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Attending Conferences at Home and Abroad? Aye!

Tuesday July 11, 2017

For editors, industry conferences are like chicken soup for the soul. Editing can be a lonely profession, but combining learning with camaraderie is a spirit-boosting elixir. Many of us are still brimming with ideas and newfound confidence following June’s 2017 Editors Canada conference in Gatineau. Such learning and networking need not stop with membership in […]

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Marianne Grier

Comfort Zones

Tuesday November 14, 2017

This past August, the much-anticipated arrival of my Chicago Manual of Style v. 17 was overshadowed by the arrival of my first child. My due-in-September baby decided she was more Leo than Virgo, and made her appearance in the world a month early. Her little body wasn’t quite prepared for the outside world, and we […]

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Katharine O'Moore-Klopf

Editorial Self-Care: Managing Life Changes

Tuesday April 2, 2019

As editors, we tend to comfort ourselves by thinking that we have everything under control, because what is editing? It’s controlling the words. But control is an illusion. Style guides change. Our lives change. Life changes greatly affect the quality of our editing and our lives. What life changes might you expect? Your financial situation […]

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Jasmine Peteran

Book Review: Networking for Freelance Editors

Tuesday February 8, 2022

For many of us out here in the freelance world, networking can feel like a chore. But Networking for Freelance Editors: Practical Strategies for Networking Success taught me two key things that turned a chore into a worthwhile challenge. For starters, activities I’m already doing willingly and regularly can become effective networking tactics with the […]

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Alexa Tanen

Tips for Editors New to Horror

Thursday October 31, 2024

In honour of the final day of spooky season, here are some great tips for editors who want to explore the haunting world of horror literature. Focus on atmosphere The setting is important in every story, but more so for horror. It’s quite hard to scare readers, so authors must rely heavily on the ambience, […]

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Nicola Aquino

Editors Need Emergency Plans

Thursday February 13, 2025

This post has been adapted from a presentation for the Editors’ Vine, a virtual group for Editors Canada members who face barriers to participation in face-to-face branch or twig meetings. Since everyone’s business needs are different, we recommend that you review your emergency plans with your financial and legal advisors. Most of us have at […]

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Sheryl Coe

Why Academic Editors Should Read Getting It Published

Thursday May 15, 2025

On June 6, the academic editing book club will discuss the book Getting It Published, Third Edition: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books, by William Germano. This book club is run by the Academic Editing Special Interest Group, a collaboration of Editors Canada and the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA). You might […]

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Tracey Anderson

Editing the Work of Writers Whose First Language Isn’t English

Tuesday March 7, 2017

Canada is a kaleidoscope of cultures and languages from around the world. As the number of residents whose native language isn’t English increases, the need for editors who can edit their writing effectively and sensitively grows, too. Before my editing career began, I taught English as a second language for over 15 years in China, […]

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Anna Williams

PerfectIt for Mac

Tuesday June 26, 2018

As a Mac user, I’ve often read Twitter and Facebook feeds enviously where other editors enthused about Intelligent Editing’s proofreading software, PerfectIt. Adrienne Montgomerie’s review of PerfectIt 3 in 2015 particularly made me drool. Well, my drooling days are over! Intelligent Editing has just released PerfectIt Cloud, the first version of PerfectIt available for Mac […]

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Adebe DeRango-Adem

One Year Later, Much Work Yet to Be Done: Questions to Guide Next Steps in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Tuesday May 25, 2021

Just over a decade ago, when I was an intern with Colorlines magazine (now Race Forward), my main task was to help build the framework for “Drop the I-Word” — a campaign to change journalistic copy-editing conventions across the U.S. We sought to have The Associated Press (AP) and news outlets cease using the word […]

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