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Laura Bontje

Book Recommendations for Editors

novembre 30, 2023 by Laura Bontje | 4 commentaires sur Book Recommendations for Editors

As winter holidays approach, it’s a great time to start thinking about books! This year, we asked the student affiliate Facebook group and the Editors’ Weekly blog team for their book recommendations for editors. Whether you’re looking for a literary gift for the editor in your life or planning to curl up with some reading […]

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Michelle Noble

How to Build an Editing Website

août 3, 2023 by Michelle Noble | 5 commentaires sur How to Build an Editing Website

Editors who are starting in the field these days are generally expected to have a web presence, but what should that entail? Is an editing website necessary? And what is the best approach to creating one?  The Editors Canada student relations committee recently hosted a discussion series in the student affiliate Facebook group to gather […]

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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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Claire Majors Letitia Henville

“Meet Your Future Self”: Helping Student Editors Network

août 10, 2021 by Claire Majors

Over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic and its accompanying labour market turmoil, Editors BC brought together students and experienced editors for an informal evening of conversation and relationship-building. The Zoom get-together was described by participants as a “valuable and inspiring event” that gave student editors “some clear ideas for moving forward” while allowing experienced […]

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Becky Noelle

Feeling lost in the editing crowd? Join the student affiliates!

juin 29, 2021 by Becky Noelle | 5 commentaires sur Feeling lost in the editing crowd? Join the student affiliates!

Soon after joining Editors Canada in 2019, I attended the annual conference in Halifax. I felt both excited and anxious to be spending the weekend meeting other editors. My fellow student affiliates were some of the first people I met and connected with at the conference. It was reassuring to meet others at a similar […]

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Natalia Iwanek

Making the Shift from Student to Freelance Editor

mars 31, 2020 by Natalia Iwanek | 6 commentaires sur Making the Shift from Student to Freelance Editor

For novice editors, the transitional year from student to editor is often both remarkable and overwhelming. No amount of experience and education can prepare you for the phenomenon of imposter syndrome, the tendency to undervalue your work, and the persistent fear of failure. Above all, nothing quite prepares you for that first difficult client. Although […]

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Lindsay Vermeulen

One Step at a Time: Journey to a Dream Job

octobre 23, 2018 by Lindsay Vermeulen | 10 commentaires sur One Step at a Time: Journey to a Dream Job

I was shepherded to my first Editors BC meeting by the editing instructor from my publishing diploma, who suggested I join Editors Canada. Maybe “suggested” isn’t the right word — when she heard I hadn’t joined yet, she had the college pay my student affiliate fee, told me which meeting we were attending and went […]

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