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WFB: Working from Boat

November 3, 2022 by Merel Elsinga | 4 Comments on WFB: Working from Boat

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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Do Freelance Editors Know How to Work at Home?

September 1, 2020 by Anita Jenkins | 11 Comments on Do Freelance Editors Know How to Work at Home?

Many thousands of office employees who were forced to work from home because of COVID-19 will continue to do so. Only 36 per cent of Canadians anticipate returning to their “place of work” when the pandemic subsides, according to an Angus Reid study. Freelance editors have been working from home for years and, by and […]

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Transitioning Between the Home and the Home Office

June 2, 2020 by Jasmine Peteran | 4 Comments on Transitioning Between the Home and the Home Office

Amid all the Zoom calls and email threads, I sit in my makeshift home office staring at the dust collecting on the windowsill. We’ve entered into uncharted territory, yet every day looks the same. I started my career with a love of language, of words and of writing, but over the last few weeks these […]

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Special Feature: Keep Busy While Self-Isolating

March 26, 2020 by Anna Williams | 2 Comments on Special Feature: Keep Busy While Self-Isolating

Is self-isolation and social distancing taking a toll? Here is a list of ideas to keep you busy: Creative Writing Stretch those creative muscles! Get inspired with some writing prompts below: The Writer’s Digest The Write Practice New York Times Online Libraries Libraries already have vast online resources, and many of them are extending due […]

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Asking for Help: Lessons from Toddlerhood

March 3, 2020 by Marianne Grier | 3 Comments on Asking for Help: Lessons from Toddlerhood

My two-and-a-half-year-old daughter has been asking for help since the day she was born. She first expressed herself, as babies do, with simple cries that left much to interpretation. Her expressions progressed from “Help!” to “Mama, please could you help me with ___.” While she clearly values doing certain things by herself, she has never […]

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Basic Tools for Productive Editing

April 19, 2016 by Paul Cipywnyk | 1 Comment on Basic Tools for Productive Editing

Your computer set-up can determine whether you have a smooth editing experience or suffer headache after IT-related headache, so let’s look at some of the tools that help editors succeed. Hardware Buy a computer with lots of memory (RAM), a minimum of 8 GB and preferably 16 GB. Having lots of memory enables you to keep many […]

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