How to Write Your Breakup Letter

by Lisa Hislop This one is for the freelancers. In my former life as a dating coach, if a client decided to end a relationship, I had them write a breakup letter detailing why they ended it and why they are better off on their own. The deal was, if they felt the impulse to … Continue reading How to Write Your Breakup Letter →

Editor for Life: Lana Okerlund, Editor, Writer, and Plain Language Trainer

A career as an editor is often a solo adventure, especially if you’re a freelancer. So, we thought one way to better connect with fellow editors was to ask them to submit their responses to a set of questions based on the Five Ws: who, what, where, when, and why. Read on for some thought-provoking, … Continue reading Editor for Life: Lana Okerlund, Editor, Writer, and Plain Language Trainer →

What’s in Your Editing Workspace?

Inspired by our recurring blog “What’s on Your Editing Bookshelf,” we now want to peek past editors’ bookshelves and into their workspaces. “What’s in Your Editing Workspace” will explore everything from our day-to-day stationery to furniture, from hardware to sources of inspiration, and everything in-between. If you have something you'd like to share, let us … Continue reading What’s in Your Editing Workspace? →

Plain Language and the Elegant Art of Interior Book Design

Design plays a pivotal yet little-known part in written communication. White space—the area between and around the text on a page—is a prime example of this phenomenon. White space can appear as blank pages, margins, line spacing, and kerning. It is a powerful tool that can influence the reader’s experience of the text.

What’s on Your Editing Bookshelf? (#5)

In this column, members of the editing community share what’s on their (physical) bookshelves and highlight a few notable titles. In our previous instalment, editors shared such treasures as Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses and Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity. If you’d like to show us your bookshelf, or part of it, … Continue reading What’s on Your Editing Bookshelf? (#5) →

What’s on Your Editing Bookshelf? (#4)

In this column, members of the editing community share what’s on their bookshelves and mention some titles that are noteworthy to them. Books by Ursula K. Le Guin, Cheryl Stephens, and Sally Foster Wallace were highlighted in our previous instalment. In this, our fourth "Bookshelf" post, editors in Brampton, Vancouver, and Toronto share their favourites. … Continue reading What’s on Your Editing Bookshelf? (#4) →

Editor for Life: Ruth E. Thaler-Carter, Freelance Writer/Editor

Interview conducted by Keith Goddard. A career as an editor is often a solo adventure, especially if you’re a freelancer. So, we thought one way to better connect with fellow editors was to ask them the Five Ws: who, what, where, when, and why. Read on for some thought-provoking, enlightening tidbits from those of us … Continue reading Editor for Life: Ruth E. Thaler-Carter, Freelance Writer/Editor →

Executive Unplugged: Ronnie Morris, Community Liaison

We wanted to give Editors Toronto members and student affiliates another way to get to know their executive committee members, while also finding out what is involved in being on the committee. So, we asked executive committee members to introduce themselves and their roles by answering a few questions for our “Executive Unplugged” series. Meet Ronnie, … Continue reading Executive Unplugged: Ronnie Morris, Community Liaison →