Participating in the editing community is beneficial for editors seeking professional growth and staying current in their field. An editing community offers a direct line to a wealth of collective knowledge, emerging trends and invaluable insights from fellow editors. It provides a platform for engaging in discussions, exchanging ideas, and staying informed about industry standards and best practices.
Advice from Experienced Editors
Amy J. Schneider: An Editor’s Top 3
Amy J. Schneider has been a full-time freelance copy editor and proofreader of fiction and non-fiction and the owner of Featherschneider Editorial Services since 1995. Here, she shares her top three suggestions for editing success.
Distinct from the Online Directory of Editors, the Membership List provides a list of members to other Editors Canada members.
Erin Brenner: An Editor’s Top 3
Erin Brenner is an author and an award-winning copywriter who has been running her own business, Right Touch Editing, for more than a decade. Here are her top three professional tools she can’t work without, and much more.
Gael Spivak: An Editor’s Top 3
Experienced editor Gael Spivak shares her top 3 tools, marketing channels, life-work balance rules, and suggestions for clients/authors and editors.
Admission by experienced editor Gael Spivak that not everyone is interested in grammar, and it’s ok.
Jake Poinier: An Editor’s Top 3
Jake Poinier is a freelance editor in Phoenix, Arizona, with thirty-one years’ experience in the publishing industry. Here are his industry secrets.
On her website, Jane Friedman publishes helpful articles written by industry professionals on publishing topics ranging from narrative structure to agents to book proposals to how to manage concerns of copyright.
Louise Harnby: An Editor’s Top 3
Louise Harnby, line editor, copy editor and proofreader who specializes in working with independent authors of commercial fiction, particularly crime, thriller and mystery writers, shares her top three suggestions for colleagues.
Ruth E. Thaler-Carter: An Editor’s Top 3 Experienced editor Ruth E. Thaler-Carter reflects on hertop 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues.
Rosemary Shipton shares her thoughts on working late into life, the benefits and drawbacks and whether semi-retirement is the perfect balance.
Editing Groups
Are you part of any Facebook groups where editors share ideas, recommendations, and experiences or have you thought about joining one? In this blog post, Ilana Reimer shares the editing Facebook groups that she follows, discusses the type of content that they share, and explores three key resources she’s gained from being a member.
Editing Organizations
An international members’ alliance of editors that works in the field of digital media, traditional print media, corporate communications, book publishing, academia, government and beyond.
The BPC is the umbrella organization for Canadian associations that are or whose members are primarily involved with the writing, editing, translating, publishing, producing, distributing, lending, marketing, reading and selling of written words. The BPC acts as a forum for its members to network, identify common goals and coordinate action to benefit the Canadian writing and publishing industry.
Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading
The Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading is a non-profit body promoting excellence in English language editing.
Editorial Freelancers Association
The EFA is the largest and oldest national professional organization of editorial freelancers in the U.S.
Indigenous Editors Association
The Indigenous Editors Association is a membership organization formed by Indigenous editors and publishing professionals in lands claimed by Canada as a mutual support network. The IEA creates professional development and networking opportunities.
Institute of Professional Editors Limited
The Institute of Professional Editors Limited is the professional association for Australian and New Zealand editors. It exists to advance the profession of editing and to support and promote Australian and New Zealand editors.
International Plain Language Federation
The International Plain Language Federation brings together plain language organizations and individuals.
The Book and Periodical Council
The Book and Periodical Council is the umbrella organization for Canadian associations that are or whose members are primarily involved with the writing, editing, translating, publishing, producing, distributing, lending, marketing, reading and selling of written words
Podcasts
Treasa Edmon interviews freelancers, focusing on how to build successful freelance businesses, navigate the minefields of the industry and chart a positive path with clients.
Listen Up! The Opportunity in Audio
Thinking of using audio to market your business? This Editors Canada blog posts suggests why and how to use audio content to amplify your editorial voice.
Podcasting for Fun and Fortune: Part 1 of 2
With completed short stories in hand, Tim Green wondered about his next step. Then he discovered the world of podcasting.
Podcasting for Fun and Fortune: Part 2 of 2
Tim Green shares the remaining 3 steps to podcasting, including making a podcast available and building an audience.