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How to Assess a Potential Client
Will this client be a pleasure to work with, providing interesting work and quick pay?Are their processes effective and their...
Adrienne Montgomerie
Jun 28, 2016


Editor Be Nimble. Editor Be Quick
Seven years ago, The Baltimore Sun, where I had worked on the copy desk for twenty-three years, let me go, along with sixty other...
John McIntyre
Apr 28, 2016


One Editor’s Editing Process
Editing is a subjective process, especially because editors are individuals. Thus there is no one “right” editing process that all...
Katharine O’Moore-Klopf, ELS
Apr 21, 2016


Crowdfunding for Writers and Editors
In 2011, I switched Iguana Books (which I helped start in 1992, but that’s a long and irrelevant-for-now anecdote) from a...
Greg Ioannou
Apr 11, 2016


Proofread Like It’s 1976
Having traditional proofreading skills isn’t just a business asset when it comes to working for the mainstream publishing industry. It’s...
Louise Harnby
Apr 9, 2016


Macros and Wildcards: Essentials or Added Extras?
On certain editing forums, few topics are more likely to inspire passionate debate than the use of macros and wildcards. For many years...
Hazel Bird
Apr 1, 2016


Why You Need a Website as a Freelance Editor
If I told you I’d spend all day, every day telling people about your editorial services and promoting your skills, all for less than $20...
Emily Dockrill Jones
Mar 19, 2016


Using Social Media for Professional Development
Social media isn’t just for fun Facebook is mostly for keeping up with friends and family, right? And people use Twitter to talk about...
Gael Spivak
Mar 16, 2016


An Editor's Toolbox
Freelancers today have a dizzying array of tools available to make their work easier. As much freelance work, particularly in publishing,...
Kristine Hunt
Mar 11, 2016


So What’s So Great About Editing and Editors?
Reading a badly written essay or story or report is like suddenly crunching into a stone while eating something. The pleasure is gone and...
Abha Thapalyal Gandhi
Feb 26, 2016



























