For this year’s Claudette Upton Scholarship, my fellow judges — Lenore Hietkamp and David Johansen — and I selected as our question for nominees’ reflection, “How might kindness be part of the editor’s career?” We chose this question for a number of reasons: our own current thinking about our business …
In March, the Canadian Labour Congress released findings from a national survey on workplace harassment. It was the first of its kind …
Editing a first-time author calls for a blend of sharp-eyed clarity, cheerleading and hand-holding. What if the author is also an editor? …
Tanya Mykhaylychenko, a regular contributor to The Editors’ Weekly, grew up in Ukraine and witnessed the first weeks of the war in …
Past, Present and Future — One Editor’s Perspective This is the final post in a three-part series about my thoughts and experiences …
In this series, experienced editors reflect on their Top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. Amy J. Schneider has …
Jen Campbell is a bestselling author, award-winning poet and disability advocate. She has written 10 books for children and adults, spanning nonfiction, …
The pandemic has tested our mental health time and again and taken it to its limits. It has also led to more …
Lorina Stephens didn’t start her career in writing and publishing. She has been a manager and bookkeeper for companies as diverse as …
A lot of creative professionals become freelancers because it gives them the freedom to work on projects they enjoy, make their own …