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Lucy Payette

January Is Mentoring Month: How Are We Doing?

janvier 25, 2022 by Lucy Payette | 4 commentaires sur January Is Mentoring Month: How Are We Doing?

In a nod to mentoring month, a movement formally recognized in the U.S. and gaining traction in Canada, let’s reflect on mentoring in the editing industry. Much has been written about mentoring in The Editors’ Weekly over the years, including the most recent post by Jennifer D. Foster on the benefits of mentorship, stories of […]

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Becky Heaman

Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Maxie Bai Martin

janvier 18, 2022 by Becky Heaman

The Editors Canada student relations committee completed a series of interviews with Editors Canada award winners. Each month, we’ll bring you the highlights of our interviews in the hopes that those featured may inspire student editors beginning their careers, as well as editors who are already established. This month, Becky Heaman shared the committee’s interview with […]

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Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Iva Cheung

Décembre 14, 2021 by Becky Heaman | Un commentaire sur Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Iva Cheung

The Editors Canada student relations committee completed a series of interviews with Editors Canada award winners. Each month, we’ll bring you the highlights of our interviews in the hopes that those featured may inspire student editors beginning their careers, as well as editors who are already established. This month, Becky Heaman shared the committee’s interview […]

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Amanda Goldrick-Jones

The Student Affiliate Book Club Gets Subversive

Décembre 7, 2021 by Amanda Goldrick-Jones

The brand-new student affiliate book club chose Carol Fisher Saller’s The Subversive Copy Editor (2nd edition, 2016) as its first book for discussion. We were intensely curious — especially those in the club who are early-career editors — about what “subversive” editing meant. In October, we met online to review “Part 1: Working with the […]

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Jennifer D. Foster

The Benefits of Mentorship

novembre 23, 2021 by Jennifer D. Foster

Being a freelance editor and writer is — more often than not — a solo experience, and participating in mentorships can help ease the sense of isolation many of us experience. That’s one of the reasons I became a mentor a decade ago. I’ve been mentoring novice and/or transitioning editors via Editors Canada since 2012, […]

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S. Robin Larin

Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Cathy McPhalen

novembre 9, 2021 by S. Robin Larin

The Editors Canada student relations committee recently completed a series of interviews with Editors Canada award winners. Each month, we’ll bring you the highlights of our interviews in the hopes that those featured may inspire student editors beginning their careers, as well as editors who are already established. This month, S. Robin Larin shares the […]

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Tanya Mykhaylychenko

How to Offer Your Authors Positive Feedback

octobre 5, 2021 by Tanya Mykhaylychenko | Un commentaire sur How to Offer Your Authors Positive Feedback

Recognizing and affirming your clients’ strengths is one of the best ways to create a collaborative partnership, encourage their learning and boost their confidence. This comes in especially handy if you work with ESL authors, job seekers, new authors or anyone who is entering a new genre or role. Trusting their text or important document […]

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Becky Heaman

Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Mary Rykov

septembre 28, 2021 by Becky Heaman

The Editors Canada student relations committee recently completed a series of interviews with Editors Canada award winners. Each month, we’ll bring you the highlights of our interviews in the hopes that those featured may inspire student editors beginning their careers, as well as editors who are already established. This month, Becky Heaman shares the committee’s […]

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S. Robin Larin

Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with James Harbeck

août 17, 2021 by S. Robin Larin | 5 commentaires sur Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with James Harbeck

The Editors Canada student relations committee recently completed a series of interviews with Editors Canada award winners. Each month, we’ll bring you the highlights of our interviews in the hopes that those featured may inspire student editors beginning their careers, as well as editors who are already established. This month, S. Robin Larin shares the committee’s interview with […]

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Maggie Clark

A Day in the Life of a Content Marketing Specialist: Maggie Clark

août 3, 2021 by Maggie Clark

Writing and editing career paths can take many directions. In this “day-in-the-life” series, experienced professionals share their personal experiences in various roles related to writing, editing and communications. If you’re interested in writing a post for this series, please email The Editors’ Weekly. What is your job? I’m part of Kryton International Inc.’s marketing department, […]

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Becky Heaman

Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Amanda Lewis

juillet 13, 2021 by Becky Heaman

The Editors Canada student relations committee recently completed a series of interviews with Editors Canada award winners. Each month, we’ll bring you the highlights of our interviews in the hopes that those featured may inspire student editors beginning their careers, as well as editors who are already established. Amanda Lewis (Vancouver, British Columbia) received the […]

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S. Robin Larin

Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Margo LaPierre

juin 15, 2021 by S. Robin Larin | 2 commentaires sur Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Margo LaPierre

The Editors Canada student relations committee recently completed a series of interviews with Editors Canada award winners. Each month, we’ll bring you the highlights of our interviews in the hopes that those featured may inspire student editors beginning their careers, as well as editors who are already established. Margo LaPierre was the winner of the 2019 Claudette Upton […]

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Natalia Iwanek

Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Donna L. Dawson

avril 13, 2021 by Natalia Iwanek | Un commentaire sur Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Donna L. Dawson

The Editors Canada student relations committee recently completed a series of interviews with Editors Canada award winners. Each month, we’ll bring you the highlights of our interviews in the hopes that those featured may inspire student editors beginning their careers, as well as editors who are already established. Donna L. Dawson is the winner of […]

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Ilana Reimer

Editors’ Facebook Groups

février 2, 2021 by Ilana Reimer | 2 commentaires sur Editors’ Facebook Groups

I tend to be skeptical of the value of Facebook groups and reticent to invest time in them. But it turns out, I have nothing against Facebook groups. I just needed to find the right ones. I needed to discover the internet havens where editors can show their true colours without fear. In the early […]

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Louise Harnby

Listen Up! The Opportunity in Audio

septembre 22, 2020 by Louise Harnby | 2 commentaires sur Listen Up! The Opportunity in Audio

Audio content has never been more popular. Publishers recognize this; so do independent authors. Here’s a list of tips and tools for freelance editors who’d like to introduce audio content into their business workflow and amplify their editorial voices — literally! 5 advantages of audio Audio takes up less bandwidth than video. It’s therefore more […]

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Jake Poinier

Jake Poinier: An Editor’s Top 3

juillet 28, 2020 by Jake Poinier | 4 commentaires sur Jake Poinier: An Editor’s Top 3

In this series, experienced editors reflect on their Top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. Jake Poinier is a freelance editor in Phoenix, Ariz., with 31 years’ experience in the publishing industry. He specializes in business copywriting, ghostwriting and non-fiction book editing, and blogs about freelancing business topics at DoctorFreelance.com. Jake is […]

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Louise Harnby

Louise Harnby: An Editor’s Top 3

mars 10, 2020 by Louise Harnby | 2 commentaires sur Louise Harnby: An Editor’s Top 3

In this series, experienced editors reflect on their Top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. Louise Harnby is a line editor, copyeditor and proofreader who specializes in working with independent authors of commercial fiction, particularly crime, thriller and mystery writers. She is an Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing […]

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