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Tracey Anderson

Freeing Myself from the Freelancer Title

Tuesday November 19, 2019

“Are you a freelancer?” My answer to that question has changed over the course of my career. When I first started editing, I edited learning modules for apprenticeship trades in house at a polytechnic institution. I also wrote freelance projects for newspapers and magazines during evenings and weekends. I loved writing, but it was not […]

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Networking, introverts and squirrels

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Networking, Introverts and Squirrels

Tuesday January 21, 2020

I used to think I didn’t like networking because I detest small talk and won’t walk into a room of people all by myself. But a few conversations and experiences changed my mind. Connections A friend told me that I’m one of the best networkers she knows. This caught my attention, especially since this friend […]

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Rhonda Kronyk, Writing and Editing Consultant

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Indigenous Voices: An Interview with Rhonda Kronyk

Tuesday July 7, 2020

Rhonda is a settler/Dene research, writing and editing consultant. She is dedicated to increasing the inclusion of underrepresented communities in Canadian literature. A founding member of the Indigenous Editors Association, she specializes in editing manuscripts by and about Indigenous Peoples. As editor of Write, The Writers’ Union of Canada magazine, she approaches her work from […]

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Suzanne Bowness

Learnings from LinkedIn: Optimize for Success

Tuesday October 27, 2020

As I write this, I’m in the midst of marking 80 LinkedIn profiles. You read that right: in both of my online writing courses this term, I’ve assigned LinkedIn profiles as task number one. That’s how important I think they are to students embarking on a new career path. Part public resumé, part networking channel, […]

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WFB: Working from Boat

Thursday November 3, 2022

I am not only an editor, but also a sailing aficionado. To support my passion, my husband and I cruise through the BC waters on our sailboat Andiamo! for weeks at a time—more weeks than a person would have holidays. My aim is to make the transition from home office to boat office seamless. The […]

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Illustration of five people adding charts and graphs to an enormous book. One person stands on the ground, one uses a ladder, one sits atop the book, one stands on a graph on the page, and one stands on a stack of other books so they can bring the graphs down like artwork on cables.

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Document Prep Tips from a Book Designer

Thursday June 15, 2023

After a book has been professionally copy edited, a book designer will begin the layout. My goal is to help you, your self-publishing clients and their book designers work smarter, not harder. I often say, “It’s not the doing but the re-doing that costs.” More than just money, re-work costs us the most valuable asset […]

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Suzanne Bowness

Suzanne Bowness: An Editor’s Top 3

Thursday May 2, 2024

In this series, experienced editors reflect on their Top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. Suzanne Bowness is a writer, editor and communications consultant. She has written for publications from The Globe and Mail to University Affairs magazine. Since 2002, she has provided content creation, editing and consulting services to corporate clients through […]

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Catalogue Editing: Three Tips for Success

Thursday November 21, 2024

Holiday catalogues are hitting your mailbox and online gift guides are popping up across your social media feeds. Who’s behind those publications, making sure prices are up to date, product names are accurate and merchandise pictures match the copy? It’s an editor, of course. Here are some tips for ensuring your catalogue is error-free: Create […]

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Up the Creek: Extreme Editing Solutions

Thursday February 27, 2025

Sometimes, we are editing “up the creek”: we have taken on too much work, neglected a deadline or otherwise wound up under pressure to produce a large amount of work in a very short time. When you’re way up that creek and your paddle is far behind you, you may have to forge a new […]

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Zanne Klingenberg

Get to Know Your New Blog Team: Zanne Klingenberg

Thursday August 28, 2025

This week, meet Zanne Klingenberg, managing editor, in our third and final post in our mini-series introducing the new editorial board at The Editors’ Weekly! What kind of editing work do you do? I like variety in my work! Having clients from a variety of industries and working on different stages of a document keeps […]

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