Resources
If You Need a Substantive Editor
- For substantive editing or sensitivity reading: Rhonda Kronyk at Communications by Rhonda
- To hire an Indigenous editor: contact the Indigenous Editors Association
- Michelle Boulton at 3c publications
- West Coast Editorial Associates
- For poetry and fiction: Barbara Colebrook Peace
- Online directory of Editors Canada
If You Need an Indexer
- Indexing Society of Canada’s Find an Indexer registry
For Writers, Self-Publishers, and Those Seeking Publishers
- The Writers’ Union of Canada’s Guide to Getting Published
- An Agent Explains the Ins and Outs of Book Deals by Kate McKean at Electric Lit
- What’s the Point of an Editor? by Georgina Montgomery of West Coast Editorial Associates
- Five Reasons Why Self-Publishing Authors Need an Editor by Dick Margulis
- Jane Friedman’s excellent resources for writers and publishers
- PenUltimate Editorial Services blog by Arlene Prunkl
- Why You Need a Copy Editor (and Why a Happy Copy Editor Gives You a Better Result) by Karen Sommerfeld of Pace
So You Think You Can Edit (for Aspiring Editors)
- So You Want to Be an Editor, a free publication of Editors Canada
- Career Builder, Editors Canada’s free three-step plan for building an editing career
- On the Basics: So You Want to Be an Editor (or Proofreader), blog post by Ruth Thaler-Carter
- Meeting Professional Editorial Standards, a self-training series produced by Editors Canada
- Steps to Becoming a Freelance Book Editor, Parts I and II, by Arlene Prunkl
- The Copyeditor’s Handbook, by Amy Einsohn, provides both a good overview of copy editing practice and exercises with answers
- Ryerson University offers editing courses online
- Simon Fraser University offers excellent summer workshops in editing and other aspects of publishing
For Editing Professionals and Other Word Nerds
- Louise Harnby’s blog and resources for editors, a treasure trove of editing-related material
- KOK Edit’s Copyeditors’ Knowledge Base, a list of resources on education and certification, editing tools, networking, and much more
- Business of Editing, a series of articles on the Intelligent Editing blog
- Editors’ Show and Tell: Time-saving Tips and Tricks, and other postings on Iva Cheung’s blog
- Arrant Pedantry, a blog by linguist and editor Jonathon Owen (who also sells cool t-shirts!)
- Words / Myth / Ampers & Virgule, a blog by editor and designer Dick Margulis
- Sesquiotica, a blog by “word taster” extraordinaire James Harbeck