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Jasmine Peteran

The New Networking Reality for Students

September 29, 2020 by Jasmine Peteran | Leave a Comment

For students trying to establish themselves as freelance editors, networking is key to success. Now that the fall semester has started, students are dreading the anticipated lack of opportunities with this new post-secondary experience. Networking is central to nearly every professional field, but especially true for those of us who work primarily as freelancers. As […]

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Marianne Grier

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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Gael Spivak

Networking, Introverts and Squirrels

January 21, 2020 by Gael Spivak | 4 Comments on Networking, Introverts and Squirrels

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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Brendan O’Brien

Editors’ Association of Earth has 10,000 members!

October 29, 2019 by Brendan O'Brien | 1 Comment on Editors’ Association of Earth has 10,000 members!

Editors’ Association of Earth (EAE) is a Facebook group set up in February 2013 by Greg Ioannou and others, with the aim of fostering links between editors internationally. On Oct. 17, its membership reached 10,000. It’s a testament to editors around the world that EAE has become so successful. EAE has evolved in an organic […]

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Letitia Henville

Introducing Editor and Poet Margo LaPierre

June 25, 2019 by Letitia Henville | 2 Comments on Introducing Editor and Poet Margo LaPierre

“Everything’s happening at once,” laughs Margo LaPierre, the winner of the 2018 Claudette Upton Scholarship. She’s chatting with me while her husband refuels their car, three-quarters of the way through their 15-hour drive back home to Ottawa after the 2019 Editors Canada Conference in Halifax. A week before finding out the results of the competition, Margo […]

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Brendan O’Brien

Valparaiso

May 14, 2019 by Brendan O'Brien | 12 Comments on Valparaiso

When I was at school, I learned a poem in Irish called ‘Tháinig Long ó Valparaiso’ by Pádraig de Brún (it’s actually a translation of one called ‘The Ship’ by Oliver St John Gogarty, but I didn’t know that then). A ship from Valparaiso came And in the Bay her sails were furled; She brought […]

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Brendan O’Brien

My Network

February 12, 2019 by Brendan O'Brien | Leave a Comment

I went freelance at the start of 1993, working from my house in Dublin. I didn’t have a computer till midway through that year — work arrived at first by courier or in the mail, on paper. I had some reference books and, if I was lucky, a publisher’s style guide to consult. For many […]

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Anita Jenkins

Conferences Are for Everyone

July 10, 2018 by Anita Jenkins | 5 Comments on Conferences Are for Everyone

I had a lot of reasons not to attend the Editors Canada 2018 conference, held in Saskatoon on May 25-27. I was struggling with low energy and caregiving duties (spouse). Also, I have been retired — or at least semi-retired — for a decade. But since Saskatoon is so close to my home in Edmonton […]

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Anita Jenkins

A Promising New Editor

June 12, 2018 by Anita Jenkins | 2 Comments on A Promising New Editor

Letitia Henville of Vancouver, B.C., is the recipient of the Editors Canada 2017 Claudette Upton Scholarship,* which recognizes promising emerging editors. The “promising” part of the description definitely applies to Letitia. The “emerging” part, not so much: she has hit the ground running. Like many editors, Letitia entered the profession in a roundabout way. In […]

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Christina Vasilevski

How Joining an Editorial Association Kickstarted My Career

June 5, 2018 by Christina Vasilevski | 4 Comments on How Joining an Editorial Association Kickstarted My Career

It’s 2008. After graduating from university the year before, I have a soul-sucking job with a company of dubious morals. However, it’s the Great Recession and beggars can’t be choosers. I feel stuck, sad and like I’m drowning. Maybe I should get back into writing, I think. Online, I find out about Ryerson University’s publishing […]

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Marion Soubliere

Attending Conferences at Home and Abroad? Aye!

July 11, 2017 by Marion Soublière | 2 Comments on Attending Conferences at Home and Abroad? Aye!

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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Frances Peck

Introverted Networking: Not an Oxymoron

December 1, 2015 by Frances Peck | 10 Comments on Introverted Networking: Not an Oxymoron

The best party I ever went to was in 1993. I was dating a drummer, and his band mates had invited us to an indoor beach party, their chance to meet the new girlfriend. I was beyond nervous. When the front door opened, we stepped into a gyrating, thumping mass of arms, legs and beer. […]

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