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