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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
