checking links, formatting headings, selecting images, drafting social media posts, uploading content … these are just a few of the ways that the proofreader and social media contributor helps The Editors’ Weekly arrive in your inbox, ready to read. At the end of 2024, proofreader Kay Pettigrew wrapped up her term with the […]

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