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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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Monica Laane-Fralick proofreading

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Kelly Schrank

Upgrade Your Editing Checklists

Thursday April 23, 2026

Many editors use checklists, but if you’re looking to make an upgrade , consider coming to my session, Build Better Checklists for Your Editing Tasks, at the Editors Canada conference in May. I’ll be discussing how using comprehensive checklists for your editing tasks can transform your workday! Basic versus comprehensive checklists Checklists are everywhere. Search […]

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Maggie Clark

A Day in the Life of a Content Marketing Specialist: Maggie Clark

Tuesday August 3, 2021

Writing and editing career paths can take many directions. In this “day-in-the-life” series, experienced professionals share their personal experiences in various roles related to writing, editing and communications. If you’re interested in writing a post for this series, please email The Editors’ Weekly. What is your job? I’m part of Kryton International Inc.’s marketing department, […]

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S. Robin Larin

Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Cathy McPhalen

Tuesday November 9, 2021

The Editors Canada student relations committee recently completed a series of interviews with Editors Canada award winners. Each month, we’ll bring you the highlights of our interviews in the hopes that those featured may inspire student editors beginning their careers, as well as editors who are already established. This month, S. Robin Larin shares the […]

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Brenna Bailey-Davies

Four Tips for Editing Sex Scenes

Thursday June 6, 2024

No matter what genre of fiction you’re editing, you could come across a story that contains a sex scene. So let’s talk about what to look for when editing something spicy. As always, approach the edits with care and compassion. Writing is a vulnerable process, and many writers feel even more self-conscious about sex scenes. […]

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Jennie Seitz

The Effects of AI on Academic Editing

Thursday June 20, 2024

OpenAI announced on May 13, 2024, that their new model, ChatGPT-4o — which, at its highest level, now appears to be capable of conversations almost indiscernible from those with a human — is now being made available to all users for free (with limitations). Given that ChatGPT already has over 100 million users per week, […]

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Emily Doucet

Emily Doucet on the Editing of Art

Thursday February 12, 2026

Welcome to a new series about arts and art history editing. In this post we’ll meet Emily Doucet and learn about her experience editing art and art history texts. How did you enter the field of arts/art history editing? I did a PhD in art history and have published art criticism over the years. In […]

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