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Letitia Henville

How I’m Hiring a Student to Support My Freelance Editing Business

Tuesday December 8, 2020

I’ve never been happy with the look of my website, shortishard.ca. Yet, I’ve never needed to update it, because I get all my work through referrals, word of mouth or my monthly column, Ask Dr Editor. In 2021, though, things are going to change: I’m hiring an undergraduate student to make my website finally look […]

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Developing the Next Generation of Canadian Readers

Tuesday February 16, 2021

My son’s middle-school language arts teacher initiated a reading project earlier this year. The task was simple: choose a book to read with an adult and talk about it. I’m on board with the assignment. Despite my efforts, there are a few entertainment systems vying for my son’s attention. When he chose me as the […]

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Letter From the Editor

Tuesday August 24, 2021

Dear Readers, The Editors’ Weekly is on hiatus this week. In the meantime, we hope this post finds you healthy and well this summer. Please let us know if there are topics you’d like to see featured or if you would like to contribute. We are always looking for articles about conferences and workshops of […]

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Talking Sh!t: Editing Swear Words

Thursday May 9, 2024

As editors, we think and talk a great deal about words. We analyze words, we move them around, we cross some out and we add others in. When we gather at conferences and meetings across the world, we talk about words and then we come home and frequently read and write about words. But there’s […]

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An Introduction to Proofreading Comics

Thursday May 16, 2024

If you proofread prose books or magazines, working on your first comic book or graphic novel can be intimidating. A lot of your skills are transferable and will serve you well across media types, but some editorial elements are handled differently. Reading comics from a range of genres and publishers will help you get familiar […]

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A Case Study in Content Marketing

Thursday April 9, 2026

I’m a big believer in content marketing. Done well, content marketing can support both your own business and our shared profession, because it shows potential clients what editors do and the wealth of knowledge we hold. When I’ve spoken with other editors about content marketing, I regularly encounter misconceptions: some folks assume it means they […]

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WASTED WORDS: The Editor as Analyst

Saturday November 24, 2012

Wasted Words is a series of musings on language and usage by editor emeritus Wilf Popoff. I find it hard to edit without playing amateur psychologist. Why did the writer do this? Carelessness? Ignorance? Of course it can be either. Compared to editors writers are not as alert, which is why they need us. But […]

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DISPATCHES from an Editorial Intern

Tuesday March 5, 2013

Outside Looking In I decided I wanted to go into publishing in early 2011. It was a good solution to my problems at the time. Problems like why I didn’t want to fill out arduous grad school applications and why I wouldn’t apply to law school (as members of my family fervently hoped I would). […]

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DISPATCHES 3: An Intern’s Survival Guide

Wednesday May 1, 2013

For all the good that comes out of an internship, sometimes being an intern can be tough. Interns are dropped into a completely new environment where everyone has more experience than they do. It’s important that they make a good impression, but, at the same time, interns’ skills are only just developing, and they have […]

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