Canada’s premier editing conference is just around the corner! We look forward to welcoming you to the SFU Harbour Centre in Vancouver this Friday, and we want to make sure you know about some last-minute offers, events, and sessions.
Continue readingZanne Klingenberg: On Accommodating Yourself and Others
Ahead of their session at the national conference, we asked Zanne Klingenberg a few questions about what it means to be a neurodivergent editor and some strategies to ensure collaboration and productivity while accommodating oneself.
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Written by Lisa Hislop | Copy edited by Lisa Guglielmi
In this article, Lisa shares how to help new writers understand and choose suitable points of view. You can attend Lisa’s session, Helping Your Author Pick a POV That Pops, at the 2024 Editors Canada Conference.
When a writer asks me to explain narrative point-of-view (POV), they’re not looking for a definition. They’ve done their research and understand the main differences between first-person and third. Where they’re stuck is the glossary of associated terms: limits of perception, degree of objectivity, narrative distance, and narrative bias. They want to know how these aspects relate to each other and the POV they’ve chosen for their story.
To give them a complete grounding, I invite them to translate the POV of a story, which I’ll illustrate here for you to use in guiding your writers.
Continue readingTransform Your Business by Talking to Your Clients
Written by Erica Machulak and copy edited by Mahima Bhagwat
This blog post is a teaser for the author’s workshop session at the 2024 Editors Canada Conference. Register online to attend “Face Time: Transform Your Business by Talking to Your Clients” and join us as we test drive the ideas below with practical exercises and discussion.
If you hope to grow your business, raise your rates, and discover new services that you might offer, my best advice is that you meet with every new client before you agree to work with them. This initial conversation sets the tone for your future work together and gives you valuable information before you commit to the project. When clients get to know you, they are more likely to hire you again, refer their friends, and come to you when they need something different from what you have already provided.
Continue readingVolunteer Spotlight: Justine Drummond
Editors BC is proud to spotlight our April volunteer of the month, Justine Drummond. Justine volunteers as an editor with our Blue Pencil sessions. In this interview, Justin Chevrier, Editors BC’s volunteer coordinator, asks Justine about her favourite word, milestones in her editing career, and more.
Continue readingIn Conversation with JJ Lee: The Art and Business of Memoir Editing
In this candid interview, JJ Lee guides us through the tricky waters of memoir editing. From the mentoring skills needed to do the job to identifying an author’s narrative springboard, JJ’s insights can help enhance any editor’s toolkit.
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Let us start. How do you approach storytelling and personal narratives in your work? And what drew you to the nonfiction genre?
JJ Lee
Oh, that’s a three-part question. What drew me to nonfiction is my background. When I was approached to start writing, I was already a radio journalist and had started participating in semi-experimental programs like Outfront at the CBC, where they were bringing in first-time broadcasters to do small 15-minute documentaries. I challenged a former Globetrotter, Mel Davis, to one-on-one basketball, then I did a documentary called “Typewriter Guy” and another one, “Sing Like Marvin.” That began my role of jumping in and doing things.
Continue readingEditors BC Student Networking Event
What: Student networking event for Editors BC student affiliate members
When: Saturday, May 11, 2024, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm PDT
Where: Online through Zoom
Cost: Free
You’re invited to a 90-minute online networking event on Saturday, May 11, to meet other student affiliates, share your knowledge and successes, and learn from your peers.
Continue readingEditors BC 2024 AGM, Elections, and Social
When: Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 7:30–8:30 pm PDT
Where: Online through Zoom
Cost: Free
Please join us for our annual general meeting on May 15, when Editors BC will be holding elections to fill vacancies on the 2024–2025 branch executive. Details are listed below.
Continue readingVolunteer Spotlight: Meghan Fandrich
Editors BC is proud to spotlight our March volunteer, Meghan Fandrich. Our volunteer coordinator, Justin Chevrier, asked Meghan a few questions.
What is your dream vacation destination? Why?
If I could, even just for a day, I would go home: home to Lytton, to the vibrant little village that existed before the fire. I would walk down the tree-lined street with my daughter, who celebrated her sixth, seventh, and now eighth birthday on the edge of a burned-up town. We would visit my art café and the neighbour’s ice cream shop, look up at the mountains, and our hearts would fill up. I can’t imagine a better place.
Continue readingEditors BC General Meeting: New Guest Speaker and Presentation Topic
When: Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 7:30–8:30 pm PDT
Where: Online through Zoom
Cost: Free for Editors Canada members, $10 for non-members, $5 for student non-members
Food and travel writing: A journalist’s story
Don Genova’s editing experience has ranged from being severely edited (his first-ever story for the Toronto Star) to editing student writing in his Food and Travel Writing course at UBC. Along the way, he’s trained new journalists in supervisory roles and judged many writing competitions for various food and travel writing organizations.
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